The Adventures of Odysseus
Homer

A Monster in a Cave
Chapter Two

• Chapter 2 A Monster in a Cave It was night when they arrived to the next island.

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• In the morning they saw green trees, flowers and golden corn fields.

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• The dishes as men were very hungry and thirsty.

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• We will find food and water here, said Odysseus.

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• Twelve men left the ships and went with Odysseus.

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• Soon they came to a very big hole in the hillside.

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• It's a cave, said Odysseus.

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• Perhaps someone lives here.

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• Shhh!

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• The twelve men and Odysseus walked into the cave.

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• Suddenly they heard some sheep.

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• At the back of the cave they saw them.

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• There were about a hundred sheep.

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• The men found lots of good food too.

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• Let's take it all back to the ships, said one of the men.

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• But Odysseus said no.

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• You may eat just a little of the cheese.

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• I want to find out who lives in this place.

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• We may make friends with him.

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• As night fell the hillside started to shake.

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• Odysseus picked up his sword.

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• Crash!

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• Crash!

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• A monster with huge hairy feet walked into the cave.

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• At first the monster did not see Odysseus and his men.

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• It started a fire and dragged a huge rock across the mouth of the cave to make a door.

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• Then it saw Odysseus.

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• Who are you?

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• It yelled.

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• Don't you know that this cave is my home?

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• Why are you here?

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• And why are you eating my food?

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• The monster was huge.

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• It had arms and legs like hairy trees.

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• But that was not the worst thing.

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• The worst thing was its one huge eye.

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• Right in the middle of its forehead.

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• Odysseus knew that this was a cyclops.

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• We are Greek sailors.

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• He said on our way home from Ttry.

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• We're on this island because we must have food and water.

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• Will you help us?

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• I will not yell the cyclops.

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• I will not help Greek sailors.

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• But I will eat them.

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• The terrified men looked at the monster's big black teeth.

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• The monster laughed and then lay down.

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• But first I must sleep.

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• It said and shot its one eye.

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• When the cyclops began to snore Odysseus ran across the cave.

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• He picked up a burning branch from the fire and pushed it into the face of the cyclops.

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• The cyclops screamed.

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• It jumped up and ran around the cave.

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• It crashed into things and yelled in a voice that sounded like thunder.

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• I can't see.

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• I can't see.

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• Where are you?

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• You must be punished.

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• It felt around the cave with its huge hairy hands.

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• Where are you?

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• I will.

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• I will.

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• I will.

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• But Odysseus and the sailors were too fast for the cyclops.

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• You will not catch us.

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• They called out as they ran from the monster.

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• But they could not leave the cave because of the huge rock.

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• They ran around the cave until the cyclops was exhausted.

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• And then when it was asleep again Odysseus made a plan.

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• In the morning Odysseus watched as the monster woke up and had something to eat.

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• As it ate, it yelled, I am blind.

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• I can't see my food.

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• I can't see my sheep.

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• I can't see my hand.

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• What good is an eye if it can't see?

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• I will never be happy again.

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• One of the men started to speak.

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• But Odysseus said, I must let the sheep out, to find food.

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• Said the cyclops.

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• It went to the mouth of the cave and dragged the rock away.

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• As the sheep ran out onto the hillside, the monster touched the wool on the back of each one and counted them.

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• It heard the sound of their feet, but it did not see them.

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• And it did not see Odysseus and his twelve sailors.

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• Each man hid under a sheep, clinging to its wool as it ran out of the cave.

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