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Chapter 3 Wind in a bottle Odysseus and his men ran back to their ships and set off again.
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Before long they came to another island, which seemed to float above the water.
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Odysseus and his men pulled their ships up onto the beach and walked towards a golden palace.
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A tall man with red cheeks and golden hair like a lion came to the door.
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I am King Aeolus, he said, come into my palace and have some food with me.
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King Aeolus and his family made them very welcome and they stayed in the golden palace for many days.
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Each night Odysseus told the king about his adventures in Troy.
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But one day Odysseus started to think about his home in Ithaca and his wife Penelope.
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It is time for us to leave, he said to King Aeolus.
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The king looked surprised.
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Leave, he asked, and then I look after you well.
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You do, said Odysseus, but I have not seen my home or my wife for a long time.
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Very well, said the king, but let me do one last thing for you Odysseus.
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Let me put the winds into a bottle and then they will not blow your ships off their course.
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The next morning King Aeolus put a leather bottle into Odysseus's hand.
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Here you are, he said.
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I have counted them.
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They are all in here, all except one light wind to help you on your way.
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Goodbye, my friend.
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That night when Odysseus was asleep on his ship, one of his men found the leather bottle.
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What has Odysseus got in here, he said?
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More treasures from Troy?
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Perhaps this bottle is filled with gold, gold that he does not want to share with us.
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Let's open it and see, said another man.
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As soon as the bottle was open, the winds escaped and rushed out with a mighty sound.
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The twelve ships started to rock.
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One wind blew them one way, another wind blew them another way.
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Odysseus woke up and was angry with his men, but he could do nothing to stop the winds.
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By the time their battered ships were blown back to King Aeolus's island, they were all exhausted.
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And this time King Aeolus was not happy to see them.
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You are a fool Odysseus, he said.
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I gave you the winds in a bottle, but you did not look after it.
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You went to sleep.
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Off you go, you will get no more help from me.
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