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Once upon a time there was some guy called Perseus, who lived on the island of Seriphos. He didn’t have any money so he still lived with his mum, who was called Danae. The king, Polydictes (strange name, no?), wanted to marry Danae, but he was a stuck-up jerk so she didn’t want to. Polydictes decided it was Perseus’s fault, so he tried to get rid of him. What an unreasonable guy!
One day, Polydictes invited all the young men on the island to a banquet, to which they all brought gifts – except Perseus. He had no money, remember? Perseus was a competitive guy, so he went away saying that he would bring a bigger, better and all-round cooler present than the other boys. Polydictes saw an opportunity and seized it: he set Perseus the task of getting Medusa’s head. All the other boys gasped; Medusa had a head of snakes and was so ugly that anyone who looked at her face turned to stone!
Minerva was a goddess. She was very busy that particular day, but she really hated Medusa and could always fit in time to annoy her. So to annoy her this time, she decided, she would help Perseus out with his quest to kill her. That ought to annoy her. Minerva gave Perseus a nice shiny shield, and the messenger god Mercury gave him a nice shiny sword and a pair of trainers with cool little wings on them.
“Go to the land of the grey sisters.” They told him. A sudden thunderstorm struck up, adding drama to the statement.
“Hey, cut that out!” Mercury yelled up to the sky.
“Sorry.” said Jupiter apologetically.
Perseus eventually reached the land of the grey sisters!!! Sorry. He stared at them for a while, because he had nothing better to do. Then he realised that he did have something better to do. One thing he had noticed, though, was that the grey sisters only had one eye and one tooth between them.
“Eeeeeeewwwwww!!!” squealed Perseus under his breath. He crept up behind them and snatched the eye, and threatened not to give it back unless they told him where Medusa was.
“But that’s blackmail!” one of them complained.
“You really think I care?” asked Perseus. The grey sisters sighed and reluctantly told him where Medusa was.
And so he learned the secret. He went to the land and on the way the Nymphs gave him a baseball cap that they said would hide him from Medusa’s sisters.
“You say.” said Perseus dubiously.
Perseus crept up behind Medusa. Luckily she was asleep.
“Whoa, that’s one babe I wouldn’t go on a date with!” he whispered. He looked at her reflection in his shiny shield and swiped at her neck with his sword. He miscalculated the distance the first few times and missed twice. Finally, swearing to himself, he chopped off the monster’s head. He put the head in a bag so he wouldn’t accidentally look at it on the journey home.
He hailed a taxi and was taken back to the palace.
“Don’t know why I didn’t think of that before!” he wondered. When he got back, he strode up to the king and thrust the head up to his face. Polydictes was turned to stone before he even had time to turn away in disgust at Medusa’s ugliness. He went and freed his mum and they lived happily ever after. He still didn’t have any money though.

Description
Once upon a time there was some guy called Perseus, who lived on the island of Seriphos. He didn’t have any money so he still lived with his mum, who was called Danae. The king, Polydictes (strange name, no?), wanted to marry Danae, but he was a stuck-up jerk so she didn’t want to. Polydictes decided it was Perseus’s fault, so he tried to get rid of him. What an unreasonable guy!
One day, Polydictes invited all the young men on the island to a banquet, to which they all brought gifts – except Perseus. He had no money, remember? Perseus was a competitive guy, so he went away saying that he would bring a bigger, better and all-round cooler present than the other boys. Polydictes saw an opportunity and seized it: he set Perseus the task of getting Medusa’s head. All the other boys gasped; Medusa had a head of snakes and was so ugly that anyone who looked at her face turned to stone!
Minerva was a goddess. She was very busy that particular day, but she really hated Medusa and could always fit in time to annoy her. So to annoy her this time, she decided, she would help Perseus out with his quest to kill her. That ought to annoy her. Minerva gave Perseus a nice shiny shield, and the messenger god Mercury gave him a nice shiny sword and a pair of trainers with cool little wings on them.
“Go to the land of the grey sisters.” They told him. A sudden thunderstorm struck up, adding drama to the statement.
“Hey, cut that out!” Mercury yelled up to the sky.
“Sorry.” said Jupiter apologetically.
Perseus eventually reached the land of the grey sisters!!! Sorry. He stared at them for a while, because he had nothing better to do. Then he realised that he did have something better to do. One thing he had noticed, though, was that the grey sisters only had one eye and one tooth between them.
“Eeeeeeewwwwww!!!” squealed Perseus under his breath. He crept up behind them and snatched the eye, and threatened not to give it back unless they told him where Medusa was.
“But that’s blackmail!” one of them complained.
“You really think I care?” asked Perseus. The grey sisters sighed and reluctantly told him where Medusa was.
And so he learned the secret. He went to the land and on the way the Nymphs gave him a baseball cap that they said would hide him from Medusa’s sisters.
“You say.” said Perseus dubiously.
Perseus crept up behind Medusa. Luckily she was asleep.
“Whoa, that’s one babe I wouldn’t go on a date with!” he whispered. He looked at her reflection in his shiny shield and swiped at her neck with his sword. He miscalculated the distance the first few times and missed twice. Finally, swearing to himself, he chopped off the monster’s head. He put the head in a bag so he wouldn’t accidentally look at it on the journey home.
He hailed a taxi and was taken back to the palace.
“Don’t know why I didn’t think of that before!” he wondered. When he got back, he strode up to the king and thrust the head up to his face. Polydictes was turned to stone before he even had time to turn away in disgust at Medusa’s ugliness. He went and freed his mum and they lived happily ever after. He still didn’t have any money though.