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WHAT’S UP, PERSEUS?

The story below is based on the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Readers who do not know it would do well to familiarize themselves at least with the names of the characters and their place in the myth. by Tala Bar Published on: 15. February 2009
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Perseus had trouble with his flying. Hermes’ winged sandals were all very well, but he wished he had a pair of proper wings, like Eros for instance, or at least a winged horse to ride on; that Pegasus, that jumped out of Medusa’s blood when he had cut her head! Now, how did that happen? Of all the marvels More...

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The Ghost In Chains

(Cert: G) by Norman A. Rubin Published on: 19. February 2005
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Everyone is proud of a memory of a favourite uncle that had given honour to one's family. Our esteemed kin was known to all of us by the name Oncle Sam in the enunciatiation of greenhorns from an Eastern country across the seas. More...

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Uncle Monkey & The Tree of My Life

(Cert: PG) by Gary (WS Team) Published on: 16. August 2004
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I WAS never angry, just confused, devastated. Perhaps even felt a little abandoned by the one thing I took for granted. It was just another day; I did not think at any rate that I would be going through what I am right now. You see, my closest uncle Bob has died. What makes it worse More...

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