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Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a beautiful girl named Medusa. Medusa lived in Athens, Greece. Although there were many pretty girls in the city, Medusa was labeled the most amazingly dressed and structured.
Unfortunately, Medusa was very proud of her beauty. She thought or spoke of nothing else. She was as selfish and bratty as she was beautiful. She was quite beautiful. Each day she boasted of how pretty she was and each day her comments became more outrageous. **
Every Sunday, Medusa bragged to the miller that her skin was more beautiful than icing. On Mondays, she told the palace guards that her hair glowed brighter than the sun. On Tuesdays, she commented to the blacksmith’s son that her eyes were greener than her …show more content…

That you are.” She wasn’t sharing her thoughts about her beauty with everyone around her, Medusa would gaze lovingly at her reflection in the mirror. She admired herself in her hand mirror for hours every morning as she brushed her hair. She admired herself in her tinted window for hours each evening as she got ready for bed. She even stopped to admire herself in the well each afternoon as she drew water for her father's horses -- usually forgetting to grab the water in her distraction.
On and on Medusa talked about her beauty to anyone and everyone who stopped long enough to hear her -- until one day when she made her first visit to the Parthenon with her friends. The Parthenon was the largest temple to the goddess Athena in all the land. It was decorated with amazing sculptures and paintings. Anyone who entered was awed by the beauty and intricacy of the fabulous temple. They couldn’t help but think of how grateful they were to Athena, goddess of wisdom, for inspiring them and for watching over their city... Athens. Everyone, that is, except …show more content…

“Nonsense,” Athena retorted, “Beauty is in all mortals. It does not comfort the sick, teach the unskilled or feed the hungry. By my powers, your loveliness shall be stripped away completely. Your fate shall serve as a reminder to others to control their pride.”
And with those words Medusa’s face changed to a hideous monster. Her hair twisted and thickened into horrible grey snakes that fought each other and hissed on her head.
“Medusa, for your arrogance this has been done. Your face is now so ugly to behold that the mere sight of it will turn people to stone,” proclaimed the goddess, “Even you, Medusa, should you see your reflection, will turn to stone the instant you see your face.”
And with that, Athena sent Medusa with her hair of snakes to live with the blind monsters the Gorgon sisters. So no poor innocent would turn to stone at the sight of her. “Hello.” said one of them. “Afternoon…” the second hissed. The third just sat there and laughed at

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