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How Bermuda became an island

The author of the story on Thursday's School Page titled "How Bermuda became an island'' was Tiffany Levon of Warwick Academy, not T. Hany Levon.

One day thousands of years ago, there was a volcano that had not erupted for years.

One fateful afternoon Hades was riding in his chariot while looking at a beautiful goddess named Persephone.

He was so impressed with her beautiful looks that he collided into the volcano which had been sitting still for years. The volcano erupted, and an island was formed. When the volcano erupted, Hades and Persephone disappeared.

A few days later Demeter found out about the disappearance of her daughter.

She flew all over the Atlantic Ocean looking for Persephone, her one and only daughter.

Suddenly she looked down and saw a figure which looked just like Persephone.

She was so stunned by the figure that she dropped all her crops and grains on the little island below her.

After a month, Demeter got so depressed that she did not let anything grow.

She was so heart broken that she wanted everyone to feel her pain. She went to see the god Jupiter. She told him to let there be no sunshine until her daughter was found. He let it rain for years.

About 10 years later when Demeter was passing by the Atlantic Ocean, she found her daughter, Persephone, with Hades sitting on the edge of a tiny island.

Demeter ran to her daughter. She was so happy that the little island below her began to sprout beautiful flowers and trees grew around them.

Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, went home. Hades went back to his own home too.

A few weeks later Apollo and Neptune were riding in their chariots and they saw a little island. They both got out of their chariots and ran to the little island.

They both said at the same time, "Look, I discovered an island''.

They both looked at each other and got into a big argument about who had discovered this little island.

They decided to go to the King of Olympus. The King of Olympus told them that they could fight for the island. The battle would take place in a week.

Apollo trained for days. He lifted weights and ran 10 miles a day. He got so muscular he could have beaten 10 men at once.

Neptune did not train at all. He was so confident that he would beat Apollo.

He thought that he was the best god.

The week finally came. Apollo was pumped up and ready for the fight. The battle began, and they were shooting bows and arrows at each other. One bow hit Apollo right in the stomach. It wounded him. He fell to the ground. He fell so hard that the island split into nine parts.

Neptune was crowned King of the island. The island came to be named Bermuda.

T. HANY LEVON Year 2, Warwick Academy.