The Pig Scrolls"Filled with wild adventures, bad puns, and classical allusions, this slapstick sheds light on the gods, heroes, and philosophers of antiquity." -- THE HORN BOOK Behold Gryllus, sarcastic former crewman of Odysseus, changed by Circe into a swine -- and happy to stay that way. Life is just fine until the prophetess Sibyl tells him that the world's in grave danger and that the only one who can save it is . . . a talking pig. Well, fan-bloomin'-tastic! Full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from a lyrestrumming poet to the testy gods and goddesses, this comical quest will tickle young readers and earn a place on teachers' and librarians' shelves. |
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Aeaea answer anyway Apollo asked Sibyl Athena began brain breath Bumscruff called cave chance Chaos Chariot chimeras Circe Cosmos crack darkness Delphi door drachmas Epicurus Erinyes Erinys face feet flea gasped gave goat goatherd goddess gods going Gorgina grin grunt Gryllus head Heracles hero Homer hooves hopped inside knew legs listening looked mean monsters mortal Mount Parnassus mouth neck never nice nodded obol Odysseus Okay Olympians Olympus Omphalos once Paul Shipton pedals prophetess pulled rock seemed shouted Sibyl's eyes side silence smile snout someone sort sound Sphinx staring Stavros stop stuff Stymphalian birds suddenly talking pig tall tell temple Thales Thanatos There's thing thought tiny told took tree Trojan Trojan War trying tunic turned Underworld voice waited What's woods words yelled Zeus