Poseidon's Story: Sparkaless And Glimer

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There once was two twin sisters, Sparkaless and Glimmer. The Sea God, Poseidon, loved both of them very much. He was looking for someone to marry. He wanted to marry one of the twins, for they were the most beautiful women he had ever laid his eyes on.

Poseidon had to figure out a way to ask one of them to marry him but he wasn’t quite sure. He went to go , find Glimmer one day because he had realized what to say.

“Glimmer, you are the most beautiful girl in the land.”, he said. “Will you do the honors in being my wife?”

She told him that she would have to think about it, so he went off to go ask Sparkaless the same question.

“Sparkaless, you are the smartest girl in the land. Will you do the honors in being my wife?”
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So, they started fighting. Poseidon shot blasts of water at the girls, aiming for their eyes so they could not see what he would do next. Peter brought a bat and chased the girls around. Poseidon found this amusing, so he sat down and watched. It slipped Poseidon’s mind that he was supposed to be fighting and he fell asleep, Peter didn't notice that Poseidon was sleeping, so he fell asleep too. The girls each took a rock and slammed it on their heads. Peter was dead, but Poseidon was not, for he was immortal. Poseidon awoke confused and then he remembered he was battling the girls and realized they had beat him and killed Peter.

“We don't have to marry you, Poseidon, because we beat you.”, taunted the girls in harmony.

Immediately, the girls returned to the cottage. They were exhausted from the battle and fell asleep as soon as they sat on their beds.

Not until later that night, they fully realized their accomplishment, they beat Poseidon. They heard an odd noise coming from the beach and wandered outside. They came out to find Poseidon sitting in the water sobbing his eyes out. Each tear that dripped landed in the water, and as soon as the tears hit the water the water started to

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