Odysseus and the Wind

The king began to tell Odysseus a rather interesting story. Hermes, messenger of the gods, told him that Zeus and Poseidon had a fight. He was punished by taking away his wings for five days. Zeus wants me to hold on to them and give them to Poseidon when the punishment is over. Now I am supposed to give this to Poseidon, but what if I let you borrow them instead? If I let out that breeze we just felt it will take you straight home to Ithaca. You won't even need to roll.

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