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"Well" Grandie started ignoring Apollo's grumbling "It has been brought to my attention that you two have started
a union for immortals"
She didn't get any further before Apollo's grumblings rose to a howl - something along the lines
of "I'll chew your little candy 'BIP' to bits!" or something - and he moved forward to get his hands on my Johnny.
Who
promptly got yanked back by the scruff of his neck by Athena and placed behind her.
Then Apollo tripped over Isis' long
staff and went down on his face with quite a thud. He's a tall man - erm - god. And I had to bury a giggle at Aphrodite's
shoulder. She laughed out loud but she is after all a goddess.
"Will you behave yourself!" Grandie asked Apollo offended.
A bit late, I think - because he clearly didn't want to - at least not nice. Then she looked at Ares and continued "Have you
made such a union? And if you have why go to the little one there first instead of coming to your colleages here and ask -
mind you, ask - if we wanted to become members or not?"
"I knew you would run to mamma and squal, you little ..." Apollo
roared getting up on his knees.
Then suddenly stopped in mid sentence with a gasp of fright. For once Aphrodite didn't
look the empty headed dishy blond she normally do (and isn't) and said quite quietly and calmly "No, he didn't. Only told
us what happened when asked. But even if he had you bullied him first!"
Sounding much more frightening in my ears than
the greatest roar coming from Sauce - erm - Zeus.
Apollo perhaps had the same notion because he hawed and hemmed and stayed
down on the ground with his head hanging
while Ares tried to do some quick thinking in order to save his hide. He may
be the god of war but that doesn't mean he relish the idea of going to war with Hera, Athena and Aphrodite backed up by any
number of other divine Johnny-fans - + yours truly -o*
"Erm - now, now, sis. Come on. It was only a little joke. No harm
done .. I didn't even hit the little obnoxious - your son - with the lightning bolt! Only hit - a palm tree. Singed a couple
of fronds, that's all"
Here I looked at Johnny.
He hadn't mentioned a lightning bolt and now attempted to look like
he wasn't even there so I wouldn't start fussing. ... he was probably not too proud either of hiding behind women - even though
they happened to be goddesses - but knew there were no discussing with either of them on that subject.
"Beside" Ares went
on having suddenly hit pay dirt inspiration wise "if only that little .. bunch of dumb feathers - yeah, you, Meeps! You are
too broad across the rump to hide behind your Grandie! ... oh, I wish I had a lightning bolt! Only a small one! Please ...
Don't somebody have a spare lying around they have no use for any more? Anybody? If you could only just keep that silly beak
of yours closed I - erm - we would never have got the idea. But oh, no - you have to babble on about that little brat - Johnny,
that is - being oh, so wonderful - fabulous - adorable - it's enough to make an honest man puke!"
Now it was MY fault!
But before I could cluck a thing the youngest of the fate suddenly piped up "Why, I do believe you're jealous, uncle Ares
..."
I'll never forget the look on Ares' face - or Apollo's too for that matter.
And then everybody - except those two
of course - started to laugh loud and happily. No ... Come to think of it Johnny only giggled a bit shyly. But the rest of
us couldn't help ourself.
And even Olympian gods do not like to be laugh at so Ares and Apollo gather what dignity they
could and left in a huff.
Grandie Hera shook her head still smiling and motioned for the teacups to come to Johnny and
me and then offered us some cake.
And Johnny whispered to me behind a hand "Can I please take this warm wig of Jack's off
now, pet? It's rather warm up here" and of course he could *o*
So we sat for a bit in lawn chairs talking and enjoying
ourself. After a while though Johnny said cautiously "No union for the immortals I take it then?"
And my adoptive mother
Athena shook her head and smiled "No, dear boy, no union for us. Gods - Greek or otherwise - are not the types to unite. Although
you might take this gathering today as an informal kind of union for the goddesses of the world. But ... I don't think the
gods would be able to work together long enough for such an idea to get realised. Why, the Jewish, Christian and Muslim gods
- or is that just one God? - doesn't even accept he has colleagues. How then get a union working?"
"But I am NOT immortal!"
I began. Then added "No, wait a minute, sweetie! It's very sweet of you but ... Johnny is - and Jack! Ichabod, Sam - you name
it. I still agree with Ares on that. But little ancient me ... Nope! I am just - a dumb bunch of feathers, as our dear Ares
grumbled"
Johnny started to protest but got his Mumsy's warm hand across those lovely lips of his.
Then she said quietly
"Don't worry, baby. Chickiepoo - your little Meeps - is immortal no matter what she clucks. She is your goddess as long as
you two want it to be so after all - your private goddess of love as you are her god of the same lovely thing - and as such
a goddess she is an immortal chicken. ... and we can't have you live on crying after her death, can we now? ... our wee birdie
is also immortal as long as her silly imagination can please, entertain and even inspire other people's imagination to take
flight. Also Ares' somewhat wayward imagination. All good imaginative people are immortal in some way"
And with these very
sweet words I'll end my tale. Leave us sitting there enjoying ourselves in the shadow of the big trees drinking tea and eating
cake *o*
... but please remember Aphrodite is the goddess of LOVE not wisdom and as such sweeter than she is judgemental
(except when somebody is bothering her little babyboy *O* ) so her kind statement about me is probably not true ...
She's
just that very rare thing; a sweet mother-in-law *O* In my imagination at least where everything can happen - even something
as strange as that ...
Tshee-hee *o*
Oh - and uncle Hermes?
He was back in time visiting the library in Alexandria
before Julius Cesar burned it down so that is why he was not to be found in my hometown of Aarhus that day *O*
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