Kinard Mythology Anthology Volume III

by Kinard Middle School

  The Creation of a Softball

  By: Analicia Burgos

  Once upon a time their lived to girls named Noel and Kaylee, they’re both brunette haired with brown eyes. Their biggest accomplishment was creating an object that would be useful to people in the world. They also enjoyed playing games and making food together. They have always felt that they would be together in every moment in eachother’s lives. They both lived in Paris, France. They lived in a town called Bakersfield. It was a beautiful town right next to a river bank. They also lived right next to each other. Every morning, they would wake up to the water stream and birds chirping among the trees. When they walk outside they smell the pretty flowers blooming.

  They decided to meet up one sunny day. They went to the park for a couple hours and saw kids hitting a rock with a solid stick, then the rock rolled over to them and Noel picked it up and looked at it then thought that they could create something better than this to play with all the time for their biggest accomplishment. Then Noel and Kaylee looked at each other and Noel said, “This might be a trail straight to our accomplishment of our lives, so if we want to make this on our own then we will need some green cloth to make it soft and some red laces to grip it easily!”

  Then, Kaylee said, “If we want to make a bat to hit the ball with, then we will have to find a thick tree branch.” So, they rushed home and made a plan for who would get what. Noel decided that she would go find a grapefruit and some green cloth, and Kaylee decided that she would find a thick tree branch and some red lace to make the seams for the softball. When they finally found everything they needed they met up at Kaylee’s house and gathered all their supplies together.

  First off, they measured the length and width of the grapefruit and cut off the right amount of green cloth. Secondly, they wrapped the grapefruit in the green cloth, then sewed it together so the cloth wouldn’t come off. Then, Kaylee brought in the red threads and found the exact measurement of laces that they needed and where to put them. They finally found the measurements and put on the lace and by dinner time their softball was a finished creation. Noel and Kaylee had a sleepover at Kaylee’s house, they were so happy that they made a softball. They woke up the next morning and ran to the softball fields to get first dibs on the softball and got some friends and they played softball for a couple hours.

  Then one of their friends asked them and said, “Who made the softball?”

  Then Noel answered and said “I made it and Kaylee was my helper!”

  Then when they got back home from the park Noel said “I am so happy that we made this creation together.” Then Kaylee just nodded and walked on. Noel could sense that something was wrong so she asked Kaylee what was wrong and Kaylee’s response was “You said that you made the softball and I was your helper, that is not true I am the person who found the bat and I got red thread for the laces, the worst part is that you didn’t even give me credit for making it!” Noel was so shocked that what she said made Kaylee upset. That day the girls went home upset and stayed in their rooms all day and night not talking to each other. Then in the morning Kaylee decided to go walk her dog around the block, and then around the corner was Noel who was walking her dog. Then right when Noel saw Kaylee, it was like death between them. So then they passed each other and went back home. Since Noel felt bad for what she did, she decided to write Noel a letter apologizing for what she said.Then before Noel was about to leave it by her door she decided to make a ball for Kaylee to keep for the rest of her life. When Noel saw the creation she had made for Kaylee it was like beauty and grace mixed together. Then she took it over to Kaylee’s rang the doorbell and ran away so Kaylee didn’t know that it was from her. When Kaylee opened the door she didn’t see anyone so she looked down, grabbed the note, and the box the softball was in and went up into her room. When she was ready to open it she opened the box first and saw the softball and Noel wrote on it

  “I am sorry for what I said about you and I didn’t give you any credit can you ever forgive me?”

  So Kaylee opened the letter and in the letter were apologies and sorrows for what happened between the two of them.When Kaylee first saw that it was from Noel there was joy in her heart that made her happy. So Kaylee thought about it for a few hours and finally had an answer for Noel. The answer to Noel was yes Kaylee can and will forgive Noel for saying what she said. So Kaylee called Noel and said “Hey Noel, I can forgive you for what you said and I hope that maybe we can hangout soon and make more softballs. The next day Noel went over to Kaylee’s and they decided to look up the god or goddess of creation to see of they could have him/her create the softballs they make. So when they kept looking and looking they finally found it was a goddess and her name was Thetis goddess of creation. Then they found a chant they have to say to summon her to make a softball. The chant was titled “The Chant of Creation”, the way it was pronounced was really easy and the chant to summon Thetis is “Maztak Thetis Lusha ma.” When they found out how to pronounce it they looked up what it meant where they say it, how they say it, and how many times they chant. It means Goddess of creation please create this small object into a ball to play with in the park, they say it around a circle of rocks, and they say it three times. That evening they went to the park and made sure that no one was there and got some rocks out it into a circle and then got all around it. They got their balls out of their bags and started chanting “Maztak Thetis Lusha ma” “Maztak Thetis Lusha ma” “Maztak Thetis Lusha ma” and their appeared Goddess of creation Thetis.

  Thetis asked them in a nice delicate voice, “What may I create for you girls tonight?”

  The girls replied “Can you create this circle into a softball? It means a lot to us and we would be so happy if you can make this for us everytime we create a softball and want to sell it.”

  “I can make this into a softball for you girls, but keep in mind I may not always answer after all us goddesses still need our beauty sleep.”

  Thetis huffed and she puffed and handed them the very first softball in the world to ever be held in worldwide history. That was when they stuck with the name softball forever.  

  When they felt the softball it was very slick and the sight of it was a shiny green ball with red little laces to pop out. The sound of it when you throw it or field it is like music to your ears. The taste of it was cherry limeade with laced red cherries. The smell was like a waterfall mixed with roses. Then after they started a business named Red Laces for Green Places, they grew out to be old and to this day you can go visit them in Bakersfield and from now on you will always see the first softball to ever be created in their window.   

  Hildo and Halloween

  By Alivia Cady

  Long ago in Ancient Greece, there was a new and growing town named Athens. Athens was the nicest, most beautiful town around that always smelt like fresh bread baking in the bakery. Itound. Ev was a lovely town, with flowers growing everywhere and the sun was always beating down on the warm everywhere you looked, people were happy and joyous, but, in this town, there was an old ghost who loved to startle people. As legend goes, he had been one of Apollo’s sons but, Apollo had thrown him off  Mount Olympus because he was a mortal and great Apollo didn’t want him. When he perished, he turned into a ghost. This ghost’s name was Hildo. One day when Hildo was scaring people in the town square, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful and stunning girl. He didn’t recognize this girl, but all he knew was that he loved her. He thought that if he scared her, she might notice him and think he was brave! Hildo was too afraid to do this. He thought he might make a fool of himself. He needed more time to gather his courage.

  The next week, Hildo saw the beautiful girl again in town and by then had gathered up the little bit of courage he had to try and impress her. So, he swiftly followed the girl to her home. When he got to her home, he thought of a plan quickly in his mind. He would take some delicious candy that was given to him by a older shopkeeper in the town and put it in a bowl. The shopkeeper d
id say that it was healthy but also the most tasty candy in town that was supposed to have a splash of sugar and would melt in your mouth. He would offer this small bowl of candy to the girl. He poured the candy in the wooden bowl, and left it sitting out on her counter with a yellow note reading “Take me”. Aphrodite looked at the beautifully decorated, sparkly candy, which she didn’t trust, and left another note reading “Is this a trick or a treat?”. She got no reply.

  That night, Hildo decided to play another joke. He decided to conceal her house in the candy he had put in the bowl because he knew everyone loved candy. Hildo thought this was a harmless, innocent joke. Aphrodite awoke the next morning and looked at her walls, surprised. She realized that they were covered with the candy she had received the day before, so she was very angry with whoever was doing this. Another night after that, Hildo left yet another bowl of candy. Again, Aphrodite was furious. Hildo still didn’t know that this beautiful maiden’s father was Zeus. So, Aphrodite clutched a piece of the bitter-sweet candy and stuffed it in her mouth so that whoever was bugging her would leave her alone. She fell to the ground with a loud bang and Hildo realized that the candy wasn’t regular candy, but it was poison. He wept for years and years, realizing what he had done and was ashamed.

  After Hildo had overcome his misery, Hera, a goddess, had found out what Hildo had done to Zeus’s beloved daughter. She knew she must tell Zeus what had happened. After she told him, he was mad as a polar bear when you take its cubs.

  “Guards,” howled the mighty Zeus, angrily. “I would like you to create a maze. Nobody shall ever be able to escape this maze. When you have built this, you shall trap Hildo inside the maze. Understand?”

  “Yes sir,” they both mumbled, frightened.

  Day and night they worked on the maze, finding all available resources. After two months, they had finished. They went down to Athens and found Hildo. Then, the guards seized the sneaky ghost, but Hildo slipped out of their hands. But they grabbed him and tossed him in the maze, slammed the doors, and locked it up.

  Years went by, and Hildo wept and cried, day after day. He screamed to Zeus and constantly begged to leave. Zeus insisted not until he had a plan that all the gods agreed on. Hildo was depressed. One day, Zeus came to Hildo and told him they had concocted a plan. For 364 days of the year, Hera would spy over Hildo to make sure that he wasn’t doing anything naughty. For one day of the year, October 31, Hildo was allowed to scare people in a friendly way. This day was named Halloween. Hildo was very happy about this, and gladly thanked the gods very much. Hildo flew back down to Earth with a humongous smile, and felt like he was finally free, the fresh air blowing around him and Hera could keep him safe. Hildo was already excited for Halloween, and he had planned everything. The costumes, the candy, and even he carefully planned his decorations he would put on everyone’s houses. Halloween was only 30 days away.

  The Magic of Soccer

  by Judy

  One day, there was a girl named Makayla. She spent most of her day on the soccer field practicing for this huge championship game. She was very tall, strong, brown colored hair, and has some freckles. She felt very excited, but at the same time nervous. The coach’s name was Austin. Makayla moved from Tennessee, and she lived Salt lake city, Utah. She joined the top team in the league. She has had the same soccer ball since she was five years old and still has it. Then one day, on the championship game she used that ball and found out it was the first soccer ball ever made on earth, so it turned magical. This all happened when she got hurt from the other team being frustrated at her for scoring the goal to the game up.

  Makayla woke up bright and early on the championship game day. The game started at 10:00 a.m. and she had to be there an hour earlier. They played at their home field. While the team, was warming up she smelled delicious juicy hamburgers. The referee was a little late, but they got started fast. The referee’s cheeks puffed up and his faced turned red like a tomato and made the sound of nails on a chalkboard. Makayla thought his whistle was broken. Makayla started with the ball and dribbled it down the field, the other team made a great tackle and got the ball and passed it around Makayla’s team. They made a move through the last defender and shot the ball and scored. They started off with the ball again. Makayla was really mad, so she pushed through everyone without getting a foul and scored!! The crowd was going crazy! All the soccer players saw this big huge crowd staring at them and clapping.  The other coach started screaming and got as mad as a chicken with it’s head cut off.

  He screamed on the top of his lungs, “You suck ref!”

  The ref shouted, “You're out of the game sir!” One of the other teams parent’s had to come coach their team. The game was much quieter after that. It was halftime and they got into a different formation. The ref blew the whistle and the other team moved around them. The other team shot, Samantha, their goalkeeper made a great save, but there defender’s weren't there and they rebounded it and shot, they scored. It was 2-1, the other team was winning. The other team got very pushy because they didn’t want to give up a goal to tie the game up, but Makayla gets hurts very cruelly and couldn't walk. The other player kicked her really hard in the knee, where she couldn’t bend it. That player that hurt Makayla got a red card, which meant she couldn’t play for the rest of the game or the next game, so Makayla’s team had an advantage.

  Austin quickly came over and checked on her. She cried so much that she could taste the saltiness of her tears. Then one of her tiny droplet of her tear hit the soccer ball. Her coach carried her off the field, but then Makayla saw a goddess and heard the goddess say the ball the ball, you can play. Then Makayla’s team subbed in for Makayla and got a free kick. When they started Makayla stood up and she felt better as she touched the ball. The ball felt like baby skin after it turned magical. She thought how could this possibly happen. She told Austin she felt better and got to go back in for the last five minutes left of the game. The ball only turned magically on Makayla because it was her tear. The ball let makayla do whatever she wanted to do. She dribbled through everyone and scored. The ball slipped through the goalkeeper's hands and made a big whoosh sound because it was so powerful.

  Since, it was the championship game and it was tied, it went to overtime. That meant They get three extra minutes to play. They start at the half line and the other team starts with the ball. It became very big challenge. Thump, there was a huge tackle. The three minutes was up and it is still tied, so that meant it went out to a shoot out. Five people got to shoot from each team. Makayla’s team went first, Hannah went first to shoot, that plays in the mid-field. She scores!! The other player from the other team went, Samantha made a great save!! Makayla could tell that the other team wasn't good at shooting. Four other people shot and it turns out Makayla’s team won! They got first place. Both of the teams shook hands and said amazing game. They walked over to their tent where they got their medals.

  Clearly as Makayla’s tears dropped on the ball, the ball turns magical and let them win. Makayla gots healed by the magical ball and scored the last goal.