Brief Summary Of Chapters: A Short Story Of Mother Ceres

Mother Ceres returns home from a successful day of tending to the crops of the world. She notices that Proserpina is not back from her walk at the seaside and immediately begins to worry. Ceres looks for Proserpina by the seaside where she said she would be. When Proserpina is still nowhere to be found, she looks for someone in the area that may have witnessed what happened. Ceres goes to a house near the seaside. An elderly woman opens the door. She seemed to be rather nervous as Ceres begins to ask if the woman had seen what happened to her daughter. The elderly woman struggles to tell the story as her voice was shaky. When the woman says that Proserpina had been taken by King Pluto, Ceres’s face turns pale as a ghost. “She was picking
Ceres, without any hesitation, runs into the yard, picks a flower from the bush and watched as the hole in the ground opened once more. With great desperation, Ceres jumps into the hole unknowing of where it would lead her. She began to fall and fall for what seemed to be forever until she fell onto the floor of King Pluto’s palace. “I’ve been expecting you.” says Pluto. Ceres angrily walks towards him before being held back by Pluto’s guards. “Where is my daughter?!” Screams Ceres. “Relax, she is safe and quite happy if you must know”. “Bring me to her immediately” Says Ceres. “As you wish” says Pluto with a mischievous smile on his face. Ceres is brought into the dining room where Proserpina was. Ceres cried out to her but it was already too late. She had already indulged in all the sweets, seasoned meats, and pastries as they were all so tempting. In this moment, Ceres knew she could not reverse the damage that had already been done. So, as her last resort to be with her daughter, she makes a deal with Pluto. “You have already taken my daughter from me and I promised myself since she was a child to always be by her