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Why Did Zeus Decide To Hunt For Dinner?
On a hot summer afternoon, in Greece, Zeus invited Poseidon for dinner. He wanted to prove to Poseidon that he was tougher than him so he decided to hunt for dinner. Zeus was a very brave, narcissistic god. Poseidon was always jealous of his younger brother. All the animals on land were either already hunted or too small for the two of them to eat. It was getting late and Zeus was running out of time to kill an animal to show his masculinity to his brother. Out of quick thought, Zeus decided to hunt sea animals, but he knew that Poseidon would never allow it. Poseidon would not be okay with Zeus killing his own animals. Zeus could not think of anything else to so he decided to sneak behind behind his brother’s back and hunt two dolphins. Zeus

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