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    Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog
    Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog
    Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog
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    Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog

    By George Saoulidis

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    A Mythical Paradox


    When a giant fox terrorises the city of Thebes, a skeptical wanderer decides to help out so that the Regent can pay for his adventures in gold. But will he manage to catch the uncatchable beast, when the only man who knows anything is a grumpy old man who transforms people that bother him, when the Oracle tells of his involvement despite Tryx not believing in such things and when the dead bodies keep piling up with every passing day?

    This story is based on the myth of the Teumessian Fox and the Laelaps Dog.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMythography Studios
    Release dateApr 2, 2018
    ISBN9781386092551
    Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog
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    George Saoulidis

    Writer/Director. I enjoy taking ancient Greek myths and turning them into modern sci-fi spooky versions. I also like to write romantic comedies, and people seem to go "Awww!" over them, so why not?  Many of my stories are icky, in various ways. I’m European, we have a higher tolerance for that kind of stuff. Plus, I’m inspired by mythology and Shakespeare, so if you can’t handle tragedy and bodily fluids, feel free to move on. My photo has been redrawn by a neural network. Join the Mythographers, download the free starting library and begin reading right now: https://www.mythographystudios.com/join

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      Frivolous Fox Diligent Dog - George Saoulidis

      Part 1: The Fox

      Chapter 1

      THEBES. THE SHEPHERD liked it here. He missed the sea, but the hills were nice too. His family had sent him off in an arranged marriage to get rid of him, so he left Chalkis and came to Thebes to meet his wife.

      That was two weeks ago.

      Life was good here. No one knew what a rascal he was, his wife was passably pretty, and her dowry was significant. He didn’t even have to work the sheep!

      But he liked working the sheep. No, he said, I’m a hard-working man. He even managed to say it with a straight face. Truth was, he wanted to have an excuse early on to stay away for long periods of time. He had learnt from an early age, just a wee little boy, that they who stuck around the house were getting chores forced upon them.

      Where were you, Podargos?

      My dear wife, I was chasing a sheep down the ravine! It had lost its way. Took me hours, you see.

      It was the perfect excuse for all his lazing around all day.

      I mean, really, the dog did all the work, didn’t it? Get a good dog, and you’re done. Literally. And they call themselves hard-working people, those shepherds!

      It was getting late. Podargos looked around, made sure the dog was tending to the flock, and he went back to sleep. He puffed his blanket into a nicer pillow and snored loudly.

      HE WOKE UP TO THE SOUND of screams. Sheepish ones, but screams nonetheless. He hurried up and looked around. It was dark already!

      And where was the bloody dog? You can’t find good help these days anywhere, can you?

      There! There was a puffy little cloud, in the dark, between those trees. He ran towards it. It was a sheep.

      But the puffy little cloud was torn apart, bloodied.

      Podargos kicked it once to make sure. It was dead.

      He looked around. It was a chilly night, that’s why he was carrying the blanket, but not by much. He looked for the rest of the fluffy clouds that went baah. Actually, there were supposed to go baah, a lot. This was too quiet. He had gotten used to sleeping with the sound of the sheep, and now the silence was deafening.

      How many were there under his care? Four times his fingers on both hands? Yeah, something like that. They can’t all have run away.

      He saw a blur at the edge of his sight. An orange blur. A furry blur? He squinted hard and forced his eyes to see in the dark.

      Then he froze. A pair of glimmering, cunning eyes stared right at him. There it was, appearing under the moonlight, an enormous fox, big as three men, focused on him.

      Someone yelled. He turned around and saw an old man. It was the grumpy one who lived close to his house. He was waving his walking stick around.

      Perfect.

      Podargos found the way to save his own life. He just had to outrun the old man. He darted off to an angle that would bring the fox’s attention to the old git.

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