Halley’s Comet
By Abby Terlecki

Once upon a time, there was an elderly lady named Halley. Halley was a servant for the god Heracles, son of Zeus, for seventy-five years. Heracles was known as a robust and adventurous god.
Heracles was also known and justly famous for his courage to subdue and destroy monsters, bandits, and criminals. One day, Heracles was going on an adventure to seize a dragon.
When the servant Halley learned of Heracles’s adventure to kill the dragon, she began to form a plan; she had been becoming more and more rebellious and agitated each day because she felt she was unappreciated by the god. Halley decided to run away  to find this dragon before Heracles did because she knew that his intentions were to destroy it.
When Halley found the dragon, she confided in him, and she told him of her circumstances with the god Heracles. When the dragon discovered that the god would be coming after him, he became more vigilant and he made a deal with Halley. He would set Halley free if she would tell him all of Heracles weak and strong points, so he could defeat the god when the time came.
Halley, being not so fond of Heracles, accepted the dragon’s proposition; yet, what Halley did not know was that Heracles had already sent a scout out to spy on the dragon. When the spy brought back his report to Heracles, the god was displeased at the news about Halley siding with the dragon.
Heracles plotted a new plan. He decided he would go out and find the servant and be rid of her quickly, then take down the dragon. After searching for hours, Heracles finally arrived where Halley was camping in the middle of the night and woke her up with a strong grip, yelling at her in anger. In consternation, Halley winced and crouched down. The god grabbed her up in anger and with all his might and strength, he spun her around until both suffered from vertigo. Finally, he threw her as far and as hard as his powers allowed.
Still to this day, Halley can be seen circling the Earth every seventy-five years. She has become known as Halley’s Comet.