Today dad approached mom to tell her the truth. He told her of his disguise and that it was really him. He said he had been in disguise this whole time stalling to devise a plan. That he had killed all the suitors gotten rid of them all, just for her, my mom Penelope, and queen of Ithaca. She was tentative unaware if she should fall for yet another Odysseus. But this time it was different she wasn’t acting the same as she had with all the other men. Even though she wasn’t totally falling for him and believing him, she was different. It was as if she wanted to believe him and have her precious husband back home. Even though she wanted to believe him she couldn’t just yet, she couldn’t let her wall down.
To test whether he was an imposer she did the only thing she could. When my father had just married Penelope he built an oak bed for the two of them and was extremely protective of this treasure he had created. Knowing what frustration she would have if he in anyway harmed this headboard she quickly told her maids to bring the headboard outside and nail it up against the tree. Once they had done this, Penelope took Odysseus over to the bed. My dad went frantic so concerned of what my mother had done. How could she have ruined such a precious and hard worked item that he had created for her?
A smile immediately rose to my mothers face as she realized my father was finally home after his 20 yr long journey. He had made it home after so long, just as my mother was losing hope she found out the truth. She sprinted over to embrace her long lost husband who was finally home. Once my family was reunited you could even tell the reduction of tension in the house and how at peace everyone was at last. No longer did anyone have to worry about the suitors getting in our way.
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