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//**Dear Journal, July 17 2000BC

As dawn came we all went to the assembly of the Phaeacians where my father spoke to the council about the stranger and his need to return to his home land. My father said that he would giv the stranger 50 of our noblest men to go with him on his journey back to his home.

After the assembly, all of the councillors went to the palace to feast. The blind minstrel Demodocus and went to the palace well and sang to us about the great wonders of the hero Odysseus. He sang about how he defeated the Trojans and escaped from the cyclopes**// Polyphemos//**. As he sang this I looked over at the stranger and saw tears coming from his eyes. No one else saw this, except for my father. The look on his face told me that he was wondering about the stranger, and he was so moved from the minstrel's song.

When everyone had finished their feast, my father spoke to the men and said "Let us go forth and play games and sports and we can see how well our stranger guest will do." Immediately all the men rose from their seats and made their wasy towards the courtyard.

When we all arrived in the courtyard, different men were competing against each other, seeing who could wrestle, or run the best. One of the men Euryalus spoke rudely to the stranger, and insulted his weakness. The stranger replied and said " My heart is too full of sorrow for any sport" Then Euryalus began to make fun of the stranger. I could see the anger rising in the stranger. As it continued to build, he stormed over to the weight throwing area. He then picked up a weight so much greater than all the others and threw it beyond all the marks.

Afterwards every single one of the princes of the Phaeacians gave the stranger a gift of their appreciation. Euryalus gave him the greatset gift over everyone, for his rudeness towards the stranger. He apologized and handed him a sword of bronze and silver. Taking this, the stranger excepted Euryalus' apology and went for his last feast at the palace. There he told us his name and he told us stories about his journey.

The next day he thanked my family for our help and made way for the seas, and I will never forget the stranger guest that changed our lives in the palace, he goes by the name of Odysseus.**//

//**Sincerely,**// //**Nausicaa**//