I am so sorry I haven't been able to write to you lately Penelope, I don't think we will be safe now. We got past the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis but somehow we couldn't get past not eating some sheep. My men, they disobeyed me and now we are finished. I remember it clearly, "That moment soothing slumber fell from my eyes and down I went to our ship at the water's edge but on my way, nearing the long beaked craft, the smoky savor of roasts came floating up around me... I groaned in anguish, crying out to the deathless gods: 'Father Zeus! The rest of you blissful gods who never die_ you with your fatal sleep, you lulled me into disaster. Left on their own, Look what a monstrous thing my crew concocted!'" They were too stubborn, and now we are stuck here until we can head out. If I reach you safely, my dear Penelope, know this, I tried to bring everyone home. Hopefully you will get these letters, the letters of my journey. I love you. Forever and always, Odysseus