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Myth On Why We Have Volcanoes

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Why We Have Volcanoes

It's 79 A.D in Pompeii. The day started out like every other day did. The market was swarming with people, the slaves were hard at work, and the children were learning the family business. Suddenly, smoke and reddish fire started flowing from the mountain that had watched over the city for centuries. No one knew what was going on. Everyone started praying to the God of mountains, his name was Heterozygous.

Earlier that morning, Ayla, a helpless slave of Lord Mushroom, was getting ready to deliver a baby. Ayla, knew the father of her child was a God, but she did not know which one. For he came to her in the form of a human. Now Lord Mushroom thought the baby was his. This is because he had forced Ayla to be his special maid and she went everywhere he did. Now Heterozygous knew of Ayla's pregnancy. He was furious and didn't understand how it could have happened. He had only been with her once.

It's not that he didn't want the child and didn't love Ayla. The fact is, if his wife discovered he was having a child by another woman, and she would, she would be devastated. Especially, since she has yet to bare a child for him. So Heterozygous, visited Ayla. She was so happy to see him.

He said to her, "You must kill the child immediately after he is born. If you don't I shall destroy this city, which I have watched over for many centuries." Ayla told Heterozygous that she didn't have the courage to kill her first and only son. Heterozygous, replied by saying, "I shall look down in three hours. If the child is dead, your city will be safe, but if he's not... everyone will face the consequences!"

Three hours later, Heterozygous looks down upon Pompeii to see if Ayla killed their son. Sure enough, there she was holding the baby in her arms. "He's

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