This piece of writing is a parody of one of the Greek Myths we have studied in Literature Class. I decided to write about the battle of The Argonauts with The Sirens. In the myth, a great musician defeated The Sirens singing by using his lyre. I changed this myth to a modern story about a typical guy in school who loves playing flute and who suddenly gets a revenge against what you might call, "The Sirens of the Modern World". I got the idea of writing this from my Language Teacher, Mr. Simon. I would like to thank him for giving me this idea.
By MT 8A
Copyright ©1995
"Zombie, zombie..." Amy sang melodically as she put her books in her locker. Her two other friends, Sarah and Sammy, sang a different song. They loved to sing distracting songs over and over again. The guys in school were so enchanted with their voices that they could recognize them anywhere. Wherever the girls went the guys would stop what they were doing and look at them.
One day, while Amy and the other two were walking down the locker hall, Orphy ran past them accidentally, causing their books to fly from their hands. Everybody in the locker hall suddenly stared at the scene. Orphy stopped and picked their books up since it was his fault. The three girls looked at each other and then glared at Orphy.
"I'm really sorry. I was just in a hurry. Here are your books." Orphy apologized and quickly left.
"That stupid maniac! He just left like a 'hit n' run,' Ugh!!!" Sarah fixed her golden brown hair.
"Oh don't you worry, Sarah. He'll never do that again or else he'll get into major trouble with the guys in school." Sammy giggled.
When the three girls entered Mr. Beekman's Language Class, the guys looked at them. Sarah saw Orphy and gave him an ominous look. He sat next to Jason and his buddies. Orphy and Jason had been very good friends since they were in third grade. Orphy was a very studious guy, but not the nerdy type. He loved playing a flute that he got when he was seven. He was tall and slender.
"Well..well..what do we have here, girls?" Sarah said addressing Orphy as she sat down on the chair beside Jason. Jason ignored her because he knew that she would just flirt with him.
"Uhm...well, it's Orphy. The guy who pulled a great stunt this morning," Amy responded.
"Will you just buzz off, and stop picking on him. He didn't mean to bump you guys anyway." Jason tried to defend his poor friend.
Sammy, Amy and Sarah stared to move and fix their stuff. They gave Orphy a quick menacing glare and went to their seats, because Mr. Beekman had just arrived.
When school was finally over, the three girls went to their lockers and hung out there. Orphy and his friends were walking down the hall when they heard them singing. They quickly covered their ears. They did not want to be wooed by the voices. The three girls' voices grew louder and louder, but became fainter as Orphy took his flute and began whistling a tune. His music was interrupting the girls' voices. They got so mad, they sang even louder. The locker hall was filled with music. Orphy took a long deep breath and blew harder and louder. This time, the girls' voices were like an out of tune violin, and they sounded pathetic. The crown looking surprised, could not believe what was happening. They had never heard them sing like that. Orphy was feeling a little good now since he had saves his friends. While he kept on blowing as hard as he could and kept the music in tune, the three girls' voices cracked and faded away.
Finally, they stopped. They felt ashamed, and hurried to the bathroom. He knew that he would defeat them. His friends cried a loud cheer, and lifted him up. The other people in the hallway also cheered. He was no longer the guy with a flute, but the big guy around campus and no one would ever try to mess around with him, no more.
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