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Ravi Soni January 5, 2010 Kraft World Lit 6 **Book XVI: Odysseus get kidnapped while in Ireland ** Odysseus wakes up in the middle of the night in a strange and unfamiliar place not knowing he is in Ireland. He sees the dark alley and smells something funny. He realizes he has been sleeping next to a dumpster the whole time he has been there. The last thing he remembers is Phebe from Morocco. He begins to wonder why she had told him to go to Ireland, and what he has to do there. He goes to the only building with its lights on and an open sign in the window. As he steps into the ye' olde' pub he sees two men sitting in the dark bar. The bar has an awful odor. He begins to wonder how he ended up in this mysterious place and how he is going to make it to Ireland. As he was thinking about this a pretty blonde lady walked into the bar. He immediately began to wonder why a girl like her was coming in to a place like this. Wanting a drink he walks up to the bartender and asks for a pint of their finest beer. He took a seat next to the girl. He begins to talk the lady in order to find out where he actually was. “So may I know your name?” asked Odysseus to the pretty lady. “Chloe O’Neill. Why’?” she said flirtatiously. “Just curiosity” answered Odysseus “So O’Neill?, Is that an Irish name?” said Odysseus curiously. “Well we are in Ireland aren’t we?” said Chloe Having no memory of how he got there he begins to wonder what he has got to do to help him get back home. He decided he would go back to the place where he woke up in order to see if there was anything left behind that would tell him how he got there. He would do this in the morning when there was more light out. In the mean time however, he continued to engage in conversation with the stunning Chloe. When he could see the sun's light creeping in from under the door he knew it was time to get out of this dingy bar, and get some fresh air. He said goodbye to Chloe and headed out. As he walks out into the fresh morning he saw children playing, a officer talking to one of the men that was in the bar, and he saw a man walking into a jewelry store. He also saw one of the other guys in the bar talking to three suspicious men in suits. He found it a little odd that three men in suits were here in the countryside of Ireland. However, he continued back to where he woke up last night to go look for clues. While he was walking he passes many fruit stands and could hear his stomach rumbling. But since he spent his last dollar on that beer, he continued walking ignoring the hunger. But right before he got to the alley he swiped an orange from a fruit vendor who was not really paying attention. Besides the feeling of hunger he had this odd feeling that he was being followed. Just as he got to the alley in which he woke up in, he saw the three men in suits come rushing towards him. Without thinking resourceful Odysseus began running down the alley. While running he was knocking down garbage cans and other things hoping to slow down the men. All of a sudden the sun stopped shining and it began to rain. But he just hoped that the rain would slow them down. He was running past a building when he recognized the bar from last night. Odysseus quickly ran in hoping that the men would not see him go in. The same bartender from last night was still there. Since the men got confused they decided to split up and try to find him since they knew Odysseus was still nearby. However, one of the men ventured into the bar and immediately recognized Odysseus. He ran up to him and they began to fight. The man attempted to punch him a couple of times. But man of action Odysseus dodged the punches and tackled the man to the floor. Like a deer running from a hunter the man quickly pulled out his gun. He said, “Come with me now, and no one gets hurt” Odysseus was confused and did not know what to do. But at that moment the bartender pulled out a gun from under the bar and shot the man. Odysseus asked the bartender why he did that for him? The bartender replied, “I have to help a good man like you” Odysseus immediately knew that he was a god disguised as the bartender. When Odysseus finally left he saw the other two men, they immediately pulled out guns. Except this time there was no god to save him. He did what they said and got into there van. The last thing he remembers before being knocked out is them binding his hands and feet and putting a bag over his head.