Achilles Heel

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  Achilles, a man who lived in Mount Olympus.
  Of course he wasn’t that Achilles—he was just his descendant. His mother wanted him to be strong like that ancestor, and gave him this name.
  That was a wonderful morning.Many dewdrops were lying on the petals softly, as if they were worried about disturbing the petals.
  However,the hurried sound of clop came,and woke the asleep Achilles.A man ignoring the servant’s resistance,entered his room hastily,and said:“I’m sorry for my rudeness,but there is something I must tell you.”“What?And who are you?“A monster came here and killed lots of people!And my master said there was only one who could save us.That was you.”“Where is it?”“In the center of our town.”“I’ll be there soon.”said Achilles with agitated voice.
  Achilles put on his corselet,took his sword,and rode his horse to run.It was weird that the roads were so unfamiliar that as if it wasn’t in his town.The more forcefully he whipped the horse,the more slowly it ran.“What’s the hell!”thought Achilles.
  When he reached there,he was frightened to see the terrible scene:the blood just flew like rivers,and the corpses were everywhere like a large carpet.Many people died without closing their eyes.He walked by,and found a strange creature.He held his breathe and walked closer.There were two men who just stood still with dull expressions.Then the monster got close to them and rose its sharp claws.“Stop!”howled Achilles.But it was too late.They got down with bleeding, with…smiles?Then the monster turned around.A bony body and a deformed face,and that was all.But there was no time for him to observe it more.He rushed to it and stuck his sword to it.However,it just stood still.At the moment, their eyes met.The deep eyes just made him drunk.Time was out at that moment.It seemed there was something dragging him to another world.Through its eyes, he saw an amazing world: the heavens were next to the hell, and the angels stood by the evils. The sky was like a piece of flawless silk,but the sea was with magmatic upwelling.It was like the god was coming,or it was the end of the world.He was frightened of it,but he was also too enjoyable to leave.Suddenly,he saw the deformed face and the rising claws again.
  And then,he just woke up.“What a dream! Maybe I have read too many Kung Fu novels!”thought Achilles.Then a man entered his room hastily,and said: “I’m sorry,but there is something I must tell you.”Something stroke his mind.“Is there a monster coming?”said Achilles with hesitated voice.“That’s true. But how do you know that?”“Do you know how it looks like?”“It looks strange and has a bony body,wondering in the center of our town.”Achilles pinched his arms,really hurt.“How is the Greek mythology’s plot happening to me?But if it was true, what should I do? Without seeing its eyes?”thought him.   Achilles was on his way. The roads were so familiar that he could ride without seeing.He whipped his horse forcefully.“Faster, much faster!”thought he.
  This time,he was calm about the awful scene.In the turning,they met.A bony body,a deformed face,a pair of deep eyes,and that was all.It seemed to have been waiting a long time.Achilles just put on the eye-patches.He stuck his sword to the monster,and just felt it had inserted its hard skin.He took off the eye-patches,only to find it had fallen down.It seemed surprised, then a mysterious smile appeared in its face.What did it mean?Achilles didn’t know,and didn’t want to know.He just knew he had beaten the monster and brought peace to his town!
  As you know,every coin has two sides.The beauty is near to the ugliness,and the cleverness is together with the fool.If you had the chance to travel in his country, you would see the grand scene.A statue of him rose up in his town.The girls regarded him as their Mr. Right.They even made that day as Achilles Day!Meanwhile,some foolish people had ants in their pants.They were afraid of Achilles,because he was even stronger than the monster.The king regarded him as a big threat to his government.
  After that,Achilles returned relaxed.One night, he opened a book:
  The protagonist was a general,who had never lost a battle.People often sung praise of him.
  There came a water monster.The brave general fought with it for three days.Finally, he won.The king seemed happy, and gave him countless jewelry. They drunk until midnight.Then he went home, and fell asleep with happiness.
  Then,a man sneaked into his room,softly,and stuck a knife into his heart.
  作者简介:谢谦(1998-),男,汉族,湖南耒阳人,长沙市明德中学高三学生。
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