"I drove my big hand spike deep in the embers , charring it again , and cheered my men along with battle talk to keep their courage up : no quitting now." We took the pole over to the fallen Cyclops , and thrusted the pole into his one eye. I leaned on the pole to turn it deeper into his eye. The Cyclops screamed , making the rocks around us shudder. "We fell back in fear." The Cyclops tugged at his face to free the pole from his eye.
Cyclops yelled so loud we were sure that others living elsewhere could hear him , "Nohbdy's tricked me. Nohbdy's ruined me !"
We give him no sympathy as he continued to wail. Our men laughed with joy as the Cyclops went over to the stone door to unlatch it , hoping to get help form others close by. I went through plans of how to escape in my mind. My men and I attached ourselves to the bottom of the Cyclops' sheep , waiting for morning to come.
--Odysseus
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