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Posted by sixth reading
on May 17, 2009, 10:28 pm, in reply to "The Odyssey"
SIXTH READING – ODYSSEUS, POLITES and CYCLOPS
ODYSSEUS (speaking up from the back)
Pardon us. We’re men of Ithaca, blown off course by cruel winds, and the mercy of the sea. We fetched up here by chance. We mean no harm and hope you might welcome us as strangers in a strange land. We offer the hand of friendship and our word. We are true men, respecters of the Gods.
CYCLOPS
Gods! (he bellows with laughter) Cyclops farts in Gods’ faces. Cyclops spits on Gods’ feet. Cyclops does whatever Cyclops please. (in a clumsy attempt at cunning) So, er, where did Ithaca men say they land them ship?
POLITES (whispering)
Don’t tell him. He’ll find it and crush it. Odysseus, throw him off the scent.
ODYSSEUS
Our ship was wrecked. We entered the bay. We swam for our lives. Myself and the men that you see are all that’s left.
Cyclops mumbles to himself, then giggles, then mumbles and giggles some more.
CYCLOPS
Cyclops lonely. Cyclops on his own.
POLITES
Aw, look at him, he’s just a big kid. He’s grinning. He’s a big soft lump really.
(Cyclops giggles and laughs. The men begin to laugh.)
POLITES
He likes us. He thinks we’re his friends – big dumb animal. Come on, let’s help ourselves to this fodder.
ODYSSEUS
Wait a second, let me talk to him some more.
POLITES
It’s fine. Hey, one-eye, how about me and you get our teeth stuck into that slab of cheese over there? I’ll have the first bite…
(Cyclops grabs the man and devours him.)
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