JUPITER 



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JUPITER 



AWAY up above the clouds, on the top of a 

 high mountain, lived Jupiter. 



He was the mighty king of the sky and the 

 earth. 



So mighty was he that 

 if he but nodded his head, 

 the great mountain shook. 



From his high place he 

 could see all that went on 

 upon the earth. 



It was Jupiter who gath- 

 ered the storm clouds. It 

 was he who sent the thun- 

 der, and lightning. 



But he was kind, too. 

 For he sent the gentle 



rains and winds that make the grass and flowers 

 grow. 



His house was a beautiful palace of gold on 

 Mount Olympus. 



Juno, his wife, sat beside him on a golden 

 throne, with her feet in golden sandals. 



She had large beautiful eyes like an ox. 



JUPITER 



