K) You decide to rest a while. After all, you are very tired. A large leafy tree sways in the breeze. The shade under its branches looks very inviting. You start to snooze, and end up falling into a deep sleep. Hours go by and you hear the crashing of the waves on the shore. Lightning crackles and thunder booms! You feel disoriented. "Zeus, the king of the gods must be angry!” you think to yourself. He was of course the god who used lightning bolts as a weapon. All of a sudden, the sky lights up, and with a boom the tree you were standing under comes crashing down, with sparks flying everywhere. The last sight you see is burning wood and leaves, as your soul descends to Hades, the land of the dead.

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