Circe's Palace: A Short Story About Odysseus and his Adventures at the Island of Circe - Taken from "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys"

Hawthorne summarizes the disasters of Ulysses, a Trojan War hero of the Greeks better known as Odysseus, before he arrives at the island of Circe. When Ulysses and his crew arrive at the island, they don't know where they are, but are leery because of their recent experiences. Hunger gets the better of them, so Ulysses scouts the area and sees what appears to be the palace of the nobility. He trusts that the residents will be hospitable, but on his way back to his men, a bird seems to try t...