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Long, long ______, Rhea, wife of the Titan god Cronus,

had a baby daughter. They ____________ her Demeter.

Cronus and Rhea also had ____________ strong sons,

Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. When they became adults, the

three young men and their sister looked ___________ the

world. Zeus became ruler of the gods and lord of the sky;

Poseidon was lord of the sea; Hades, was lord of the

underworld; and Demeter cared for the ___________

and the harvest.

Demeter ____________ happily with

her beautiful daughter, Persephone. The plants grew, the

corn ripened and the harvests were good. One day,

Persephone was ____________ away by Hades

to be his queen. Poor Demeter was so ___________ .

While she wandered around the world, looking for her lost

child, the plants began to wither and __________. Finally,

she asked Zeus for help.

Zeus found Persephone and asked Hades to return her,

but it was too late. Persephone was already the queen of

the underworld. Then, as ruler of the gods, Zeus ordered

that Persephone should spend four _________ every

__________ as queen of the underworld. The rest of the time,

she could live with her ___________ , Demeter.

Since that time, the world has had four ______________ .

During the _____________ months, Demeter grieves for

her lost daughter, and she can no longer care for the land. In

__________the land is reborn when Persephone returns.

See if you can find a picture of her in a book about the Greek gods and goddesses. She is often drawn wearing a crown made from corn or fruit. Sometimes she is shown carrying a torch, while she searches for her daughter. Her sacred animals were the snake and the pig.