Chapter Analysis:
5. I Play Pinochle With a Horse
Pages 57 - 74
Characters: Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Mr. Brunner or Chiron, Argus, and Mr. or Dionysus.
Summary: Basically in this chapter Percy learns all about his other half life, so to speak. He learns that his Latin teacher is half horse, and that the gods, mount Olympus, and what he once thought was Greek mythology is actually real.
Excerpt:
-->She glanced at the Minotaur horn. I imagined she was going to say, "You killed a Minotaur!" or "Wow, your so awesome!" or something like that.
Instead she said "You drool in your sleep".
Then she sprinted off down the lawn, her blond hair flying behind her.
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