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Golden Nemesis, Part 1
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.53

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		colonnade, gryphlet, presentation, customary, historical, innocence, dishonor, darken, lies, ordinary, tunic, possibly, announcement, kingdom, daily, present
	content words:		King Kyros

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Golden Nemesis, Part 1 By Mary Lynn Bushong

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¹     Arion stood by the colonnade of pillars on the east side of his family's home. It had been a morning just like this five years ago when his parents had escorted him to the temple mount. He remembered the details like it was yesterday. The king's gryphons had produced an egg, and it had finally hatched. It was customary for the son of a noble house to raise the creature.
 
²     "Creature," thought Arion, "the word doesn't come close to describing what it is." Most people would never truly appreciate a gryphon's nature, and under ordinary circumstances, he wouldn't have either.
 
³     After the announcement that the egg had been laid, dishonor had threatened to darken the name of Arion's family. Jahi, his father, once a favored advisor to King Kyros, lived under a shadow. Rumors abounded that he had entertained spies to the kingdom. There were no witnesses or proof, but everywhere, whispers were muttered about his good name.
 
⁴     No formal charges were made, but Jahi's reputation suffered. Daily he went to the palace gates, always ready to serve, but Kyros never called for him.
 
⁵     Everyone had assumed that Jahi would remove Arion's name from the list of those hoping for the opportunity of raising the young gryphon. He couldn't possibly present his son at the temple mount. Jahi made it clear that he intended to proceed with the presentation. His enemies at court tried to make King Kyros ban him from going, but the king replied, "As the sun drives away darkness, so do the gryphons use justice against lies. Jahi has proclaimed his innocence; let us see if the gryphons agree."

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