“ I will try my best not to scream from now on . I promise ,” Cimex said . However , the very next night . . .“ AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH !”
Once more he was flying through the town screaming . Tithonus was becoming angry with Cimex . “ You said that you would stop screaming at night !” he shouted . “ I promise tonight I won ’ t scream anymore ,” Cimex reassured him , but that night his shrieks were back echoing throughout the town again . The people were furious with Cimex and so was Zeus . “ I am giving you one more chance , Tithonus ,” shouted Zeus . “ I am doing everything I can to stop him , but he won ’ t listen ,” responded
Tithonus . Zeus replied , “ How hard can it be to stop a little fly .” With that Tithonus left to visit Cimex for the last time . “ I am giving you one last chance . Stop you screaming , or you will have to face
Zeus .” “ I promise , this time for sure , I won ’ t scream tonight or any other night ,” Cimex reassured him . Nevertheless , as soon as dusk faded to night , the town was filled with the terrified screams of Cimex . Zeus had enough . He was going to go down to the town and deal with Cimex himself .
He shouted , “ Cimex ! I gave you three chances , but you failed to stop your nighttime screams . Now you will face the consequences .”
Then Zeus sent a lightning bolt at Cimex . However , it missed Cimex completely . Cimex was too fast even for Zeus ’ lightning . He sent another lightning bolt , butagain it missed . Zeus was becoming angry , so he flung lightning bolts in all directions but by some miracle none of the bolts of lightning hit Cimex . Zeus was speechless . He couldn ’ t believe it . How could a tiny little fly avoid lightning from the all mighty and powerful Zeus ? He stood there in shock for a few minutes . Suddenly , Cimex started screaming out of nowhere . Only then did Zeus realize the sun had gone down . In one last attempt to stop Cimex , Zeus sent a tiny spark toward the screams of the little fly . In an instant , the screams stopped .