Reading Diary B : Ancient Egyptian Myths and Stories
- there were two brothers, Anpu and Bata
- Anpu had his own house and a wife
- Bata lived with them and he did all of the hard work such as taking care of the animals and working in the harvest
- White Bata did all of this Anpu and his wife would just wine and dine
- One day Bata and Anpu worked together and they were pleased with their work
- Anpu one day ordered Bata to go get some seed in the house and Anpu's wife observed Bata's strength as he gathered all the seed
- this made her want to desire Bata but Bata refused and he was ashamed at her actions and thoughts as she was like a mother to him and his older brother was a father figure
- left in such embarrassment she laid on the floor and Anpu came in ad found her that way
- he asked what has happened and Anpu's wife accused Bata of acting violently against her
- Anpu was enraged and went after Bata with a dagger
- Bata is now a bull and Anpu sat on his back
- Bata went to the girl wife and let her know that he was Bata and that he was alive but that he was now in bull form
- the king was one the one with all the power and the wife immediately left Batta's location and went to the king and told him that she really was wanting some bull liver
- the king was troubled as he knew that this meant that he would have to kill Bata
- when the bull was on his way to be killed two drops of blood fell and where each the blood fell tress grew people viewed this as a miracle
- the wife was always after something that had to do with Bata and she wanted the king to do away with anything that she wanted against Bata
- the wife's true colors were exposed by Bata when he became the one in power
- Bata wanted to make sure that even after he was gone that his brother Anpu would also have power and made him the heir
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