My name is Max and its August 13, 2002 my birthday. So, as a present my mom let me ride a horse. Warrior is his name. When I went to ride him at night, I was doing fine until I looked at the bright stars. Then, I saw a constellation that looked like a horse. I was so amazed that I loosened my grip on the reigns. At that moment Warrior jumped and I fell off and I had a crazy dream.
My dream was that there was a Greek trader who couldn’t afford to travel by ship. He had to get to Rome because he spent all his money on bronze and demand for bronze in Rome was very high. He decided to ride his horse and cart of goods to Rome. Not by land, but by sea. Everyone told him not to go because Poseidon (Greek god of the sea) wouldn’t allow a common man without a ship to travel across his stormy waters. The man went anyway and a wave swept him away. The horse kept on going as if his master was still there. Poseidon was amazed when it finally got there. His powerful waves couldn’t stop a mere horse. So, he went to Mt. Olympus and the gods agreed that this horse deserved a place in the stars.  Poseidon also agreed to make the sea safe for travel and trade for the month of August.
    When I woke up I started to plan a way to remember this horse constellation and where it is. So, I thought it had 12 stars and resembled a horse. It can only be seen in August and by the North Star. It was then that I remembered that I had a pencil and paper in my pocket. So, I wrote its time and place down.
It was then that I realized that Warrior was gone. So I went to look for him. About a half-hour later I found him chewing grass by a tree. When I tried to lead him away he stubbornly stayed there. Then I realized the perfect name for the constellation. I would call it Warrior because the horse in my dream was just as stubborn as my horse Warrior.
    When I finally got Warrior away from the grass. I got him to gallop to the water. I wanted to see if Poseidon kept his work and he did. When I got to the water it looked as if there were never any waves. Even when a boat passed. I could barely see a single wave.
    It was then that I remembered that the Greeks preferred to trade in August. So I figured that they knew about this constellation and this story. So they used this constellation to know the sea would now be safe. The sun was rising. It was then that I remembered that I had to be home by 11pm. So I got on Warrior and galloped as fast as I could to get home.