ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!

ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!

You never know where they're gonna go!

ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!

ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!

ANNIE, BEN & MANGO!

You never know where they're gonna go!

Isn’t the Parthenon amazing!?

This looks really old.

It’s not just old,

it’s ANCIENT --

-- that means really, really old.

It was built as a tribute to the mythological gods of Greece:

Zeus,

Apollo,

Hera,

Artemis...

Annie?

What does “mytho-whatical” mean?

Sorry, guys,

mythological means it’s a made-up story --

they don’t really exist.

Like Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White.

Mythological!?

Hmph!

I’m not make-believe!

I’m sorry, sir --

are you saying you’re a Greek god?

I AM THE MIGHTY HERCULES!!!

That’s my Roman name,

in Greece I’m called Heracles.

Hey, where’s my ice cream!?

Uh... this doesn’t really look like you.

Ben’s right.

You were the strongest, mightiest of all the Greek gods...

what happened?

The Greeks invented ICE CREAM!

Sure, it started out as just ice with some berry juice,

but over the centuries they added sugar,

cream,

flour,

eggs,

CHOCOLATE!

It’s just so good --

I can’t win the battle against...

ICE CREAM!

It IS really good.

Some of the best I’ve ever tasted.

I long for the days when I was ...

BUFF!

Then we’ll help you!

And the first thing --

no more ice cream for now.

You need fruits

and vegetables

And lots of exercise!

We’ll help you!!!

It’ll be fun!

It says in my book that you performed 12 impossible tasks.

Those were the days.

And one of the things you did was wrestle a lion.

And that’s a great way to get in shape.

That’s your dog with a grass skirt on his head.

Ah you like it?

I got it in Hawaii!

We couldn’t find a real lion.

Well, might as well give it a try.

Aaaaaaaand --

WRESTLE!!!

Tremble before the might of Hercules.

Well, it’s not wrestling a lion,

but tickling a dog is hard work.

Good!

Because you need to be warmed up for the next task.

CAPTURING A WILD BOAR.

A boar is a pig with big tusks.

Do you have a wild boar?

Well... not exactly.

I’m sooo hungry.

HEY, LET’S ALL HAVE ICE CREAM!

Nooooo,

we’re not hungry,

but YOU can have an apple.

Oh, this is good.

Nice and sweet.

I forgot how good fruit is.

Hey, look! It’s the scary BANANA BOAR.

Ben, don’t laugh at the banana boar...

I mean, Mango.

Okay, you need to catch the boar.

Ready, set --

GO!!!

This should be fun.

NOBODY catches Mango if he doesn’t want to be caught.

How can anything be that fast?

Where did that monkey go?

I’ve got you now!

They sure made columns tall back then.

I’VE GOT YOU!

How the...

Hey! Where’d he --

HEY!!!

Hey! Stand still!

I’ve got you now!

Okay, I didn’t get you!

Mango is giving him a good run!

Well, you know Mango --

he’s not BOAR-RING!

Oooh, bad joke, Ben.

I’m ... EXHAUSTED!

That monkey is faster than winged Mercury --

the messenger of the Gods!

Mmmmm. What a delicious banana!

Who doesn’t like bananas!?

Ooooh!

look at that!

And this!

I’m beginning to feel like my old Greek god self.

Wow, Greek gods get in shape fast!

Almost as fast as they go OUT of shape.

What else!?

What else!?

I need another challenge!!!

Give me a task!

Okay. Pick up those large stones!

Oooooooooh.

That was too easy.

You’re not done --

you have to --

-- put them up there.

All the way up there!?

No! I can do it

! I’m HERCULES!

Wow! HE’S DOING IT!!!

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!!!

Hooray for Hercules!

The mighty hero!

I AM, once again, THE MIGHTY HERCULES!!!

And I could not have done it without your help and the help of your ticklish dog

and freakishly fast monkey.

We give these laurels to those who do great deeds.

I want you to have this to remember me.

It’s beautiful. Thank you

Let’s celebrate!

WHO WANTS ICE CREAM!?

HUH??

JUST KIDDING!!!

I’m having a banana.

Will you join me?

Why? Are you coming apart!?

Oh, bad joke, Ben.

You know, Ben, that joke was old when I was young.