![]() ![]() He drives the horn below the monster's ribcage and it bursts apart into golden light just like Mrs. He jumps at the Minotaur and snaps off one of his horns, using it as a weapon. Percy is dumbstruck, but he runs to save Grover so his best friend will not dissolve as well. His mother tells him to run, just before the monster closed his fists around his mother's neck and she dissolves into a shimmering gold flash. Percy's mother instructs them to separate, and Percy jumps out of the way at the last minute as the Minotaur charges. The monster does not have good sight and hearing, but it can smell them. A huge hairy monster appears and makes its way towards him, and Percy realizes it is the Minotaur-however, his mother stops her from saying his name, because "names have power" (pg. Percy's mother tells him to get out and run past the big tree nearby, which marks the summer camp's property line, but he does not want to leave her. ![]() Suddenly the car swerves into a ditch and crashes they are all okay, but Grover is injured. He tells Percy that they are on their way to the summer camp that his mother told him about, because Percy is in danger and that is the only place he will be safe. He says that the less Percy knew, the less monsters he would attract, but it is too late now because he is already beginning to discover who he is. Grover explains that he has been watching Percy at Yancy, and that he is a goat from the waist down-a satyr, actually, like those in Greek mythology. Percy cannot get over Grover's furry legs and hooves. Grover, Percy, and Percy's mother drive off down dark roads in Gabe's car. ![]()
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