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Osiris, Seth, Isis and Nephthys Many Years Ago, There Were Four Children Osiris, Seth, Isis and Nephthys Many years ago, there were four children. Nut had given birth to Isis. She is an outstandingly and a beautiful woman who was also very kind. Nut had given birth to Osiris too. He was an brilliant king that’s what everyone thought. Nut had even given birth to a mean and horrible man called Seth no one liked him and there was another girl called Nephthys she was a beautiful woman like Isis too they were both pretty. Another thing, they all lived in a beautiful palace which everyone loved and wanted but was sold to them. They loved their palace and Seth would have always been jealous if the house was someone else’s. Seth was already jealous with Osiris, because Osiris was king. A burst of fury has filled Seth as he heard that it is not him who became the king of Egypt. Immediately, Seth decided to persuade with his gruesome plan. First, he got Osiris to do something so he got him to the swimming pool. Osiris thought it was a good thing so he did. After that, Seth quickly went and got the box then got a bottle of poison and put it on the chains. After a while, he got snakes and put snakes in there too. After that, Seth said to Osiris if you fit in the box you can take it. So Osiris got in the box and Seth quickly got the key out of his pocket and locked it up. Before anyone came out he put the carved, beautiful and gold box on his hand and threw it in the river Nile so no one could see. Poor Osiris was trapped in the carved box and locked because of his brother Seth. As years past, Osiris’s two sisters Isis and Nephthys were looking for there Brother Osiris. Isis knew Osiris was lying there somewhere. Although Isis and Nephthys had searched for Osiris, the sisters kept on looking for Osiris until they saw the carved box turned into a coffin. They were confused and they wanted to open it. So they did. They saw Osiris lying there. Nephthys and Isis got so happy that they found Osiris. They quickly put Osiris back in the box and lifted the box up and were walking back to their home. Back at home, Isis and Nephthys was so glad that they found there brother. Meanwhile, they arrived back at home surprising Nut their mother. Isis thought if she still hasn’t found her brother what it will feel like. Luckily, they have actually found their brother. After that, they all opened the box and Osiris came out of the box. Then Seth went past and didn’t see his brother. Luckily, he went past and didn’t see him or else he would have been really angry. As the sun set, Seth pondered the day hunting by himself in the wide wild desert. Then he noticed something….. Or someone!!! He couldn’t believe his eyes, “Is this really my brother?” In fury, he flew to the box in seconds and drew his sword to slice his brother’s body. After that, his brothers body got sliced! Meanwhile, Isis and Nephthys was looking for Osiris they found him sliced into 14 pieces and the sword that Seth left behind was on his stomach. After that, Isis got long, thick and white bandages and used all of them to wrap the bandages around Osiris’s body. Then Isis was doing a magic spell to make him alive again. Then they were all running back to their beautiful palace and were back at their comfortable and beautiful palace. ! The End! .
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