So off the King goes on a quest. He remembers from a story told him long ago that says people can gain eternal life from the god's if they could just make it past the many obstacles that will face a traveller on the way to the home of the god's, the garden of the Sun. Once a traveller reached the garden of the Sun he would be told how to find the plant of eternal life and once he ate it, live forever. Gilgamesh decides to go to the garden of the Sun and ask the god's for eternal life.

He begins hiking towards the garden of the Sun. One night as he is sleeping he has dream that lions are trying to eat him. He wakes up just in time to see real lions all around him. He quickly draws his sword and slays the lions. Once he is safe from the threat of lions he sets out again on his journey. Soon he reaches a great mountain. After reaching the top of the mountain he meets the people that guard the mountain, great scorpion men who are half man and half scorpion. The scorpion people tell the King that no mortal may go past this point. The King tells the guards that he is 1/3 god and 2/3 man and is let past only after rigorous testing to prove he is telling the truth.

The King finally reaches the other side of the mountain further than any man has ever gone before. On the other side of the mountain he enters the garden of the Sun. It is filled with people. Upon talking to the people the king finds out there is a ferryman named Urshanabi that could take him to Utnapishtim's house. Utnapishtim was the only man ever known to gain eternal life and could tell the King how to find the plant of eternal life. To go with Urshanabi requires a lot of trust. Should the King trust Urshanabi to take him where he need to go or try to find his own way.

Trust Urshanabi
Don't Trust Urshanabi

     

©Copyright 1998 Elizabeth Beckett, Holly Bernitt, and Vishwa Chandra.