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XII . The Old Dog Argos The next day Telemachus went home first . Later Odysseus walked into town with Eumaeus . He had a stick and an old bag , like a real beggar . At the door of the palace , an old dog was lying on a pile of rubbish . His name was Argos . Odysseus got him as a puppy , just before he left for Troy . Now he was old , and nobody looked after him . He was full of fleas , and he was too weak to stand . When Argos saw Odysseus , he knew him at once . He moved his ears and wagged his tail . But he could not get up and go to his master . Odysseus saw him too . He turned his head away and quietly wiped a tear from his eye . “ Eumaeus , ” he said , “ what a fine dog that is . Who does he belong to ? ” “ He belongs to my master , who died far away , ” said Eumaeus . “ You should see how fast he was in the old days . No wild animal could escape him . But now nobody cares for him . ” Then Eumaeus went into the house . And old Argos closed his eyes and died . He had waited twenty years , and he saw his master once more at the end . Odysseus went into the hall and sat down by the door . He went from man to man and asked the suitors for bread . Some gave him a little . But Antinous was angry . “ Who brought this beggar here ? ” he shouted . “ Get away from my table ! ” He picked up a footstool and threw it at Odysseus . It hit him on the back . But Odysseus stood like a rock . He only shook his head and said nothing . He was already thinking about revenge . Even some of the suitors did not like this . “ That was wrong , Antinous , ” said one . “ What if he is a god ? The gods sometimes walk among men as strangers . ” That night , when the suitors went home to bed , Odysseus and Telemachus quietly carried all the shields and spears out of the hall and hid them . Then Penelope sent for the stranger , because she wanted news of her husband . “ Who are you , and where do you come from ? ” she asked . “ Lady , please don’t ask me , ” he said . “ It makes me remember my troubles , and I will cry . ” But at last he told her a false story . He said that he came from Crete , and that Odysseus visited him there once , on his way to Troy . “ If that is true , ” said Penelope , “ tell me what clothes he wore . ” “ He wore a purple cloak , ” said the beggar , “ with a gold pin in the shape of a dog catching a young deer . ” Penelope cried . “ I gave him that cloak and that pin myself , ” she said . “ Don’t cry , lady , ” said the beggar . “ I heard news of him not long ago . He is alive and near . He will come home this very month . ”
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