The long war was over and Odysseus was going home. The journey was very difficult. After many days at sea, he and his men stopped for the night on an islanda. Tired and hungry, they saw the smoke from some fires at the top of a cliff. ´Come on, friends´, said Odysseus. ´Perhaps the people who lit those fires will be kind to us and give us some food. Let?s take them some wine as apresent´.