Odysseus arrived at Kharybdis, the whirlpool monster, after Zeus sent a storm, wrecking his ship and throwing his crew off the ship. Odysseus was forced to grab onto a scrap of the ship when it was struck by lightning. He was heading straight toward Kharybdis, so in an attempt to not get swallowed he grabbed onto a fig tree. He waited there until she spit the scrap of boat back up and then he dropped down onto it and headed away.
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