ha ha, yes smart mouth indeed! good point about not using a story your muse has heard!

When you’re out of ideas, the very first temptation it comes to you, from fictional writings to technical essays, is resort to to blatant plagiarism.
Then there’s the temptation to pick up some words, and tweak them a little bit. If you finally sort your ideas, good fiction, or at least original fiction, comes out

Great job! I liked how you incorporated his utter refusal to use plagiarism. But I also liked Calliope’s comeback that it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. Smart words there.

The fact is: Propp tells us that breaking down every story to its basic, you get the same words, the same facts. Lots of princes marry their princesses, lots of detectives find the culprit, and so on.
Avoid plagiarism doesn’t mean avoid using wisely structures… or you’ll get the snappy comeback of your Muse as a reply

Homer certainly did live in interesting times. XD Smart mouth is an apt naming for the depiction you have here. Thanks for entering! : )

Thanks to you for proposing such an interesting challenge