Daedalus and Icarus

Gap-fill exercise
by Papadamos Konstantinos

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
   beginning      bull      excited      imprison      king      ready      remember      son      started      time      wax      wings   
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Once upon a on Crete Island there was a whose name was Minos. Minos asked Daedalus to create the famous labyrinth to the terrifying Minotaur. The Minotaur was a beast with the face of a and the body of a man and was eating King Minos' slaves. After the creation of the Labyrinth, Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his , Icarus, in a high tower. Daedalus began thinking about how they could get away. He collecting bird feathers and joining them carefully with rope and wax. He showed Icarus how to use the and after a lot of practice Icarus could fly well. "Now, Icarus we are to fly home. Don't forget to stay close to me to show you the way home". At the of their flight Icarus was feeling scared but then he started feeling . "Icarus don't fly so high! Come behind me! Come down right now!" Icarus was so near the sun that the started melting. It was too late! He was falling into the sea. The sea was named Icarian and until today we all the fall of Icarus.