Daedalus and Icarus

An exercise by Papadamos Konstantinos

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Daedalus and Icarus

Once upon a on Crete Island there was a king whose name was Minos. Minos asked Daedalus to the famous labyrinth to the terrifying Minotaur. The Minotaur was a with the face of a bull and the body of a man and was eating King Minos' . After the creation of the Labyrinth, Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son, Icarus, in a high . Daedalus began thinking about how they could get . He started collecting bird feathers and joining them 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 home". At the beginning of their Icarus was feeling scared but then he feeling excited. "Icarus don't fly so high! Come behind me! Come down 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 today we all remember the fall of Icarus.