Sunday, June 29, 2014

THE WOODEN HORSE OF TROY

Manclaus, the King of Sparta had a very beautiful queen named Helen. Once Paris, the prince of Troy, carried her off to his land.
          This was a great insult to the Greeks. They all responded to the call of Manelaus and sailed for Tray to rescue Helen?
          The Greeks laid siege to the city of Troy for ten tong years. Yet they could neither siege Troy nor recover Helen. At last Odysseus, a famous Greek hero hit upon a very clever plan and built a huge wooden horse. Some of the bravest Greek warriors remained concealed in it at night.
          The joy of the Trojans knew no bounds when they saw the Greeks burn their camps and sail away. The wooden horse was of course left behind.
          In the morning the Trojans broke the parts of the walls of the city and dragged the wooden horse inside it.
          At dead of night the Greek warriors came out of the wooden horse. They gave a signal to the Greek heroes who had only sailed a short distance away. They attacked the sleeping Trojans, and the city was burnt to the ground. Helen was thus rescued and Manelaus, King of Sparta sailed back to his home in triumph.