A Destoryed and Conquered City

A Destroyed and Conquered City 3Early one morning, King Menelaus of Greece, woke to find his wife, who’s name was Helen, gone. The king soon QAlearned that she was kidnapped by Paris, Prince of Troy. 2After the shock, Menelaus promised to get back Helen, so he called all the kings of Greece. After recruiting the kings, they sailed with Menelaus to Troy. As the kings SVpursued the city, they LYdisappointedly discovered that it was surrounded by a great wall. 6Of course, Menelaus was unhappy. The kings and soldiers camped along the beach and plotted. The Greeks knew that in order to get Helen back, they needed to break the city walls. The kings tried for 10 years but failed LYmiserably each time. One warrior, Odysseus, had an idea. 3Thoughtfully, he first instructed the men to chop down tall trees and build a fence, which was to hide their work. 2Under the legs they added wheels. During the night, Odysseus and 30 other men SVcrept into the belly of the horse they had created. 6Simon hid in the shadows. The rest of the Greeks QAstripped down the fence and sailed to a nearby island to wait. 2At sunrise, the Trojans were glad to see that the Greeks had gone. They opened the gates and SVexamined the wooden horse. 6Soon they found writing. On the side was LYcarefully engraved, “For the return home, the Greeks offer this gift, a wooden horse, to the goddess, Athena.” The citizens pushed the horse into Troy, and celebrated the peace. While the Trojans all slept, Simon lit a torch to signal the Greeks to come back. The soldiers inside the horse, which was dark, climbed out, into more darkness, and opened the city gates. 3Obviously, in the end, the mighty Greek army easily defeated the ill-prepared Trojans. The Greeks QAdestroyed Troy, and took Helen back.