‘The boy who flew too close to the sun’
By Liam
Many, many years ago on the lost island of Crete, Daedalus and Icarus were held hostage in a dusty, dark prison. King Minos
pleaded everyday with the great inventor, Daedalus, to make him dangerous, deadly war machines.
Daedalus was furious, so they decided to plan their ingenious escape. Using their imagination, they collected soft, cosy feathers
and made human-sized wings. Creeping quietly, they carefully tip-toed onto the roof.
With the angriest face ever, Daedalus instructed, “Do not fly too close to the shimmering, shiny, deep blue sea or your wings will
get soggy and wet!” He then demanded, “Do not fly too close to the bright, boiling, burning sun! It will melt your sticky wax!”
Their hearts beat quickly, Daedalus and Icarus bravely leaped off the roof. Suddenly they were soaring through the blue, bright
sky and far away from the evil King Minos.
Ignoring his Dad, Icarus got too excited and began to fly too close to the sparkly, shimmering, sun. Daedalus noticed that Icarus was
getting too close to the sun and shouted, “Icarus! STOP! Come back you foolish boy!” But it was too late, too many of the feathers
had fallen from his wings and he began to plummet towards his doom.
Daedalus was devastated and had to live on his own for the rest of his lonely life!