Icarus was imprisoned on the island of Crete along with his father Daedalus by King Minos. To escape, Daedalus crafted wings out of wax for himself and Icarus. He warned Icarus not to fly too low over the sea or too high near the sun. However, overcome with joy at flying, Icarus ignored his father's instructions and flew too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings and causing him to fall into the sea where he drowned.

1. ICARUS
ICARUS
Icarus was the son of Daedalus. Icarus was
imprisoned in a maze with his father by King
Minos on the island of Crete.

2. Daedalus then had to find how to escape.
He was a clever inventor and made two
pairs of wings.
He thought the could escape by air so King
Minos couldn't find him. He gave Icarus
instructions about how to fly.

3. His instructions were:
1. Don't fly too low, by the waves, because the water
will soak the feathers and make the wings heavy.
2. Don't fly too high, by the sun, because the heat of
the sun will melt the wax of the wings and they will fall
apart.
3. Fly in the middle of the sun and the sea.

4. Icarus was very scared of flying at first. But
quickly became a master.
Then, Icarus thought he could fly wherever
he wanted.
He flew too high and the sun melted the wax
of his wings and made the wings fall apart.

6. Icarus fell to the sea
His father took the dead Icarus from the sea
and took him to the nearest island. He
renamed the island Icaria in memory of his
son's death.

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