King Minos of Crete had a daughter and a monster called the Minotaur. Every nine years, Athens was forced to send seven boys and seven girls to be eaten by the Minotaur. When it was time again, Prince Theseus of Athens vowed to kill the Minotaur. The Cretan princess helped Theseus by giving him objects to help defeat the Minotaur. In return, Theseus took the princess away so others could admire her beauty, fulfilling his end of the deal. Theseus succeeded in killing the Minotaur, ending Crete's dominance over Athens.

2. A long time ago there
lived a King called Minos,
he had a beautiful
daughter, a big palace
and a pet called
Minotaur.
But when the king got
bored he would call his
navy and they would go
and attack the
Athenians which is the
land across the sea.

3. So the King of Athens
got sick of that, he
made a deal with King
Minos that every nine
years he would send
seven boys and seven
girls to be eaten by
the Minotaur.
In the next nine years King Theseus sent
seven boys and sevengirls to the Minotaur.
Prince Theseus (King Of Athens's son) said
he would go over to the Minotaur and kill him.

4. So he went, but the beautiful
princess found out and wrote him a
note. In the note it said that the
princess will give him some objects
to help him kill the Minotaur and in
return he will have to take the
princess far away to another land so
others can admire her beauty.
Prince Theseus did just that and the Minotaur was dead!

5. But a deal is a deal so
Theseus sailed the beautiful
princess away to a faraway
island so others could
admire her beauty and the
two countries lived happily
ever after!
Now Minotaur has been defeated and they all
live happily ever after.
BY LUCIA

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