A Trojan Trap

By Declan C., Age 10

In a radiant diamond castle, there were hurricane force winds and lightning bolts powerful enough to shock a whale. When it was morning, the weather monstrosities died down, but King Menelaus, who was the owner of the castle, woke up to find that his elegant wife, Queen Helen, had vanished. He asked one of his friends, who was also a king, where she was. He replied that Helen was captured by Paris, the evil prince of Troy. King Menelaus gathered all the kings of Greece, their armies, all the Greek horses who were black as panthers, and all the best Greek warriors. After they all came, King Menelaus bravely made a speech and they all sailed on 7,085 ships to Troy.

When they arrived, they saw a giant bedrock wall that was as hard as titanium. The warriors persistently tried to break the wall because they had to save Helen, but their efforts always got pushed back by the Trojan army. After a decade, Odysseus, a powerful warrior who had joined King Menelaus, told all the Greek warriors to chop down trees and to build a giant wooden horse. Once the giant wooden horse was built, seventy soldiers climbed in its belly, while the remaining 14,812 soldiers pretended to pack up and leave for home, but really they sailed to a deserted island near Troy.

When morning rose, the citizens of Troy saw the wooden horse and zero Greeks. The Trojans celebrated joyfully because they thought the horse was a retreating sign from the Greeks. They shoved it into the city. Little did they know that the horse was a trap! When midnight struck, the Greeks who had gone to the island came back to Troy. Meanwhile, the Greeks inside the horse came out and opened the door for the 14,812 other soldiers. They defeated the Trojan army, burned Troy down, and rescued Queen Helen.