Theseus by N/A

Author:N/A
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Books
Published: 2016-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

3 – The Back Leg of an Ant

‘Traitor! Traitor! Dirty Greek traitor!’

Daedalus lay bound and gagged in the middle of the giant arena, while all around him hundreds of angry Minoans stood on their seats chanting and waving their fists.

‘You gave away the secret of the maze,’ they yelled. ‘Because of you the Minotaur is dead.’

Then someone spat at him, someone else threw a handful of rotten figs and yoghurt, and pretty soon a shower of filthy garbage was hailing down on him. A lump of cold baked beans hit him splat on the nose.

‘Stop!’ A young boy raced out of the crowd and stood in front of Daedalus shouting. ‘Leave him alone. How dare you treat my father like this.’

‘That’s Icarus, the traitor’s son,’ replied a weedy voice in the crowd. ‘Kill him! Kill them both!’

And suddenly it wasn’t garbage the crowd was hurling. It was coins and stones and bricks.

Icarus was knocked to the ground. The crowd’s roar reached fever pitch. In a moment the traitors would be dead, but … NEEAAUUURGH!!! … there was the ear splitting screech of a bull’s horn being blown. The crowd hushed. King Minos had arrived. He spoke in a whisper but the whisper echoed round the whole arena.

‘Yes,’ he hissed. ‘The Greek maze maker has betrayed us, and he and his son shall die. But not yet. Daedalus is the most cunning craftsman known to man. First he shall make me a new Minotaur, a mechanical monster so powerful that no one will be able to resist it … not even Theseus.’

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