mike and the minotaur

Weef

MIKEand the

MINOTAUR

Copyright © David A. Smith (Weef) 2010

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Published by Line & Tint. 2010 Trinity Close, The Pavement, Clapham

Common, London SW4 0JD

MIKEMINOTAUR

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Michael loved the old storiesfrom Greek mythology, especiallythe tale of Theseus and the Minotaur

Every day Michael liked to take his dog, Angus, to the park.

Some times they met the school bully and his dog.

They walked up the hill passed the milkman.

The lollipop lady crossed them safely over the road.

He would runround and

round for hours.

Angus followed it straight in with a huge splash.

After a while Michaelgot bored and

began reading his book.

Throwing the stickcarelessly it landed

in the pond.

In the park Angus lovedto play catch the stick.

She turned and swam off to the other side of the pond.

Michael was really worried,he couldn’t see Angusanywhere in the pond.

Then there was a spurt of water and a mermaid appeared holding Angus.

Michael went into his rucksack andpulled out a large sheet of paper.

Using his origamiskills he quicklyfolded the sheetof paper in half.

After a few morefolds and tucks

he had completeda boat.

Michael’s quest had begun.

He immediately set off across the pond sailing passed Lollipop island. He waved at the Sirens who lived there.

He found Angus’sfootprints in the sand.The yacht came to rest on a beach.

Eventually the tracks took him into the forestAnd began to follow them as they lead up the sand-dune.

When he looked back he saw that a Trojan archer was firing at him from the opposite hillside

In his rucksack Michaelpulled out a bone

And then with all the power hecould muster he threw the bone

as far as he could.

He began to wave itat the two-headed dog

Thetwo-headed dogran after the bone

they bothwanted it

He hid behind a tree and watched in horror. He had found Angus, but there was one more challenge.

From his rucksack, Michael found a ball of golden thread, then he tied it around the tree.

He couldn't believe his eyes - it was the half-man, half-bullmythical Minotaur from his books of Greek Mythology.

Then he ran out from behind the tree and caught the Minotaur’s eye. It started walking towards him.

Michael lured the Minotaur towards the tree

He grabbed the golden thread and ran round and round the tree as fast as he could.

As the golden thread tightened the Minotaur was trapped against the tree

Michael had caught the Minotaur and Angus was free

The next thing Michael knewhe was being woken byAngus licking his face

They were both very happyto see each other again

They collected up their stick and set off home

Michael liked to take his dog, Angus,to the park to play catch the stick.Accidently Michael threw the stickinto the pond.Angus dived straight in to retrieve itand gets carried away by a mermaid.Michael sets out on a quest to rescuehis loyal friend.