once upon a time a long time ago there lived a king named Minos he was very powerful and evil too
Minos had built a giant maze a labyrinth and at the center of the maze he kept a terrifying
creature the Minotaur now this was no ordinary animal it was a monster half man and half bull
Nino's took pleasure in attacking athens a tiny village across the sea every now and
then the king of Athens did not have the resources to fight Minos and his kingdom
suffered a great deal whenever Minos's Navy attacked them King Minos offered them a deal
he asked the king of Athens to send seven boys and seven girls every year to be eaten by the minotaur
the king of Athens did not have any other option other than to accept the deal
from that year seven boys and seven girls were sent to the dreaded island of Crete where
the Minotaur was kept King Minos kept his word and he did not attack Athens any more prince Theseus
the son of the king was very sad to see the small children leave the island every year
he knew that this was a wrong thing to do so he came up with an idea he was going to kill
the monster his father begged him not to go but the prince took his place as the seventh
Athenian boy along with the other Athenian boys and girls Theseus sailed towards Crete
as the ship docked in Crete King Minos himself came down to inspect the prisoners from Athens
he enjoyed the chance to taunt the Athenians and to humiliate them even further standing behind the
king listening was his daughter Ariadne from the moment she set eyes on Theseus Ariadne
fell in love with him as she listened to her father goading and taunting the young prince
she decided that she would help him later that night she wrote a letter and slipped it under
the bedroom door of Theseus when Theseus read the letter he slipped out of the palace and
met Ariadne she was holding a sword and a ball of string Ariadne told the prince to use the
sword to kill the Minotaur then she told him to tie the string to the door and unroll it as he
moved through the maze Theseus thanked the princess for her kindness don't forget now she cautioned
Theseus you must take me with you to Athens Prince Theseus promised to take her with him
the guards took the Athenian children the next morning and shoved them into the maze then they
locked the door from the outside Theseus followed Ariadne's advice to the word he tied one end of the
string to the door and the other children firmly held on to it making sure it stayed tied Theseus
searched through the maze and found the Minotaur what followed was a great fight Prince Theseus
fought bravely and he finally managed to kill the Minotaur using the sword that Ariadne gave him
the prince then followed the string to get out of the maze and when he arrived at the door
he saw princess Ariadne smiling and waiting for him she opened the door with her keys and along with
other children they ran to the ship I cannot believe how my life has changed said Ariadne
as they sailed across the calm seas I am free of my cruel father and that I will soon marry you
but in the truth Theseus did not find Ariadne attractive and he wanted to get rid of her somehow
they stopped at an island on the way to get provisions Ariadne too got out of the ship and she
strolled along the beach soon she got bored and fell asleep all the people gathered to admire the
sleeping princess Theseus sailed quietly away with the children of Athens and left her there sleeping