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THE ADVENTURES
OF ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER 1
THE TROJAN WAR

Odysseus was the king of Ithaca, a Greek island. He had a wife, Penelope, and a son, Telemachus.
Someone came to ask Odysseus to fight in the Trojan War. Odysseus did not want to leave his new wife and baby son. He pretended to be crazy so he would not have to go. But the person tricked him into showing that he was not really crazy, so he had to go to the war in Troy. He thought he would be back soon, but he was gone 20 years.
Odysseus was a brave and brilliant soldier. He and his men won many battles, but they could not capture the city of Troy to win the war.
Odysseus thought of a way to win: he invented the Trojan Horse. He and his men built a giant wooden horse. They hid inside and had it delivered to Troy as a gift. The people of Troy opened their gates and brought the huge horse inside. That night, while the Trojans slept, Odysseus and his men crept out and captured the city. This ended the war,......

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