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From the Greek myth of the Trojan Horse. King Odysseus is happy at home with his loving wife and baby son. Then King Menelaus asks him to help bring Queen Helen back from the city of Troy. For ten years the Greeks besiege Troy, but they cant break into the city until Odysseus thinks of a plan.
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The messengers were wrong. Hundreds of ships sailed from Greece to Troy. They brought thousands of brave fighting men - but Troy had an army too, and high walls and strong gates. Again and again the Greeks attacked the city, but the Trojans stayed safe inside the city walls. The war lasted for ten long years.

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