Excerpt from Tales From Far and NearVery long ago an old blind man, named Homer, sang songs to the people of Greece. He told stories in his songs, and other men wrote down some of them in books. The tale of the Wooden Horse is one of these stories.There was once a long war which lasted for ten years. Some men of the land of Greece were fighting against the people of the city of Troy.The Greeks sailed in their ships to Troy. But they could not get into the city, for the gates were shut. So they put up tents and built huts on the plains outside the city walls, and waited there.Sometimes the men of Troy rushed out of the city and tried to drive the Greeks away. But they could not do this. Sometimes the Greeks tried to break down the gates or climb the high walls of the city. But they too failed.At the end of ten years, the Greeks began to grow tired of the long fight. They wanted to go back to their homes but they did not like to leave without first taking the city.At last, one of the leaders found a way to do this. He made the Greeks build a large horse of wood The horse was hollow inside, and it was so large that it would hold twelve men. It was moved upon wheels.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.