The solider came down the stairs--two at a time.'Captain,they've gone,'he cried,'They've disappeared--all of them.The plain is...'But the captain of the guards was no longer listing.He was going up the stairs--three at a time.
Seconds later,the captain stood on the high wall of thecity of Troy.He looked down at the empty plain and,beyound it,at the empty sea.'They've goneand we've won,'he said.'Thegreeks have tried for ten years to capture our city.Now they've sailed away.And they've taken everying with them.'
'Not everying sir,'the soldier said,'They've left their horse,'Outside the main gates of the city stood a huge horse made of wood.
'Ah,yes,'the captain said.'That wooden horse,It's so big that they couldn't take it with them.'Well it's ours now.Get some help and pull it into city.That won't be diffcult.It's on wheels.'
'But why is it on wheels?'the solider asked'I think maybe the Greeks want as to...'
The captain interrupted him,'You're a solider,'he said'You don't have to think.You have to obey orders,and I'm giving you one now.Move that horse.'Ahd so the Trojans dragged it into the city with ropes.
That night ,in the main squar of the city,all the citizens of Troy celebrated.They sang and danced around the horse,and make jokes about their enemies,the stupid Greeks.Then the Trojan made sure all the gates of the city were sucurely locked,and they all went to sleep,including the gates guards.
By midnight,the square was empty,except for the gaint horse.The six Greeks soliders waited for another hour,to be sure.Then,very quietly,they opened the secret door in the side of the horse and climbed out.
No guards stopped them as they opened the main gates.Outside stood the Greek army.It had returned in the darknees when the citizens celebrated inside.
Now the army entered the city.The Greeks seized the captian and dragged him away.For ten years,they could not capture the city by fighting.In one night,they succeeded in capturing iy by a trick.