Icarus and Daedalus, by Sara and Jennifer

The father's name was Daedalus and the son's name was Icarus. The two had been imprisoned and they knew the only way to escape was to fly. The prison was on an island and it was about 70 miles to the nearest land.
They collect seabird feathers and beeswax from inside the prision. When it came time for them to excape, they worked all night making wings for their arms. At dawn they climbed up onto the walls of the prision without the guards seeing them. The wings were attached to their arms. As they began to move their arms up and down, they flew out toward the sea and away the prison.

(Remember, this story is a myth; however it was one of the first stories of early man's dream to conquer flight.)

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