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A children's picture book about a boys adventures as he tries to rescue his dog.
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Weef
MIKEand the
MINOTAUR
Copyright © David A. Smith (Weef) 2010
The rights of David A. Smith (Weef) to beidentified as the author of this work have been
asserted by him in accordance with theCopyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.
This book is sold subject to the condition thatit shall not by way of trade or otherwise, be
lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise be circulatedwithout the publisher’s prior consent in any
form of binding or cover other than that whichit is published and without a similar conditionincluding this condition being imposed on the
subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this book isavailable from the British Library.
ISBN
Published by Line & Tint. 2010 Trinity Close, The Pavement, Clapham
Common, London SW4 0JD
MIKEMINOTAUR
and theand the
Michael loved the old storiesfrom Greek mythology, especiallythe tale of Theseus and the Minotaur
Every day Michael liked to take his dog, Angus, to the park.
Some times they met the school bully and his dog.
They walked up the hill passed the milkman.
The lollipop lady crossed them safely over the road.
He would runround and
round for hours.
Angus followed it straight in with a huge splash.
After a while Michaelgot bored and
began reading his book.
Throwing the stickcarelessly it landed
in the pond.
In the park Angus lovedto play catch the stick.
She turned and swam off to the other side of the pond.
Michael was really worried,he couldn’t see Angusanywhere in the pond.
Then there was a spurt of water and a mermaid appeared holding Angus.
Michael went into his rucksack andpulled out a large sheet of paper.
Using his origamiskills he quicklyfolded the sheetof paper in half.
After a few morefolds and tucks
he had completeda boat.
Michael’s quest had begun.
He immediately set off across the pond sailing passed Lollipop island. He waved at the Sirens who lived there.
He found Angus’sfootprints in the sand.The yacht came to rest on a beach.
Eventually the tracks took him into the forestAnd began to follow them as they lead up the sand-dune.
When he looked back he saw that a Trojan archer was firing at him from the opposite hillside
In his rucksack Michaelpulled out a bone
And then with all the power hecould muster he threw the bone
as far as he could.
He began to wave itat the two-headed dog
Thetwo-headed dogran after the bone
they bothwanted it
He hid behind a tree and watched in horror. He had found Angus, but there was one more challenge.
From his rucksack, Michael found a ball of golden thread, then he tied it around the tree.
He couldn't believe his eyes - it was the half-man, half-bullmythical Minotaur from his books of Greek Mythology.
Then he ran out from behind the tree and caught the Minotaur’s eye. It started walking towards him.
Michael lured the Minotaur towards the tree
He grabbed the golden thread and ran round and round the tree as fast as he could.
As the golden thread tightened the Minotaur was trapped against the tree
Michael had caught the Minotaur and Angus was free
The next thing Michael knewhe was being woken byAngus licking his face
They were both very happyto see each other again
They collected up their stick and set off home
Michael liked to take his dog, Angus,to the park to play catch the stick.Accidently Michael threw the stickinto the pond.Angus dived straight in to retrieve itand gets carried away by a mermaid.Michael sets out on a quest to rescuehis loyal friend.