Unit 5: Selection Vocabulary 3

It was then that Anniko noticed that these villagers had one rather unique characteristic. They all had long necks with heads that sat at the tops of their necks.

It was then that Anniko noticed that these villagers had one rather unique characteristic. They all had long necks with heads that sat at the tops of their necks.

She accompanied the Longnecks to the marketplace and shared in their celebrations and their sorrows.

The rainy season had come so the vines hung longer, the leaves had grown larger, the foliage was thicker…and Anniko became afraid.

The villagers were furious.

Among all those mortals who grew so wise that they learned the secrets of the gods, none was more cunning than Daedalus.

When they were done, Daedalus fitted them to his own shoulders, and after one or two efforts, he found that by waving his arms he could winnow the air and cleave it, as a swimmer does the sea.

Without delay, he fell to work on a pair of wings for the boy Icarus, and taught him carefully how to use them, bidding him beware of rash adventures among the stars.

He longed for one draught of flight to quench the thirst of his captivity: he stretched out his arms to the sky and made towards the highest heavens.

His wings wavered, drooped.