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//Icarus and Daedalus//
Daedalus and his son, Icarus were imprisoned in a tower by King Minos. Then, Daedalus made two wings of feathers and wax to escape the island. He told his son that he must not fly too high or too low because it could be dangerous for him. Icarus enjoyed flying and forgot what his father said. He flew towards the highest heavens. The heat of the sun melted the wax from his wings; the feathers were falling, one by one; and no one could help him. Icarus fell from the sky, smashed into the sea and drowned. Daedalus named the nearest island Icaria, in memory of the child. Then. he sadly went to the temple of God Apollo in Sicily, and hung up his wings as a present. Never again will he fly.

//Coyote Flies with the Geese//
One day in autumn, Coyote decided to find the Wild Geese to help him migrate to the South because he hated the cold winter. When Coyote found the wild geese, he immediately asked to join them going to the South. They agreed and made a couple wings for Coyote of animal skins with hair scraped off and pasted white feathers all over. Coyote learned to fly quickly. Before they started their trip, the chief said to Coyote that he must look ahead and never look down. And if he falls he should call out, "My parfleche" to land softly. On the way, Coyote heard human teased him. He gritted his teeth and kept from looking down. After a while of living with the geese, Coyote started to get bored and lonely. At long last, the geese and Coyote flew back to the North. On the evening that day, while they were flying, Coyote saw people sang and ate meat. Then, he looked down and fell. Quickly, he shouted, "My Parfleche" and landed sofly. Never again he dares to fly.



//Starfruit//
Once upon a time, there was a family of two brothers. The elder brother was awfully lazy while, the little brother was very dilligent. One day, an eagle landed on the little brother's garden and ate the starfruits. He saw it and began to dismiss the eagle. Then, it said,"Let me eat your fruit, and I will give you gold." The next day, the eagle came as promised and brought the little brother to the gold place. The elder brother knew immediately what happened to his brother and forced him to changed houses. Next time, the eagle came and ate starfruit. the elder brother also dismissed the bird. Again, the bird did the same thing as it did to the little brother. At the gold place the elder brother put a lot of gold in his bag and pockets. On the way home, the bird felt tired and leaned on a side. Then, the elder brother fell and drowned in the sea. After that, the little brother got all the property and lived luckily.

Comparing of Stories
//"Icarus and Daedalus" and// "//Coyote//// Flies with the Geese" //are two different stories, but they have some similarities. First, their text genres are Myth. Second, main characters in the stories used fake wings to fly. Third, before they flew, Daedalus and the geese reminded them to avoid danger. However, Icarus and Coyote was fascinated with things around them and forgot what they should not do. Unluckily, both of them fell down from the sky. Ending of the stories, Daedalus and Coyote repented after they flew.

//"Coyote// // Flies with the Geese" // and "//Starfruit"// was alike when Coyote and the elder brother wanted to change their lives. Coyote would like to move to the South to escape the winter and the elder brother preferred to be richer. Second, they did not follow the rules. At the end of the stories, they also fell down into the sea.

The similarities of the //"Icarus and Daedalus"// and "//Starfruit"// is that the characters are humans. Second, the elder brother and Icarus hovered in the air before they fell and died. Third, both of them smashed into the sea and drowned. Next, if they listened to the people who warned them, they would not end like that. At last, the genres of two stories are Myth.

//"Icarus and Daedalus","////Coyote// // Flies with the Geese" // and "//Starfruit"// resembled when all of the stories had charactes that didn’t listen to experienced people, so they got accidents. Second, the main characters depended on others or other things to fly. At last, the Three stories was were about curiosity.

After we read those stories, we learned do be ourselves and not act like others, try to not be distract by anyone else. If we have any trouble, we should think that every problem has a solution. Don’t give up when you have problems and try to overcome them. Think well before you decide to do something. Then, you will never regret about what you did.