The Wooden Horse of Troy
This fun and lively poem for kids was written in 2014 by Paul Perro.
This story tells how the Greeks tricked the Trojans and won the Trojan War. It is most likely a myth - it appears in the stories of Homer alongside tales of gods and monsters. However, some scholars believe that the Trojan War and the Siege of Troy might be real, and if so, perhaps some sort of wooden horse did play a part, one way or another? I guess we will never know for sure.
We hope you enjoy the poem.
The Wooden Horse of Troy
A poem for kids by Paul Perro
The Greeks
had been besieging Troy
Ten years, or
thereabout.
The Greek
army surrounded it,
No-one got in
or out.
For the poor
Trojans, trapped inside,
The years
slowly dragged on and on,
Until one
day, they woke up, and
The Greek
army had gone.
Outside the
city walls, they found
No Greek
invasion force.
Instead they
found the strangest thing,
A giant
wooden horse.
Thinking it
must be a sacrifice
They opened
up the city gate
And brought
the horse inside and then
Began to
celebrate.
The Trojans
did not realise
The whole
thing was a ploy.
Greek soldiers
hid inside the horse
And now they
were in Troy.
When the celebrations
were over
And the
exhausted Trojans slept,
A trapdoor
opened in the horse
And out the
soldiers crept.
They opened
up the city gate
And let the
Greek army inside -
That’s right,
the Greeks had not gone home,
They’d just
gone off to hide.
The Greeks
controlled the whole city
Before the
Trojans were awake.
Troy was lost
because its people
Made a silly
mistake.
