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.