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In the myth Daedalus as retold by Anne Terry white, a man learns that his actions have unexpected and unfortunate consequences. First, Daedalus is a talented architect. Daedalus has a nephew who arrives in athens. When he was there he made the compass and the saw. When Daedalus nephew was at the beach he saw a fish bone. It was sarp. Then he saw that it cut wood. Then he made the saw. Next, When his nephew was there he made all kinds of things. He was getting very famous. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew. Another thing, One day he pushed his nephew of a cliff. He saw his nephew fall to his death. He was so scared. So he moves place to place. Than he left Greece and crossed the sea to cred. He meets the king there. The king
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