Odysseus has lost his fleet
of ships! They were destroyed yesterday by the giants of Laestrygonia. Only his own ship
sails on. All seemed well when the Greek ships were blown onto a strange island which
nobody had discovered until now. Little did Odysseus and his men realise the danger they
were in.
He sent three brave soldiers to search the island. Everything was
giant-sized. The insects came up to their elbows. The plants were huge. They walked on and
found people but they were giants too! The king of the giants promptly picked one of the
men up and ate him! The other two men quickly returned to Odysseus with the news.
Odysseus, upon hearing the news, ordered his men to get in the boats
and sail away as quickly as they could. Unfortunatly the Laestrygonianian’s showed up
on the shore and as soon as the giants saw the ships they started picking up rocks and
throwing them.
