Wallace Craig Jr., age 16, of Annapolis, Md., for his question:

WHO WERE DAEDALUS AND ICARUS?

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was the man who invented the Labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete, as a cage for the half man half bull monster called Minotaur. Icarus was his son.

The Labyrinth was a maze with hundreds of hallways and passages. It was supposed to be impossible to get out but Theseus, the Greek hero, entered, killed the Minotaur and escaped. King Minos thought Daedalus had helped Theseus, so Minos put Daedalus and his son into the Labryinth.

Daedalus and Icarus escaped by flying out of the Labyrinth after making wings of feathers and wax. Icarus, unfortunately, flew too high and the heat of the sun melted his wings. He fell into the sea and died.

Daedalus also put a thread through all the coils of a seashell by fastening it to an ant who pulled it through all the passages.

Minos finally died and Daedalus lived happily ever after in Sicily.