Dido and the Trading City

Dido, who was fleeing from her homeland in Tyre,

arrived in North Africa. She had always dreamed

of opening a trading city. The beautiful Phoenician            

princess was very clever. Land near the seaside

would make a cool place to trade. She asked the

owner if she could have as much land as she could

cover with a single bull skin. The landowner quickly

agreed. Because Dido was so clever she took the bull

hide cut it into extremely thin strips with a razor sharp

knife. She took the strips and formed them into an

overlapping circle. The surprised landowner finally sold her the

land. The Phoenician princess built a brick tower. Dido named

her trading tower,”Bull’s Hide.” The city that Bull’s Hide was

built in was named Carthage. Later in time, Carthage became

a famous trading city.

I believe I wrote this about two years ago when we were getting into more of the story writing zone. Kinda like when you first learning to play an instrument. You have to master the scales before you can play a song.