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(Kiki Lianou, 4th primary school of Kamatero, Greece) It was decided that one of the sons should go to Athens and look for his sister.He left his kingdom and got on a ship.The first thing he saw, as soon as he reached Athens, was Pireas. Pireas was the biggest Greek port ,as he was informed later on.There were lots of ships connecting Athens with numerous islands.He asked wether someone had seen his sister but unfortunatelly noone had. He took the train from Pireas to Omonia , the centre of Athens.There he saw very tall and very old buildings lots of shops and a big square .He asked wether someone had seen his sister but unfortunatelly noone had. He took the subway from Omonia to Syntagma,another central part of Athens.There he saw the Parliament and got quite impressed by it.He was told that the Parliament used to be a palace,just like his own .Outside the Parliament ,he saw people wearing strange costumes.They were called "tsoliades". Next to the Parliament he saw an enormous garden.He wandered in it for a long time and he asked wether someone had seen his sister but unfortunatelly noone had. He left the garden and then he saw something that made him forget all his sorrow about his sister.He was standing just under the Acropolis.He was astonished by The Parthenon and Herodio. He headed to Plaka and Monastiraki.There he saw the beautiful scheduled mansions of old Athens.He felt tired and decided to have an icecream and sat at a cafe.There he met a young man who was sitting next to him.The prince told the young man that he wasn't from Athens and was loo