King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Level 2

Retold by Deborah Tempest Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

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CONTENTS
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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 1 Arthur and Merlin ...................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 2 The Round Table..................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3 The Sword, Excalibur .......................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 4 Morgan le Fay .......................................................................................................................... 13 Chapter 5 Vivienand Merlin .................................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 6 Sir Meligrance .......................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 7 SirTristram................................................................................................................................. 22 Chapter 8 The Grail ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 9 King Arthur Dies ...................................................................................................................... 30ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................................................................... 34 Writing ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35

Introduction

They went back to the place outside the church, and Sir Ector put the sword in thestone again. ‘Now pull it out,’ he said to Arthur. Arthur pulled it out. It came out as easily as a knife out of butter. Sir Ector saw this and took Arthur’s hand. ‘You are my king,’ he said.

Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, and it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good king?Will his people love him? And will his life be happy? The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is very, very old. People know that there was a king in Britain between the years 400 and 600. He fought the Saxons, from countries in the north of Europe, and perhaps this king was Arthur. He lived, perhaps, in Wales or in the west of England — in Somerset or Cornwall. People wrote...