Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . ARTHUR WITH THE SWORD DRAWN FROM THE STONE another tried to pull out the sword, butnot one of them could move it. Then many other men came to see thestone. Every man tried to draw out thesw^ord, but not one could do so. SirEctor came with the rest, and also hisson, and the young prince Arthur. Sir Ector and his son could not lift thesw^ord, but Arthur pulled it out of thestone quite easily. All men wondered to see a young laddo this thing which strong men could notdo. Arthur is our king! cried some ofthem. But others said: We will not
Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands . ARTHUR WITH THE SWORD DRAWN FROM THE STONE another tried to pull out the sword, butnot one of them could move it. Then many other men came to see thestone. Every man tried to draw out thesw^ord, but not one could do so. SirEctor came with the rest, and also hisson, and the young prince Arthur. Sir Ector and his son could not lift thesw^ord, but Arthur pulled it out of thestone quite easily. All men wondered to see a young laddo this thing which strong men could notdo. Arthur is our king! cried some ofthem. But others said: We will not letSir Ectors son rule over us. He is nota prince. Then up stood Merlin and spoke: Arthur is your king, said he. He isa prince, for he is the son of your lastking. The people were glad when they heardthe words of the wise old man. 39. Arthur is ourking! theyshouted. And the crownwas put on theyoung princeshead. Arthur grewup to be a braveand good fought andwon many fights*^.. with his wonder-ful sword, but atlast there came S a day when he was beaten. All but one of his brave lords were killed in that fight, and the king wassorely hurt. He lay on the ground, andthe lord who was left alive wept besidehim. Then the king knew in his heart thethings which must be done. 40 Take my sword to the waterside andthrow it into the w^ater, said he. Thencome back and tell me w^hat you see. So the lord took the sword to the water-side. But as he held it in his hand hesaw shining gems upon the hilt. Hecould not bear to throw away so fine athing, so he hid it under a tree. But hetold the king he had thrown it into thewater. What did you see there? asked KingArthur. I saw only the waves and winds,said the lord. That is not true, said the kingsternly, for he knew in his heart whatthings must happen. He sent the lord once more
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