Episode One, страница 79 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс книга для чтения Афанасьева, Михеева

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Episode One. The Sword in the Stone

Cast: Narrator, Sir Ector, Kay (Sir Ector's elder son),

Arthur (Sir Ector's younger son), Merlin (the great wizard).

Narrator. When Arthur saw the sword in the stone and remembered that his brother's sword was missing, he said to himself...

Arthur. Kay must not be without a sword. I'll take it from the pavilion where nobody needs it. (Arthur runs up to the stone, grabs it by the hilt, easily takes it out and leaves with it.)

Narrator. The moment Kay saw the sword he knew it was not his own.

Kay. What a wonderful sword!

Sir Ector (enters). What a wonderful sword, boys! Where did you find it?

Kay. I... I... I found it...

Arthur. I found it in the pavilion. It was in the stone and nobody wanted it. So I thought...

Sir Ector. Take us to that stone, Arthur. I want to see it with my own eyes.

Narrator. The three of them went back to the pavilion to look at the stone. Inside the pavilion Sir Ector read the words on the stone.

Sir Ector. He who draws the sword from the stone is the trueborn King of Britain.

Kay. It's my sword, Father. Arthur is too young to pull the sword from the stone. I did it. So I'm the trueborn King.

Sir Ector. All right, Kay, if you did it before, you can do it again. Put the sword back in the stone and then draw it out. (Kay tries to do it but fails.)

Narrator. Kay couldn't pull the sword out of the stone. Then Sir Ector tried to do it, but also failed. (Sir Ector tries to draw the sword out of the stone and fails.)

Sir Ector. Now you, Arthur. (Arthur pulls the sword out. Sir Ector and Kay kneel before him.)

Arthur (surprised). Please don't kneel before me as I can't be your king.

Merlin (appears from behind the curtain). Yes, you can, Arthur.

Sir Ector: Merlin! It's you.

Merlin (to Arthur). You are the trueborn son of a king, and you will be King of the Britons.

Narrator. Arthur could hardly believe his ears.

Arthur. You said I was a king's son. Sir Ector is my father, and he isn't a king.

Sir Ector. I love you as my son, Arthur, but you are not of my blood. Your father is the great Uther Pendragon, the great King.

Merlin. There was a plot against Uther Pendragon and your life was at great risk. I brought you to Sir Ector's castle and left you there. Sir Ector promised to take care of you.

Arthur. And he did. (To Sir Ector and Kay.) You brought me up as your own son, Sir. I will always think of you as my father. And you will always be my brother, Kay. (The three of them hug.)

Narrator. This is how this story ends. That was the first story about the great king, but not the last.