"I
am not your father," confessed Sir Ector,
"though I love you like a son. You were
brought to my door one stormy night, a little
squalling baby in the arms of Merlin, the wizard, the
dream-reader. And now I understand that you
must be the son of King Uther Pendragon, and the
rightful king of all England."
And
so it was that the boy Arthur, who was not even yet a
knight, was acclaimed the King of England by the
people; for try as they might, no one else could ever
shift the sword from the stone.
King
Arthur, with Sir Kay at this right hand and Merlin at
his left, set about bringing peace to the
country. He married a beautiful woman,
Guinevere, established his castle at Camelot, and
founded the order of the Knights of the Round
Table. There were one hundred and fifty seats
at that table, and whenever a knight was worthy of
sitting there, his name would appear, by Merlin's
magic, on his seat. Many famous knights came to
sit at the Round Table in Camelot, including Sir
Gawain, Sir Perceval, Sir Lancelot, and Sir Galahad,
the most perfect knight of them all. Their
adventures in the cause of good will be told and
retold forever, because these were the finest of all
the noble knights who ever lived.
