One can’t scientifically study birds-the mechanics of flight, the social life of the flock, etc.-without first imagining what it’s actually like to be a bird. Merlyn privileges a particular kind of learning-ruled, on one hand, by inquiry, and informed, on the other, by leaps of imagination. Sick of looking at his long face, Arthur’s stepfather shoos him away to Merlyn’s study for advice and a little cheering up, and Merlyn tells his pupil, “The best thing for being sad … is to learn something.” But his teacher Merlyn believes differently he knows Arthur is so very much more than he appears. After all, he’s a foster boy, a child of little importance-or so he thinks-and the world will surely pass him by. Armor is donned, adult responsibilities are assumed, and Arthur is left behind. His brother Kay isn’t interested in horsing around and hawking with him anymore. White’s Arthurian saga The Once and Future King, published in 1938 -a young Arthur is feeling restless and sulky. Merlyn agrees to stay with Arthur, as his advisor for the foreseeable future.In The Sword in the Stone-the first book of T. Arthur is crowned as King of England, and the people are happy because they are tired of the unrest and violence they’ve endured under Uther Pendragon. At first, Kay tries to take credit for removing the sword when Ector asks him, but then gives in and admits Arthur did it.Įctor and Kay kneel before Arthur. It turns out that whoever could solve the challenge of pulling the sword from the stone would be the next King of England. He pulls the sword from the stone with ease and brings it to Kay.
His animal friends swarm his consciousness, reminding him of all of the lessons he’s learned. He wanders over to a nearby churchyard and sees a sword stuck upright in a large stone. The Wart, anxious to please Kay, goes back to their inn to retrieve the sword, but it’s closed.
Kay gets to the tournament, but realizes he’s forgotten his sword. Meanwhile, King Uther Pendragon has died without an heir.
He follows Kay as his squire, to a tournament in London where Kay will debut as a knight. As a badger, he has to make a decision whether to eat a hedgehog out of anger he decides to leave him. Merlyn tries to break him of his traditional ideas about the positives of knighthood and war.Īrthur is placed into the bodies of different animals, including a perch, a merlin, an ant, an owl, a goose, and a badger. Arthur finds a tutor, Merlyn, who begins to teach him the importance of education and being a good leader by turning him into various animals and sending him on quests.Īrthur’s naivete leads him to believe that becoming a knight is a wonderful and honorable thing, but because he is not Ector’s proper son, he is destined to be Kay’s squire. Arthur (The Wart) is a young boy who has been taken in and raised by Ector.
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