Hello, everybody.
Today I'm going too tell you the story of Merlin, the Wizard.
-Merlin, you say?
-Hello, sir Isaac.
It's Isaac Newton, the scientist.
Yes, you've arrived just in time
to hear the story of Merlin.
-Oh, I know all about Merlin, Katharine.
He was the great, great, great, great uncle
of the neighbour of the wife of my cousin Wilfred.
-Okay...
But I thought Merlin was a legendary character,
not a real person.
-Are you saying I don't know my family, Katharine?
Let me tell you all about him.
-Well, okay.
It seems as if you know the story better than I do.
-Prepare to hear the most incredible story of magic,
wizards, knights,
kings, queens in the Middle Ages ever.
-Wow, I love it already.
Tell me more.
-Once upon a time, there was a young boy named Arthur.
Merlin, the Wizard, raised Arthur.
Merlin, the Wizard, designed a special table
for Arthur's father,
It was called the Round Table,
where more than a hundred knights could sit.
When Arthur's father, the king, died,
nobody knew who should take his places.
But Merlin, the Wizard,
explained that there was a sword called Excalibur,
stucked in a stone,
and whoever pulled that sword out of the stone
would be king and sit at the head of the Round Table.
Can you imagine knights from all over Britain
came to try an pull the sword out of the stone?
But no matter how big or how strong they were,
nobody could do it.
-Wow, so what happened then?
-Arthur did it!
-How? He was just a little boy, wasn't he?
-Yes, but there was a mysterious woman,
who controlled the sword and she helped him.
-Interesting.
Who was that?
-The lady in the lake,
Arthur meets the lady of the lake and asks her
if he can have the sword Excalibur.
She grants him permission and Arthur pulls the sword out of the stone.
-Wow.
I wish I could see the faces of those strong knights
when Arthur pulls the sword out.
-Yes. And Arthur becomes king.
He sits at the head of the Round Table,
he builds a giant castle,
named Camelot,
and with the help of the knights of the Round Table,
sir Gawain, sir Percival and sir Lancelot,
he wins lots of battles and controls a lot of parts of Europe.
-What a beautiful story.
I specially love the happy ending.
-Well, it's not all over yet.
-No? There's more? Tell me.
-Yes.
King Arthur marries the beautiful Guinevere.
-Oh... Well that's perfect, a wedding.
A happy ending
and the "all lived happily ever after".
-No, because...
-Thank you, Newton, for sharing the story with us.
Now we know all about king Arthur,
how he became king with the help of the Wizard Merlin
and the lady in the lake.
He built his castle,
at Camelot, and brave knights sat with him at the Round Table.
Finally, he married Guinevere, and they lived happily ever after.
-Well, no exactly happily.
-Really? Why?
-Well, Guenevere was secretly in love
with one of king Arthur's bravest knights, sir Lancelot.
-How intriguing.
And what happened next?
-Well, I don't remember.
-Really? You cannot remember?
-It was a very long time ago, you know.
-Don't worry, sir Isaac.
We can look for the rest of the story in the books.
See you next time, everybody.
Goodbye!