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Hello, everybody.

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Today I'm going too tell you
the story of Merlin, the Wizard.

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-Merlin, you say?

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-Hello, sir Isaac.

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It's Isaac Newton, the scientist.

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Yes, you've arrived just in time

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to hear the story of Merlin.

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-Oh, I know all about Merlin,
Katharine.

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He was the great,
great, great, great uncle

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of the neighbour
of the wife of my cousin Wilfred.

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-Okay...

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But I thought Merlin
was a legendary character,

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not a real person.

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-Are you saying
I don't know my family, Katharine?

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Let me tell you all about him.

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-Well, okay.

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It seems as if you know
the story better than I do.

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-Prepare to hear
the most incredible story of magic,

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wizards, knights,

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kings, queens
in the Middle Ages ever.

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-Wow, I love it already.

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Tell me more.

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-Once upon a time,
there was a young boy named Arthur.

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Merlin, the Wizard, raised Arthur.

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Merlin, the Wizard, designed
a special table

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for Arthur's father,

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It was called the Round Table,

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where more than a hundred knights
could sit.

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When Arthur's father,
the king, died,

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nobody knew
who should take his places.

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But Merlin, the Wizard,

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explained that there was
a sword called Excalibur,

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stucked in a stone,

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and whoever pulled that sword
out of the stone

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would be king and sit
at the head of the Round Table.

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Can you imagine knights
from all over Britain

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came to try an pull the sword
out of the stone?

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But no matter how big
or how strong they were,

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nobody could do it.

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-Wow, so what happened then?

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-Arthur did it!

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-How?
He was just a little boy, wasn't he?

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-Yes, but there was
a mysterious woman,

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who controlled
the sword and she helped him.

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-Interesting.

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Who was that?

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-The lady in the lake,

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Arthur meets the lady
of the lake and asks her

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if he can have
the sword Excalibur.

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She grants him permission and Arthur
pulls the sword out of the stone.

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-Wow.

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I wish I could see
the faces of those strong knights

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when Arthur pulls the sword out.

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-Yes.
And Arthur becomes king.

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He sits at the head
of the Round Table,

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he builds a giant castle,

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named Camelot,

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and with the help
of the knights of the Round Table,

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sir Gawain,
sir Percival and sir Lancelot,

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he wins lots of battles and controls
a lot of parts of Europe.

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-What a beautiful story.

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I specially love the happy ending.

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-Well, it's not all over yet.

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-No? There's more? Tell me.

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-Yes.

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King Arthur marries
the beautiful Guinevere.

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-Oh... Well that's perfect,
a wedding.

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A happy ending

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and the "all lived
happily ever after".

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-No, because...

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-Thank you, Newton,
for sharing the story with us.

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Now we know all about king Arthur,

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how he became king
with the help of the Wizard Merlin

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and the lady in the lake.

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He built his castle,

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at Camelot, and brave knights sat
with him at the Round Table.

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Finally, he married Guinevere,
and they lived happily ever after.

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-Well, no exactly happily.

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-Really? Why?

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-Well, Guenevere
was secretly in love

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with one of king Arthur's
bravest knights, sir Lancelot.

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-How intriguing.

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And what happened next?

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-Well, I don't remember.

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-Really? You cannot remember?

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-It was a very long time ago,
you know.

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-Don't worry, sir Isaac.

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We can look for the rest
of the story in the books.

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See you next time, everybody.

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Goodbye!