The Legend of Arthur

Performed work: Anastasia Kuznetsova

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The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has been popular in Europe

for more than a thousand years.

The Knights in England wanted

to choose a new king. They found a huge stone with a sword in it. There was

golden writing on the sword which said:

«The man who can pull the sword out of the stone will

be king».

All the knights tried to pull the sword from the stone, but none of them could do it. Arthur was a young

boy at the time, but he pulled

the sword from the stone and became king.

Arthur lived in the castle of Camelot,

with Queen Guinevere. In the castle there was a

round table, which was made

by Merlin, the magician. All the

knights sat around the round table. The most famous knights

were Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain and

Sir Galahad.

The knights had many adventures.

They killed dragons and

saved beautiful ladies.

Arthur was killed by his nephew, Sir Mordred.

Before he died, he gave his

magic sword, Excalibur, to his

friend Sir Bedwere. He

told Sir Bedwere to

throw the sword into a lake. A

woman’s hand came out of the

water and caught the

sword.

Three beautiful

queens took Arthur’s body

away in a boat to the

magic island of Avalon. The legend says that one day Arthur will return and

save Britain.

Sources:• http://www.google.ru• Pater and Karen Viney«Student’s Book 2» (Oxford

English)