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Three days before Christmas there was a great tournament , a friendly battle between knights . Nobody fought better than Kay . But when he hit a huge knight on the helmet , his sword broke . Three friends protected him while he escaped to the edge of the field . “ Brother , get me another sword , quickly ! ” he shouted to Arthur . “ Run to our father’s tent ! ” Arthur ran as fast as he could . But everyone was watching the tournament , so the tent was empty . There was no sword in it . Then he remembered the sword in the anvil . “ That one will do very well for my brother , ” he thought . He ran to the church . The guards were at the tournament too . So Arthur jumped up onto the marble stone and took hold of the handle . He pulled , and the sword came out of the anvil smoothly and easily . He wrapped it in his cloak and ran back to his brother . II . The True King When Kay saw the sword , his face went as white as wax . “ Where did you get this ? ” he asked in a strange voice . Arthur told him the truth . “ My brother is almost a child , ” Kay thought . “ He doesn’t know what he has done . Why shouldn’t I take the honour ? ” So he took the sword and sent Arthur to bring their father . “ I broke my sword in the fight , ” Kay told Sir Ector , “ and I found this one instead . ” “ If you pulled it out of the anvil , ” said Sir Ector , “ then you are the rightful king . And if you pulled it out , you can put it back . ” At the church Kay pushed the point against the anvil with all his strength . But it did not go in at all . “ Father , may I try ? ” asked Arthur . “ I was the one who pulled it out . ” Sir Ector looked at him very strangely . “ You may try , ” he said . Arthur set the point on the anvil , and the sword slid smoothly into the iron . He pulled it out and pushed it back once more . Then Sir Ector knelt down in front of him . “ Father ! Why are you kneeling to me ? ” cried Arthur . “ I am not your father , ” said Sir Ector . “ Eighteen years ago Merlin and Sir Ulfius brought me a newborn baby at midnight . They told me to call him Arthur and bring him up as my own son . You were that baby . Now I believe that your father was King Uther Pendragon himself . ” Arthur began to cry . “ I have lost my father , ” he said . “ I would rather have my father than be a king . ” Just then Merlin and Sir Ulfius arrived . “ Yes , this is the child , ” said Merlin . “ Arthur , you will be the greatest king that Britain has ever had . ” Then Sir Ector asked Arthur for one favour . “ When you are king , please make your brother Kay your Seneschal , the chief officer of your household . ” “ I will , ” said Arthur . “ And you will always be my father . ” He kissed the old knight , and Kay stood silently , like a man hit by lightning .
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