![]() A scrawny wolf spies Wart running through the forest and tries to get the boy. Kay warns Wart that the woods are filled with wolves, but Wart says that he is not afraid and runs into the forest. Kay is very frustrated at Wart and then Wart volunteers to go into the dark forest to get the arrow. Wart falls out of the branch just as Kay is about to shoot and throws away his aim. Kay spots a deer and aims his arrow at it. Wart climbs up on a branch behind him and tries to keep silent. Kay is going hunting and warns Wart to be silent and reminds the younger boy that he does not let Wart along in the first place. The shot goes back to the two boys: Wart and Kay. The boy is less than a mile from there, just beyond the forest and right on schedule if all goes well. Merlin is defensive that he is not guessing, he knows. Archimedes asks Merlin where he is, guessing the boy currently is. Merlin thinks that surely this is not the right boy, but then another boy appears, attempting to keep up with the other. ![]() But this boy is much taller, stronger and older than the boy Merlin was describing. Merlin is smoking his pipe and through the smoke, a vision of a boy appears. He knows that it is someone of grand fate and that he is a small boy of about 11 years of age. His owl, Archimedes, will like to know who is coming, but Merlin does not actually know. Merlin comments that “he” will be here in about half an hour. He pours water into a kettle to make some tea. Inside his cottage, there are many magic potions and spells brewing. He keeps grumbling as he heads into his cottage after eventually getting a bucket of water. He is complaining that it is the age of inconvenience with no plumbing or electricity. He is attempting to get water out of a well. Then a hawk appears and tries to snatch up the squirrel, but misses. The scene heads into a dark forest and a wolf is seen eyeing a squirrel. People live in fear and the strong preys upon the weak. England goes through a dark time without law or order. The sword in the stone is shown fully overgrown with thorns. Then England goes without a King and the sword is forgotten. The narrator continues to say that many try, but none can pull out the sword. The narrator stops singing and reads the inscription that is written below the sword’s hilt: “Whose pulled out this sword of this stone and anvil is otherwise King born of England.” A miracle needs to happen and it appears in the form of the sword in the stone. The King of England dies, but no new King is declared. ![]() The narration is sung in a tone of a minstrel and he is warning the legend of the sword in the stone. The narration begins with a classic storybook opening. The background art is of objects related to the King of England such as the sword in the stone, a crown and a shield. The background music is a medley of the scores that will be heard throughout the rest of the film. ![]()
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