A long time
ago, Britain was divided into several small kingdoms, and the rulers of these
small kingdoms were fighting one another in order to gain control over Britain.
It was a time of bloody battles, poverty and diseases.
At that time there were two strong kings:
King Uther Pendragon who ruled Winchester and King Gorlois who ruled Cornwall,
but no one was strong enough to take control over Britain.
One day a
wise magician named Merlin spoke to the people and informed them that Britain
would be unified only by one king.
When
the news reached King Uther Pendragon, he decided to visit Cornwall and marry
one of King Gorlios’ daughters, so the newborn son would be this future king.
Before his departure he asked Merlin some information concerning the expected
king,and after a short period Merlin answered Uther and told him that this
future king would be his son. King Uther felt
happy and immediately decided
to
go and visit Cornwall.
King
Gorlois welcomed King Uther and asked him to stay a few days in his big castle.
Gorlois had three daughters; two of them were married and the little one
'Morgana' was only three years old. But when King Uther saw Queen Igrayne he
fell in love with her, and informed her that he could give her a son; when King
Gorlois heard those words he became so angry, and ordered his guest to leave
immediately his castle
and never return
again. King Uther left Cornwall, but before his leaving he warned King Gorlois
and informed him that he would come another day with a huge army to take control
over Cornwall.
King Uther
did not leave Cornwall’s land; in fact he hid his army in the woods, then he
asked
Merlin the magician for some help;
he wanted to marry Queen Igrayne. As soon as the magician spoke words of magic,
King Urther immediately transformed and took King Gorlois' shape but
for only one night, then Merlin asked Uther
to give him the expected baby, King Uther agreed and went to meet Queen
Igrayne, he spent the whole night in Cornwall.While he was there the two armies
were fighting each other in the forest. In the early morning King Uther left
the castle. After a while Queen Igrayne
went to the castle’s wall; she was waiting for the king, but what she
saw was unbelievable: she saw Uther’s knights
carrying her husband’s dead body. Later, King Uther's armies entered the
castle and he took control over Cornwall and married Queen Igrayne. As time
passed Igrayne gave birth to a baby boy.That night Merlin came and asked the
king to give him the newborn, but Queen Igrayane refused and started crying,but
King Uther remembered his promise so he ordered Merlin to take his son then the
magician looked at the baby and said: “I name you Arthur”.
Questions:
1)
'King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table' is a __________________ .
real story
legend
history
record
2) Kings
were fighting each other in order to:__________________.
take
control over all the lands
build new
castles
marry Queen
Igrayne
3) King Uther
Pendragon was the ruler of: __________________.
Britain
Winchester
Cornrwall
4) Merlin
the magician was a : __________________.
brave
knight
worrior
wise old
man
5) Morgana
was the little daughter of: __________________.
King
Gorlois and Queen Igrayne
Marlin the
magician and Queen Igrayne
King Uther
and Queen Igrayne
6) Why was
Britain divided into several small kingdoms? Britain was divided into several
small kingdoms because __________________.
all the
kings were foreigners
no king was
strong enough to rule the whole country
there was
no honest king
7) Why did
King Uther decide to visit Cornwall? He decided to visit Cornwall in order to __________________
.
invade
Cornwall
marry one
of King Gorlois' s daughters
kill King
Gorlois
8) Why did
King Gorlois dismiss his guest, and order him to leave his castle? King Gorlois
dismissed his guest and ordered him to leave his castle because
__________________.
King Uther
insulted the royal guard
King Uther
wanted to marry his little daughter
King Uther
was impolite to his wife
9) When did
Queen Igrayne become King Uther's wife? She became King Uther's wife
__________________.
after the
death of King Gorlois
while King
Gorlois was fighting
before the
death of King Gorlois
10) What
was the reason that made Queen Igrayne sad? Queen Igrayne felt so sad because
__________________.
King
Gorlois gave up his position to avoid trouble
King Uther
killed her daughter
the
magician took her baby
ANSWERS:
legend
take control over all the lands
Winchester
wise old man
King Gorlois and Queen Igrayne
no king was strong enough to rule the whole
country
marry one of King Gorlois' s daughters
King Uther was impolite to his wife
after the death of King Gorlois
the magician took her baby
