雙語故事:亞瑟稱王大綱
Arthur's father was King Uther Pendragon, who fell in love with Igrayne, the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. With the aid of Merlin, a powerful magician, Uther took the form of the duke and so Igrayne became pregnant with Arthur. After Arthur was born, the magician Merlin gave him to a man named Hector to be raised as Hector's own son. Arthur grew up without knowing that he was the son of the king. When Arthur was a young man, his father, Uther Pendragon, died. People were worring about who whould be the next king, when a strange stone was discovered. Firmly fixed in the stone was a sword with these words on its handle: "I am great Excalibur, and at the King's side I am to hang." All the nobles agreed that whoever should be able to draw out the sword from the stone should be the next king. Many people tried, but nobody succeeded. Finally Arthur came and quite easily pulled the sword from the stone. Now people were convinced that Authur was pointed out by Heaven as their king.
Then with the help of the great magician Merlin and his powerful sword Excalibur, Arthur led his armies to many victories over Britain's enemies. After that, Britain had a long period of peace and security. Arthur married the beautiful Princess Guenevere. Later, he set up the Round Table as a meeting place for his knighgts. Arthur had several places for living. His favorite was Camelot, a castle in southern English.
亞瑟的父親是個國王，叫尤瑟·潘德拉貢。尤瑟看上了康沃爾公爵的妻子伊倫，於是靠魔法師墨林的幫助，化做公爵的模樣接近伊倫，生下亞瑟。亞瑟出生後，墨林把他交給一個叫赫克託的人，要他把亞瑟當做自己的兒子撫養。亞瑟長大後並不知道自己的身世。他的父親尤瑟去世時，人們爲何人繼位一事發愁。此時，有人發現一塊巨石，巨石中插着一把寶劍，劍柄上刻有銘文：“我叫埃克斯卡利伯，將懸於國王身邊。”貴族們商定，能將劍從石中取出者爲王。許多人嘗試拔劍，但劍死死地卡在石頭裏，沒有人成功。最後輪到亞瑟，他稍一用力，就把劍抽了出來。這時人們相信亞瑟稱王是天意。
靠着魔法師墨林的協助，加上手裏握着威力巨大的神劍埃克斯卡利伯，亞瑟多次打敗不列顛的敵人，使自己的人民一度過上安寧的生活。亞瑟王娶了一個美貌的公主叫圭內維爾。他還造了一個巨大的圓桌，作爲與衆騎士聚會之處。亞瑟有幾處居所，但他的宮廷設在英格蘭南部一個叫做卡米洛的地方。
