sword and the stone

is of royal blood and does not know this. One day when Wart is in the

forest, he finds a magician named Merlin. Merlin comes home with Wart and

agrees with Sir Ector, Wart's guardian, to become Wart's tutor. Merlin

goes about educating Wart by transforming him into different animals.

Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each

being a part of how he should rule as king.

The first transformation plunges Wart and Merlin into the castle's

moat as fish. They proceed to meet the largest fish in the moat, who is

the ruler. This fish takes what he wants because of his size. In a speech

about power, he tells Wart that, "Might is right," and might of the body is

greater than might of the mind. Because of the way the fish-king rules, his

subjects obey him out of fear for their lives. Wart experiences this

firsthand when the fish-king tells him to leave. He has grown bored of

Wart, and if Wart does not leave he will eat him. The king uses his size

as his claim to power, therefore his subjects follow him out of fear.

In Wart's next transformation into a hawk, he soars into the castle's

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Approximate Word count = 821
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)