The Sword and The Stone Author:T. H. White Probably only the magician, Merlyn, knew that his pupil, the Wart...would one day be the great King Arthur. — For six years Merlyn was the boy's tutor and the Wart learned all manner of useful things; such as what it is like to be a fish or a hawk or a badger. Then the king Pendragon died without heirs. And King Pellinore arrived at the court w... more »ith an extraordinary story of a sword stuck in an anvil...The last person anybody expected to pull out the sword was the Wart but...« less