5 5 A trip to London

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Story Time ARTHUR The legend

5. A trip to London

The big city

Sir Ector and his sons travel all day and arrive in London at 6 p.m. It’s New Year’s Eve and the streets are busy and full of people of all ages and classes: lords and ladies, knights on their horses, students carrying their books, beggars, street sellers, bakers, butchers...

Arthur is excited. It’s his first time in the capital. What a big city! There are tall towers, houses of all types, inns, shops and churches. Ector and his sons stop at an inn called The Black Lamb. They and their horses need a rest and a good meal.

There are a lot of good things to eat: soup, meat, and a big slice of apple pie. “It’s late! Tomorrow is New Year’s Day and the tournament begins very early”, Sir Ector says after dinner. “Let’s go to bed!”

The next morning they get up at six and Kay is very excited. He’s going to take part in a tournament!

I’M HUNGRY. WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

Glossary

New Year’s Eve vigilia di Capodanno beggars mendicanti sellers venditori inns locande need a rest hanno bisogno di riposare meat carne slice fetta playing field luogo dove si svolge il torneo is about to begin sta per cominciare turns pale impallidisce I forgot it l’ho dimenticata I’ll... fetch it andrò a prenderla io will do andrà bene, farà al caso mio

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Ascolta e leggi i due episodi della storia, poi rispondi alle domande su un foglio.

1. Why do Ector and his sons go to London? 2. Where do they have dinner? 3. What can’t Kay find? 4. What does Arthur do to help his brother? Usa la pinzatrice e allega qui l’esercizio 9 .

Where’s Kay’s sword?

The playing field is near the Great Church. It is full of tents, people, horses and knights in armour. The tournament is about to begin. Suddenly Kay turns pale.

OH‚ NO! MY SWORD! I forgot it

AT THE INN!

“Don’t worry,” says Arthur. “I’ll go back to the inn and fetch it for you!” He jumps on his horse but the inn is far and there’s no time. As he is riding past the Great Church he sees a sword stuck in a big stone.

He is in a hurry and doesn’t read the words on the stone. He pulls the sword easily from the stone and rides back to Kay.

I HAVEN’T GOT TIME. THAT SWORD will do!

10 Riordina gli avvenimenti.

a. The boy sees a sword stuck in a stone. b. Kay can’t find his sword. c. They go to bed early. d. He draws the sword out of the stone. e. 1 Ector, Kay and Arthur travel to London. f. Arthur offers to fetch the sword for Kay. g. They have dinner at The Black Lamb.