In his account, the teenage Arthur answers a challenge inscribed on the stone—“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England”—by performing ...

The second story in the unit follows the well-known legend of how a boy called Arthur becomes king when he pulls the sword from the stone. Warm up: clapping in time to the music; skipping around ...

Today, the sword can still be seen in Tuscany, but is it real? And was it the inspiration for Excalibur and King Arthur’s saga? Video by: Next Stop Stories So rare they were thought to be a myth ...