He knows that it is someone of great fate and that he is a small boy of about 11 years of age. His owl, Archimedes, would like to know who is coming but Merlin does not actually know. Merlin comments that “he” will be here in about half an hour. He pours water into a kettle to make some tea. Inside his cottage there are many magic potions and spells brewing. He keeps grumbling as he heads into his cottage after finally getting a bucket of water. He is complaining that it is the age of inconvenience with no plumbing or electricity. He is struggling to get water out of a well. A hawk then appears and tries to snatch up the squirrel but misses. The scene heads into a dark forest and a wolf is seen eyeing a squirrel. People lived in fear and the strong preyed upon the weak. England went through a dark time without law or order. The sword in the stone is shown completely overgrown with thorns. So England went without a King and the sword was forgotten. The narrator continues to say that many tried but none could pull out the sword. The narrator stops singing and reads the inscription that was written below the sword’s hilt: “Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise King born of England.” A miracle needed to happen and it appeared in the form of the sword in the stone. The King of England died but no new King was declared. The narration is sung in a tone of a minstrel and he is telling the legend of the sword in the stone.
The narration begins with a classic storybook opening.
The background art is of objects related to the King of England such as the sword in the stone, a crown, and a shield. The background music is a medley of the scores that will be heard throughout the rest of the film. Rickie Sorensen, Robert Reitherman, Richard Reitherman – Wart Based on: The Sword in the Stone written by T.H.
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