The Sword in the Stone vs. The Once and Future King

nd preparing a table for his quest. While waiting and talking to Archimedes, Merlin
             actually visualizes Kay and Wart in the field, still not knowing exactly when the "scrawny boy" would arrive. However, he did surmise the exact part of the roof that Wart would fall through whilst "dropping in", and placed a chair conveniently for Wart at the table under that spot.
             In the woods, Wart spots the arrow stuck in a tree and climes up to reach and recover it. A hawk is seen in the background of the woods swooping down after a squirrel, but is of no significance to the Wart. While reaching for the arrow, his weight (which isn't much) fractures yet another branch, causing him to fall through Merlin's roof, and into a chair Merlin had set for him at the table. Merlin and Wart converse, and Wart finds out that Merlin is an eccentric, fumbling, clumsy, forgetful but lovable old magician.
             As they sit at the table, Wart is offered cookies and tea, both of which he accepts gladly. He witnesses the mobility and personality of Merlin's sugar pot, and watches as Merlin's chair walks back into place where Merlin wants to sit
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