Happy Thoughts - Sleep Stories for Grownups-HowTheRoundTableBegan - Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi Estefana had positive afformations and audio stories bringing you
happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation, and entertainment to start your day.
We use the power of positive words to help you
live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you deserve to. Day's

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episode is a sleep story. Is time to head off
to a peaceful, enjoyable sleep with a relaxing bedtime story,
and we continue the story of King Arthur and the
round Table. This episode's story is how the round Table began.

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After King Arthur had fought and conquered many enemies, he
said one day to Merlin, whose counselfine took all the
days of his life. My parents will let me have
no rest, but bid me take a wife. And I
have answered them that I shall take none except you
advise me. It is well, replied Merlin, that you should

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take a wife. But is there any woman that you
love better than another? Yes, said Arthur, I love Guenevere,
daughter of Neo de Grance, king of Camilliard, in whose
house is the round table that my father gave him.
This maiden is the fairest that I have ever seen

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or ever Chelsea, Sir, answered Merlin, what you say as
to her beauty is true, But if your heart was
not set on her, I could find you another as
fair and of work goodness than she. But if a
man's heart is once set, it is idle to try

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to turn him. Then Merlin asked the king to give
him a company of knights and esquires, that he might
go to the court at King Leodegranz and tell him
that King Arthur desired to wed his daughter, which Arthur
did gladly. Therefore Merlin rode forth and made all the

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haste he could till he came to the castle of
Camilliard and told King Leodegrance would send him. And why
that is the best news I have ever had, replied
Leo Durrance. For little did I think that so great
and noble a king should seek to marry my daughter.

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As for lands to endore with, I will give whatever
he chose, But he has lands enough of his own,
so I will give him instead something that will please
him much more. The round table which Uther Pendergrass gave me,

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where a hundred and fifty knights considered one time, I
myself can call to my side a hundred good nights,
but I lack fifty for the wars have slain many
and some are absent. And without more words, King Leodogrants
gave his consent that his daughter should wed King Arthur.

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And Merlin returned with his knights and esquires, journeying partly
by water and partly by land, till they drew near
to London. When King Arthur heard of the coming of
Merlin and of the knights with the round table, he
was filled with joy, and said to those that stood
about him, this news that Merlin has brought me is welcome, indeed,

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for I have long loved this fair lady, and the
round table is dearer to me than great riches. Then
he ordered that Sir Launcelot should ride to fetch the Queen,
and that preparations for the marriage at her coronation should
be made, which was done now. Merlin said the King,

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go and look about my kingdom, and bring fifty of
the bravest and most famous knights that can be found
throughout the land. But no more than aid and twenty
knights could Merlin find. But these Arthur had to be content,
and the Bishop of Canterbury was fetched, and he blessed
the seas that were placed by the round table, and

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the knights sat in them. Fair sirs, said Merlin. When
the bishop ended his blessing, arise all of you and
pay your homage to the king. So the knights arose
to do his b and in every seat was the
name of the knight who had sat on it written

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in letters of gold. But two seats were empty. After that,
young Gawain came to the King and prayed him to
make him a knight on the day that he should
wed winevere that I will do, gladly, replied the King,
for you are my sister's son. As the king was speaking,

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a poor man entered the court, bringing with him a
youth about eighteen years old, writing on a lain mare,
though it was not the custom for gentlemen to write
on mayors. Where is King Arthur, asked the man. Yonder
answered the knights. Have you business with him? Yes, said
the man, and he went and bowed low before the King.

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I have heard, old King Arthur, Flower of knights and kings,
that at the time of your marriage you would give
any man the gift he should ask for. That is truth,
answered the King. As long as I do no harm,
no wrong to other men or my kingdom, I thank

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you for your gracious words, said the poor man. The
boon I would ask is that you would make my
son a knight. It is a great boon to ask,
answered the king. What is your name? Sir? My name
is aries the cow herd. Is it you or your

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son that has thought of this honor? It is my
son who desires it, not, I replied the man. I
have thirteen sons who tend cattle and work in the
fields if I bid them, But this boy, or do
nothing but shoot and cast darts, or go to watch
battles and looks gone knights, and all day long he

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beseeches me to bring him to you that he may
be knighted. Also, what is your name, said Arthur, turning
to the young man, Sir, my name is poor. Where
is your sword that I may knight you? Said the king.
It is him, my lord, take it out of his sheath,

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said the King, and require me to make you a knight.
Then toward chump offer's mare and put on his sword
and knelt before the King, praying that he may be
made a knight, and a knight of the round table.
As for a knight that I will make you, said Arthur,

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smiting him in the neck with the sword, and if
you are worthy of it, you shall be a knight
of the round Table. Then was the high feast made ready,
and the king was wedded to fare Guinevere at Camelot
in the church of Saint Stephen, with all due observants.

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And the next day Gawayne was made a knight. Also,
Sir tor proved before long by his gallant deeds, that
he was well worthy to sit in one of the
empty seats at the round Table. And that is the

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end of the story for this time. We'll continue on
very soon with the story of Sir Balin. Feel free
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night's sleep, sleep well, and we'll be together again very soon.
Good night,

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