The Sword in the Tree

The Sword in the Tree
by Clyde Robert Bulla
Report by Jonathan Hinrichs

One day there was a man that fell at the castle gate and it was Shan’s uncle. Shan was the son of lord Weldon and they lived in a castle and fortress called Weldon castle. As the uncle got better he showed that he was a cruel man.

One day Shan’s uncle and father went on a hunt to catch foxes, but his uncle really meant to kill him. When he got home then all the others left until just the uncle was alone and he said that Shan’s father fell in the quicksand. Shan and his mother cried and cried. Finally they had to leave the castle.

Shan went to Camelot to talk with King Arthur. Two days a month King Arthur would talk to the people about their problems. There was a huge room with a table that was the biggest table that he ever saw. King Arthur said one of his knights would go with him to defeat his uncle.

Sir Gareth helped him to fight his uncle off of his land. Then Sir Gareth was badly hurt before he came and he got a little hurt during this battle.

One of the old servants, Nappus, a great doctor, took a torch and keys and had Shan follow him. He led him to the dungeon and then he had some keys and he unlocked a couple doors and then they came to a room and there was a man laying there and it was Shan’s father! Then he ran to his father and they saw he was still alive. Then he tried to pick him up but his father said, “Oh no, you are a prisoner too.” But Shan said, “You are free!”