The Sword in the Stone

WALT DISNEY'S

TheWizards'

Told by cARL MEMLING

Based on the Walt Disney motion picture,"The Sword, in the Stone"

Suggested, by the original story,"The Swordinthe Stone," by T H. Whi,te

Pictures by the wALT DTSNEY sruDroadapted by al wHrrE and nawlry eRATT

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Now Merlin was a wizard and goodat changing people into different

things. "I think I'll grantyour wish," he said.

Merlin stood up and, pointinghis wand ar rhe boy,

chanterd. a magic speli.At once Wart

began to shrink.He grew smaller

and smallerand

smaller.

And suddenly he changed inro a l itt le sparrow!His arms were feathered wings. His body was

tiny and covered with gray and brown feathers.And he had a squeaky, bird-like voice with whichto sing and chirp.

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" I 'm a bird!"chirped Wart.

His tiny body shookwith joy.

"I'm a bird! Watch me fly!"With that he launched

him self from the towerwindow. And, with widespreadwings, he glided smoothlythrough the air.

Wart taught himself many more flying tricks.Soon he was a swift and graceful flyer.

He was flying along, admiring the clouds,.whena black speck showed in the sky. It was a hungryhawk.

"Wart!" cried Merlin from below. "Watch out!"

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Wi€fi'a flick of his wings, Wart darted away.

i The hawk followed him, its huge, dark".

wings beating $tfongly. It was a long, long chase.

But the feeble little sparrow escapedby dropping down a chimney.

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Exhausted, he fell to the bottom of a cold andsooty f ireplace. "Where am I?" he wondered.

Just then he saw a funny old witch peering ath im.

"\Mell, look who's come to visit Madam Mim,"she cackled. "A l i t t le sparrow!"

"Oh, please. I 'm really a boy," chirped Wart."Merl in changed me with his wonderful magic."

At this the old witch shrieked with laughter.

"Merl in's uragic is drearl 'aud dim-rvhell com-

pared to the rnagic of N4adam Mim!" she said.

Just then, the lvitch heard her name called."Who's that?" she cr ied.

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In a puff of smoke stood Merlin."Madam Mim," he said, terribly stern, "let

Wart go."The witch gave a gurgling laugh. "Tty to make

me, dear," she said. "I challenge you to a Wizards'Duel, to take place immediately!"

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Nodding grimly, Merlin accepted thewitch's challenge. Soon they were outsideand ready to duel.

Wart sat down on a tree limb, and gavea puzzled chirp. "What's a Wizards'Duel?" he wondered.

Merlin answered him. "Madam Mimand I will change ourselves to differentthings in order to destroy each other."

Wart sat down on a tree limb, and gave

When Warc heard this he began to shiver.Meanwhile Madam Mim and Merl in had drawn

their wands."Ready," howled the witch."Get se t . . . "" Duel!"

Madam Mim started the duel by changing intoa crocodile.

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In a flash Merlin became a tiny turtleand hid inside his hat.

And when the crocodilefound him there, Merlinchanged into a rabbit andnimbly hopped away.

Changing into a fox, thewitch chased the rabbit.

changed. .But then Merl

. . . in to a hunt ing dog,

and lte chasedthe fox!

Madam Mim changed from fox to tiger, onlyto find that the dog had changed into a sharp-clawed crab.

Furious at having her nose pinched, she turnedi n t o . . .

. a sharp-horned rhino!As a mouse, however, Merlin easily slipped by

the lumbering rhino.

But then, calling on her blackest magic, MadamMim changed into a fearsome, flame-spewingdragon.

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Wart gulped with dismay.What ever could poor Merlin change to now to

save himself?

Merlin changed into a tinYgerm.

The tiny germ carried a rareillness called PurPle Pox,which was very catching.

In a flash the dragon brokeout all over in a rash of greatpurple spots.

Anyone sick with PurPlePox had to stay in bed for twowhole weeks.

And so Merlin clearlY wasthe winner of the Wizards'Duel.

Quickly Merlin changed himself and Wart backinto people.

"Sir," Wart asked him af ter they had put

Madam Mim to bed, "how did you ever learn suchpowerful wizardry?"

"When' I was a boy," answered Merlin, "what-

ever I learned, I learned as well as I could.""Oh," said Wart in a small voice.Merlin chucked him under the chin. "Wart." he

said fondly, "get back to your lessons.""I wil l, sir," said Wart. "I wil l!"

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