4 Chapter 1

Prologue Just what are worthies, you might wonder? Good question. They were three very excellent, honorable lords of King Arthur's court: Merlin the Wise, Sir Pellias, and Sir Gawaine, and in this book we shall tell their stories one by one.

你可能会问，什么是有价值的？ 好问题。他们是亚瑟王宫廷里三位非常优秀、可敬的贵族：智者梅林、佩利亚斯爵士和高文爵士，在这本书中，我们将逐一讲述他们的故事。

CHAPTER 1 How Morgana le Fay Planned Evil Against King Arthur and Sent a Young Girl to Trick the Wizard Merlin and How Vivien Planned Merlin's Downfall Merlin has already been mentioned as a helper to King Arthur. But he also had a story of his own. The story of a man so wise, yet so weak, that he finally tricked himself. Listen to how that happened, and learn.

第一章茉嘉娜·勒·费伊如何策划邪恶对抗亚瑟王，并派一个年轻女孩去欺骗巫师梅林以及费雯丽如何策划梅林的灭亡梅林已经被提到过是亚瑟王的助手。 但他也有自己的故事。 这个故事讲的是一个人如此聪明，却如此软弱，最终欺骗了自己。 听听这是怎么发生的，并从中学习。

In a long and dangerous battle with five enemy kings, Arthur lost eight great knights. After a period of sadness, Arthur had to choose other men to fill the eight empty seats of the Round Table. He decided he would choose four old and skilled knights and four new knights, and so he carried on until only one new knight's spot remained. Over this spot, he was torn between two knights—King Pellinore's son, SirTor, and his half sister Morgana le Fay's son, Sir Baudemagus. After much careful thought, Arthur decided that Sir Tor's greater deeds in chivalry made him the better choice. At this announcement, Morgana le Fay leapt up from a nearby seat. "What?" she cried. "You would choose Sir Tor over Sir Baudemagus, my son and your own nephew?!" Arthur apologized, but stood firm to his

在与五位敌对国王的漫长而危险的战斗中，亚瑟王失去了八位伟大的骑士。 经过一段时间的悲伤，亚瑟不得不选择其他人来填补圆桌的八个空位。 他决定选四个老骑士和四个新骑士，就这样，直到只剩下一个新骑士的位置。 在这个地方，他被两个骑士——柏林诺国王的儿子托尔爵士和他同父异母的妹妹莫嘉娜·勒·费伊的儿子波德马格斯爵士——撕裂了。 经过深思熟虑，亚瑟认为托尔爵士的伟大骑士事迹使他成为更好的选择。 听到这个消息，茉嘉娜·仙女从旁边的座位上跳了起来。 “什么？”她叫道。“您宁愿选择托尔爵士，而不选择我的儿子、您的侄儿鲍底马格斯爵士？！”阿瑟道了歉，但还是坚持自己的立场

decision. He felt that it had been the right choice. Morgana le Fay and Baudemagus remained angry, however, and both left the kingdom. Baudemagus went to seek different adventures and Morgana le Fay went to seek revenge from afar. Arthur, not knowing her plans, sent his half sister off in style to the isle of Avalon. Morgana le Fay had certain magical powers, which Merlin had taught her when she was a beautiful young girl. One thing he had not taught her was how to see into the future. Nevertheless, she knew for certain that she could never get even with Arthur if Merlin was around. But Morgana le Fay had a plan. She found a beautiful young girl named Vivien, who was without any heart, being cold and cruel to all who didn't give her her way. Vivien also, Morgana le Fay knew, greatly wanted wisdom.

的决定。他觉得这是一个正确的选择。 然而，茉嘉娜·勒·菲和波德马格斯仍然很生气，两人都离开了王国。 波德马格斯去寻求不同的冒险，茉嘉娜·勒·费伊去远方寻求复仇。 亚瑟不知道她的计划，把他同父异母的妹妹体面地送到了阿瓦隆岛。 茉嘉娜·仙女有一定的魔力，这是梅林在她还是一个美丽的年轻女孩时教给她的。 有一件事他没有教会她，那就是如何预见未来。 尽管如此，她清楚地知道，如果梅林在身边，她就永远无法报复亚瑟。 但茉嘉娜有个计划。 她找到了一个美丽的年轻女孩，名叫维维安，她没有心，对所有不让她走的人都冷酷无情。 莫嘉娜知道费雯也非常需要智慧。

"I can help you get the knowledge you seek," Morgana promised. She explained that Merlin, with all of his amazing powers, also had a large weakness—his love of beauty. Morgana also revealed Merlin's biggest secret. Although he could see into anyone else's future, he was blind to his own. "I will trick Merlin with my beauty!" Vivien swore. "I will make him teach me everything! And once I have all of his wisdom and magical powers, I will cast a spell on him so that he will be made powerless!" "It is wonderfully evil," said Morgana le Fay, smiling. Morgana sent Vivien off with a secret weapon: two rings that would unite their wearers' hearts forever. Vivien swept into King Arthur's court during the middle of a party. Having already put on one of the rings, she presented the other one as a challenge. She said that only the wisest and most

“我可以帮你获得你想要的知识。”莫嘉娜承诺道。 她解释说，梅林虽然拥有惊人的力量，但也有一个很大的弱点——他爱美。 莫嘉娜也透露了梅林最大的秘密。 虽然他能预见别人的未来，却看不见自己的未来。 “我要用我的美貌欺骗梅林！”薇薇安发誓。 “我要让他教我一切！”一旦我拥有了他所有的智慧和魔法，我就会对他施一个咒语，让他变得无能为力！”“真是太邪恶了。”茉嘉娜笑着说。 莫嘉娜让费雯丽带着一件秘密武器走了：两枚能将佩戴者的心永远结合在一起的戒指。 维维安在一次宴会中大摇大摆地走进了亚瑟王的宫廷。 她已经戴上了其中一枚戒指，把另一枚戒指作为挑战。 她说只有最聪明和最

worthy man there could wear it. King Arthur tried first, but the ring shrunk so when he touched it that it would not even slip over the tip of his finger. All the other knights tried as well, but with no luck. Finally, Vivien stood before Merlin, the only man in the room who had not yet tried the ring. Merlin was suspicious, but he could see no future that involved himself, and Vivien was very beautiful. Merlin tried on the ring and found that it fit, and he was pleased and proud. When he tried to slip off the ring, however, it stuck to his finger as if part of his skin. Immediately, he knew he had been tricked. But almost as quickly, the ring started working its magic and he forgot all about everything except Vivien's youth and beauty. "How can I prove my love for you?" he asked her.

有价值的人可以戴它。 亚瑟王先试了试，但他一碰戒指就缩水了，连指尖都滑不下来。 其他骑士也都试过了，但都不走运。 最后，费雯站在梅林面前，他是房间里唯一一个还没有试过戒指的人。 梅林很怀疑，但他看不出自己有什么前途，而且费雯丽非常漂亮。 梅林试了试戒指，发现它很合适，他很高兴，也很自豪。 然而，当他试图把戒指摘下来时，戒指却粘在了他的手指上，仿佛是他皮肤的一部分。 他立刻意识到自己上当了。 但几乎同样快，戒指开始发挥它的魔力，他忘记了一切，除了费雯的年轻和美丽。 “我怎样才能证明我对你的爱呢？”他问她。