Book Three:

The Knights of the Round Table

Chapter Nine:

How Sir Tor ran after the Knight with the child, and his adventures along the way.

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This chapter tells of how Sir Tor rode after the knight with the child, and the adventures he has along the way.

When Sir Tor was ready, he mounted his horse and rode after the knight with the child.  While he was riding, he met a dwarf who all of a sudden, hit his horse on the head with a staff so hard that the horse fell and was knocked back as far as the length of a spear. 

“Why did you do that?” Asked Sir Tor

“You can’t get through here unless you joust with other knights of the pavilions.”  Answered the dwarf.  Then Sir Tor saw where two pavilions were standing with their spears and two shields hanging on trees. 

“I will not wait” said Sir Tor, “because I am on a mission that I must complete.”

“You can not get through here!” said the dwarf.  And with that he blew his horn.  Then an armed man rode up on horseback, pulled out his shield and rode fast at Tor.  The two charged at each other and clashed, shield to shield until Sir Tor threw him off his horse. 

The knight surrendered and said to Sir Tor “But Sir, I have a friend in the pavilion that will challenge you!”  But Sir Tor was not worried.

“He shall be welcomed!”  But as he said this, he noticed another knight coming at him and the two knights crashed into each other in a sight to be seen.  But the other knight hit Sir Tor in the middle of his shield causing his spear to split.  Taking advantage of this, Sir Tor took a strike below the shield so hard that it went through the knight, but still did not kill him.   So Sir Tor followed with a great blow to the head causing the knight to ask for mercy.  Sir Tor agreed, but only under the condition that he and the other knight go to King Authur and turn themselves in as prisoners. 

“Who should we say sent us?”  asked one of the knights. 

“You should say you were sent by the knight who went on the mission to follow the knight that went with the child.  Now, what are your names?” 

“My name is Sir Felot of Langduk,” answered one of the knights.

“And my name is Sir Petipase of Winchelsea,” answered the other.

“Very well then, run along now,” said Sir Tor.  “And God speed.”  Then the dwarf asked Sir Tor for a gift. 

Sir Tor agreed and the dwarf replied, “I don’t ask anymore than to let me be at your service.  I will serve no other knight but you.”  Sir Tor agreed with this and told him to take a horse to ride with him.  They rode through the forest until they came to two pavilions with two shields, one that was white and one that was red. 

Written by Claire Wazienski, Class of 2008