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Le Chevalier vert

Après le mariage d'Arthur et Guenièvre , le royaume de Logres est devenu très célèbre, et de nombreux nouveaux chevaliers ont rejoint le roi dans la grande salle. Mais l'apparition soudaine de Morgane le Fay a apporté le mal et la tristesse au royaume. En outre, beaucoup de choses terribles ont commencé à apparaître dans le royaume.

Logres became the empire of peace and honour. People admired and respected both the king and the queen, because they ruled wisely and well. The Knights of the Round Table protected and guarded the poor and the weak, they also  defended the kingdom from any sudden attack lead by the invaders or any other evil creatures such as dragons, monsters, or even magicians and witches.  By the passage of time, many other well-known and noble knights visited Camelot, and several heroic stories were told by famous  minstrels in the king’s big hall. Each year, and at Christmas time, many people came from different small kingdoms and visited Camelot to attend the New Year celebrations. Actually, it was a good opportunity for everybody to eat and drink good food and wine, also to listen to some famous tales told by well-known knights.  People celebrated for about twelve days and nights, and each evening Arthur joined his men at the round table to spend some time discussing and laughing. The following year, on the twelfth day of Christmas celebration and while King Arthur and his knights were discussing at the round table, a strange knight entered the hall, then he got off his horse and stood in front of the round table.  Both the knight and his horse were dressed in green, and he was  also carrying  a huge sharp green axe.  Even more strangely both the knight and the horse’s skin were green. Everybody at the Round Table looked at him with astonishment; in fact no one had ever seen such a strange creature! The knight remained silent for a while then he shouted and said that he was looking for Camelot’s king. After a short break, he continued on his speaking and said that no one would reply but only the king. King Arthur stood up, then he greeted the Green Knight and asked him to take a seat and have some rest.   Surprisingly, the strange knight yelled again and said that he was looking for the bravest knight of the Round Table.  Immediately, Arthur answered him and said that there were many brave and courageous knights and ready to fight, but it was a time for celebrations not for battles. The Green Knight proudly looked at the knights and laughed, then he raised his green axe  high and shouted loudly and asked who would cut off his head with a single blow using his  green axe. Everybody remained silent, and no one answered him To be continued/ À Suivre

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The Green Knight: A strange green-skinned knight: he was called the Green Knight because his skin's colour was green Le Chevalier vert: Un étrange chevalier: il a été nommé Le Chevalier vert parce que sa peau était verte

An empire: Un empire	A heroic story: Une histoire héroïque	A minstrel: Un ménestrel	An opportunity: Une occasion
A tale: Un conte	An axe: Une hache	The skin: La peau	Proudly: Fièrement

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 What did the sudden appearance of Morgana the Fay bring  to Camelot? The sudden appearance of Morgana the Fay brought love and peace to Camelotevil and sadness to Camelothappiness and welfare to Camelot.
Why did people come from different small kingdoms and visit Camelot? People came from different small kingdoms and visited Camelot in order to attend The Whitsun ceremoniesto participate in the contestto attend the New Year celebrations.
How long did the people celebrate Christmas? The people celebrated Christmas for about twelve days and nightseleven days and nightstwelve days and one night.
'King Arthur and his knights were discussing at the round table' Who entered the king's big hall? While king Arthur and his knights were discussing at the Round Table a strange green-skinned knight entered the king's big halla strange green-skinned minstrel entered the king's big halla strange green-skinned alien entered the king's big hall.
Why did everybody look at him with  astonishment? Everybody looked at him with astonishment because no one had ever seen such a brave warriorno one had ever seen such a beautiful creatureno one had ever seen such a strange creature.
'The knight remained silent for a while then he shouted ' What did the knight say? The knight said that he was looking for Sir Lancelot du Lache was looking for Camelot's kinghe was looking for Merlin the magician.
Did King Arthur dismiss that strange knight? No, in fact King Arthur welcomed himYes, he dismissed him immediatelyNo, King Arthur asked him to take his own seat.
'Surprisingly, the strange knight yelled again and said that he was looking for the bravest Knight of the Round Table' Who did answer that strange knight?all the knights shouted together and answered himKing Arthur answered himNo one answered him.
'He shouted loudly and asked who would cut off his head with a single blow using his  green axe' Did anybody answer him? No, they all remained silent and no one answered himYes, King Arthur answered himNo, they were busy and no one answered him.
In your opinion!  Why did the knights remain silent ? In my opinion, the knights remained silent and no one answered him because they were scared to deathno knight was courageous enough to answer himit was a time for celebrations not for battles.