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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-LEVELED READER ALEVELED BOOK XMiguel and King ArthurA Great Gallardo Book Written by Lori Polydoros Illustrated by David CockcroftMiguel and King Arthur A Reading AZ Level X Leveled BookWord Count:2,355www.readinga-Miguel and King

2、 ArthurLevel X Leveled Book Learning AZA Great Gallardo BookWritten by Lori PolydorosIllustrated by David CockroftAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Note:The Great Gallardos Books is a continuing series written by Lori Polydoros.Travel with Miguel Ventura as he experiences a classic adventure inspired

3、 by Thomas Malorys Le Mort dArthur.CorrelationLEVEL XS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAMiguel and King ArthurA Great Gallardo Book Written by Lori PolydorosIllustrated by David CockcroftMiguel and King Arthur Level X 34Table of ContentsThe Kings Diamond .4The Destiny of the Sword .8All Hail the

4、 True King of England!.12One Mans Glory .18Share the Wealth .21Glossary .24The Kings DiamondNinth inning.One out.Bases loaded.Miguel Ventura stood at bat.Two strikes.He had to make contact.Sweat trickled down Miguels face,and his shoulders ached.He called time,and sunlight reflected off the bat,crea

5、ting a burst of color like a million tiny rainbows.He took a deep breath.It was time.Now or never.Back at home plate,Miguel cranked the bat up into the air.A fastball sailed toward him.He swung.THUD!The ball hit the catchers mitt as the rival team roared their approval.Miguel couldnt hide his disapp

6、ointment as he jogged to the dugout.The other team needed one more out to win the game.He had pictured himself hitting the winning home run and his teammates lifting him high into the air after he crossed home plate.The imagined roar of the crowd was ringing in his ears still.He barely noticed Trevo

7、n as he walked toward home plate.Trevon held his bat high like a marvelous sword.The first pitch hurtled toward home plate.Trevon swung.SMACK!Miguel and King Arthur Level X 56Going.Going.Gone!Grand slam!“Yes!”Miguel yelled,meeting his friend as he crossed home plate.Miguels teammates gathered Trevon

8、 up onto their shoulders.The crowd roared,and his family rushed out to meet him.The girls in the front row smiled and waved.Miguel felt a twinge of jealousy.Trevon was the golden boy.His life looked good.On the way into the pizza parlor,Miguel said,“I need some batting tips,Trevon.”He pushed past a

9、brown-haired girl from the front row.Trevon glanced back,but Miguel ushered him on.“Ive struck out ten times in the last three games.Coach is going to bench me unless I get some help.”“Ask Leo,”Trevon said.“Hes got a decent batting average.”“Not like you,”Miguel said.“Youre the king.”Miguel grabbed

10、four slices of pizza off the table.“Its time for the king to share his wealth.Lets meet at the batting cages every day this week.”“Share my wealth?”Trevon said.“If Im coaching you every day,when am I going to practice?”“Youve got your glory,”Miguel said.“Now you can spread it around.”The brown-haire

11、d girl waved again.Trevon waved back.“So,is it a deal?”Miguel asked,thinking that being the star of the team would feel mighty good.“Ive got homework,and I have to babysit my cousin.”Miguel and King Arthur Level X 78“Since when have homework and babysitting come before baseball?”“Hes a star,”Leo poi

12、nted to the girls smiling at Trevon.“And he wants to stay one.”Miguel swallowed.“Is that true?”Trevon couldnt find the words to explain.“See?”said Leo.“Cmon,Miguel.Were not royal enough for this table.Kings arent a part of any team.”The Destiny of the SwordAt Saturdays game,Miguel struck out twice b

13、ut managed one base hit.Trevon hit two doubles and a triple,and now had a whole fan section in the front row.He seemed not to care that Leo and Miguel hadnt been speaking to him since last week.“Since when did the three amigos become two?”Miguels sister,Teresa,asked.Miguel shrugged,placing his bat i

14、nto his bag and walking toward the field.“Arent you coming for pizza?”she asked.“Nah,Im going back to the shop.”“To visit the Great Gallardos books?”“Just go eat pizza,and Ill see you later.”Miguel and Teresa both had become characters in the Great Gallardos magic books theyd found in the loft.Leo a

15、nd Trevon had even traveled inside a book with Miguel once,but Trevon was now probably too busy with his fan club to come along on an adventure.Up in the loft,a thick purple book waited for Miguel on the enchanted chest.“Le Mort dArthur,”Miguel read.“The Knights of the Round Table!”Miguel and King A

16、rthur Level X 910He opened the book to page 98,and stars appeared in his eyes as he whispered aloud,“I could become King Arthur!”“WHOSO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD FROM THE STONE THAT SAME IS RIGHTWISE KING BORN OF ENGLAND,”Miguel read,but the words hopped around the page.“gaze at people Many sword marve

17、l came on to the and its beauty.”The silence disappeared,and Miguel found himself surrounded by a group of knights,clanking swords around his head.He ducked,knocking his heavy helmet into another knight.“Sir Kay!”the knight roared.“Do you challenge me?”Miguel shook his head.“No,sir.”But his words we

18、re lost in a loud clash of metal upon metal.His massive opponent wore a suit of midnight black armor.Miguel tried to escape,but the bulky armor weighed him down like an elephant on his back.The black knight raised his humongous sword high in the air.Out of instinct,Miguel lifted his arm,surprised to

19、 find that he,too,held a sword.His blade trembled,glistening in the sun as he gripped it with all his might.“It is time for the great Sir Kay to fall,”shouted the black-armored knight.The words made Miguels body quake.The knight slashed Miguels sword,slicing it in half as though it were a blade of g

20、rass.“Sir Kay!”From the crowd,a young man rushed forward.Miguel stared,dropping what was left of his weapon.“Shall I fetch you another sword,Brother?”Miguel and King Arthur Level X 1112Dazed,Miguel nodded,and off the boy ran.Miguels thoughts churned.This must have been a tournament between the great

21、 knights in celebration of the sword in the stone.And if he was Sir Kay,then the young man who ran to get him another sword was .“Arthur!”“Im here,Brother.”Miguel turned to the young man,who held a beautiful,glistening sword.“Excalibur!”All Hail the True King of England!The magnificent sword electri

22、fied Miguels hands as he turned to face the black knight once more.Merlins magic!He felt renewed.Energy coursed through his veins as,clang for clang,he met the black knights blows with Excalibur.Soon the black knight faltered;Miguel saw his opening and swung Excalibur,connecting with the knights swo

23、rd as though it were a baseball and Excalibur were a bat.The black knights sword flew out of his hands as though Miguel had just hit a grand slam.The crowd roared and clapped its approval.Miguel and King Arthur Level X 1314“Where did you get the sword?”Sir Ector demanded.“I brought it to him,Father,

24、”said Arthur.“I couldnt find another blade,so I thought of the sword I saw stuck in the stone near the cathedral.I pulled on it,and it came out with marvelous ease.”Arthur had no idea what he had done.Miguel felt a twinge of regret deep in his stomach as he faced Arthur,but he plunged ahead anyway.“

25、It was I who pulled the sword from the stone,Father,”Miguel lied,knowing deep down the sword did not belong to him.“Arthur just fetched Excalibur for me.”“I do not understand why you dishonor yourself and our father with lies,Kay,”Arthur challenged.His feelings about doing what was right dominated t

26、he loyalty he felt toward Sir Kay.“Enough!”roared Sir Ector.“Whichever of you pulled the sword from the stone will be able to repeat the task tomorrow morning.For tonight,we will celebrate Sir Kays victory in the duel and wish him well in the joust.”Miguel grinned broadly behind the faceplate of his

27、 helmet.The black knight bowed his head toward Miguel before turning to make sure his squire retrieved his sword.Miguel acknowledged the act of respect with a tilt of his head.Arthur ran up to congratulate his brother.“My brother,you courageously faced near-defeat as a true nobleman and took victory

28、.I am honored to be your kinsman.”“As am I,”stated Sir Ector,whom Miguel remembered was Sir Kays father and the man who had raised Arthur as though he were his own son.“You will be unbeatable in the joust,my son.”“But what is this sword?”Sir Ector inquired,shock and puzzlement twisting his features.

29、Miguel knew with certainty it was the sword from the stonethe sword that made whoever could pull it from the stone the king of all England.However,he held his tongue.The glory and adoration of being king tempted Miguel.He had tasted Excaliburs power in the duel.King Arthur was beloved by all the kni

30、ghts of the Round Table;why then could they not love King Kay just as much?Miguel and King Arthur Level X 1516The next morning,following a procession of knights,kings,and their royal courts,Miguel went to the stone.The crowd parted,leaving a tall,bearded man in its wake.Merlin!As he walked forward,h

31、is gray velvet cape dragged behind,leaving iridescent swirls in the soil.His eyes were intense,as though Miguel were looking through a microscope into Merlins soul.“Sir Kay,”Merlin said.“Let us watch the miracle.”Miguel stepped forward,Excalibur clamped tightly in his hands,focusing as though he wer

32、e at home plate,picturing a home run.Maybe he could actually pull the sword from the stone!Before he tugged at the blade,someone shouted,“Intruders!Beyond the hills!”The knights mounted their horses,and Arthur pointed them east over the hills.Everyone rushed to battle,leaving Miguel and Arthur alone

33、.“Here,”Arthur said,grabbing the swords hilt,“If you want glory for your treachery,take it.”Miguel stared at Arthur and Excalibur.As though the stone were butter,Arthur slid Excalibur from its home and kneeled down before Sir Kay,just as the crowd returned.Weary from the days tournament,Sir Ector re

34、tired early,and Miguel basked in the glow of his admirers as knights celebrated around campfires that night.Word had rapidly spread that he had pulled the sword from the stone and would do so again in the morning.Arthur watched from the edges of the fires circle,now realizing the importance of the s

35、word and the swindle Kay was trying to pull.Miguel and King Arthur Level X 1718“Hes done it!”Arthur said.“Sir Kay is the true King of England!”Every single person crouched down before Miguel,even Merlin.“Wait.”Nobody heard him.“All hail King Kay!”One Mans GloryMiguel looked out into the crowd.He cou

36、ld not deny that this respect felt great.But Merlins eyes pierced into him,and his thoughts of glory fizzled like bubbles disappearing down a drain.“Wait!”he cried.“I am not king!”He glanced around the crowd,but Arthur was nowhere to be found.“Where is my brother?”“Arthur has begun the journey home

37、to notify the kingdom,”Sir Ector said.“NO!”Miguel ran toward the royal procession.A long line of horses flowed along a dusty road,and the rightful king rode a white horse to lead the way.“Arthur!”Miguel screamed,but he was too far away.Miguel hopped into the drivers seat of a carriage,grabbed the re

38、ins,and rode hard.Soon Miguel approached Arthur.“Wait,please,”he cried.“You are the rightful king!”“I have no desire for that title,”he said.“You will become the mightiest king in all of England,”Miguel said.Miguel and King Arthur Level X 1920“I am not the true king!”Miguel shouted to the wind as Ar

39、thur rode off.“I know,I took young Arthur from King Uther himself.It is his destiny.”Merlin was suddenly sitting next to Miguel.“Then why am I here?”“Only you can answer that,”Merlin said,and with that cryptic statement the wizard vanished,leaving Miguel alone to his own destiny.The white horse slow

40、ed.“You will rule in a powerful kingdom called Camelot.”Arthur stopped.“You will be most respected by all your knights.”Miguel stopped too.“Have you seen the future,Brother?”Miguel smiled.“Sort of.”“But you are my brother,not the son of Merlin,”Arthur said.“You do not know my future,for as only one

41、man,I would never desire the responsibility of governing an entire kingdom.Now go become king;its what you seem to desire most.”Miguel and King Arthur Level X 2122Share the WealthThe center of Sir Ectors castle garden held a labyrinth,and all around flowers and vines grew into swirling,curving struc

42、tures.Leaves rustled ahead of him,leading Miguel into the maze.“Arthur?”he called out.Dark clouds rushed in overhead.The air chilled.Excalibur sizzled next to him.He traveled deeper into the maze,following voices that seemed to come from its center.The day grew darker.Spookier.Miguel wanted to turn

43、back,but he knew this story would never end unless he moved forward.The time had come to end this game.Now or never.“Arthur,you must become king,”he said.“It is the only way.”“And face men like you,who will always chase glory and steal and lie to achieve their ends?”“I was wrong.I let the power of E

44、xcalibur eclipse my judgment.You are the true king.”Miguel said.“It is your special gift of leadership that this country deserves.”“I will not govern alone,”Arthur stated.“I need men around me who are willing to be patient,tell me when I am being unfair,and forgive me when I choose the easy path ove

45、r the righteous one.”Arthur placed his hand on Miguels shoulder,as Miguel kneeled before him,placing Excalibur in his hands.“All hail King Arthur!”Merlin stood behind them.“To King Arthur!”He raised his staff.One glance in the wizards eyes,and suddenly Miguel was back at the loft.He scrambled down t

46、he ladder and grabbed his favorite bat out of his bag.Miguel and King Arthur Level X 2324Glossarydisappointment(n.)a feeling of sadness or a feeling of being let down because someone or something has not fulfilled your hopes or expectations(p.4)duel(n.)a one-on-one fight over a matter of honor(p.13)

47、jealousy(n.)a mean feeling toward someone because he or she is more successful or happy than you(p.5)joust(n.)a competition that involves two people on horseback fighting with lances(p.13)judgment(n.)the ability to make informed decisions,opinions,or guesses(p.21)kinsman(n.)a male person who is some

48、bodys relative(p.13)loyalty(n.)the quality of being loyal,or committed,to someone or something(p.14)opponent(n.)person who is on the other side in a game,fight,or discussion(p.10)regret(n.)a feeling of sadness or guilt about a past action(p.14)righteous(adj.)considered correct according to a moral c

49、ode(p.22)swindle(n.)an act of obtaining something by lying or other deception(p.15)tournament(n.)a series of games or competitions that determine a final champion(p.11)treachery(n.)an act of being disloyal or dishonest(p.16)At the batting cages,Trevon stood tall with a wide stance.His fan club was n

50、owhere in sight.Miguel watched and waited.Trevon swung at his last pitch,missed,and then turned and saw Miguel.“Im sorry,”said Miguel.“What for?”asked Trevon,kicking the end of his bat with the toe of his shoe.“I was the jerk.And I needed to be told I was being a jerk.”“Im sorry I let my jealousy ke