They called him "the Wart," and like an annoying wart, the little Art was treated by his cousin Kay. Kay, the son of the household, was taught all the knightly skills. Art, on the other hand, had only the ancient wizard Merlin as his teacher. However, it was not Kay who succeeded in pulling the legendary sword from the stone, but Art, the future king of the Round Table. Much later, when King Arthur's wife Guinevere embarks on an affair with the brave knight Lancelot and the scheming Sir Mordred seeks Arthur's throne, fate takes its course. T. H. White's "The Once and Future King" is the most comprehensive and independent retelling of the immortal Arthurian legend.