In Nottingham, England, during the reign of Henrik II, Robin Hood, and his

merry companions were residing in the forest of Sherwood. Robin Hood was
an outlaw loved by people because of his willingness to help. When he was
eighteen years old, he decided to participate in a king’s archery contest,
fighting for the beer as a first prize

At his way, he met a gang of men who were making fun of his belief in
victory. They were betting with him in testing his archery skills and lost, trying
to hit him with an arrow but Robin manages to escape the drunk archers and
even kill one of them. From that moment on he was an outlaw and a crook
who stayed in the forest.

Besides that, he was accused of being a deer poacher as well, with his head
prized for 200 pounds. The Nottingham Sheriff decided to be the one
catching the Robin, so he could get the money prize and revenge the death
of his cousin, an archer who Robin killed.

In the next year, a lot of other outlaws began to gather in the forest, soon
electing Robin to be their leader. They’ve decided to steal from rich and give
to the poor and all the others who experienced some kind of injustice.

They were always in the search of a good adventure, and one day Robin met
a man while he was crossing the same bridge as he was. The bridge was
narrow, with enough of space for only one person, and because no one
wanted to step aside, they decided to have a duel. The man appeared to be
equally strong as Robin so he offered him a place in his companion, named
him Little John and made him sit at Robin’s right side during the dinner, giving
him also a role of his main assistant.
The sheriff of Nottingham declared the warrant for arresting Robin Hood,
providing also a wealthy prize for all the information about him as well. But
everyone in Nottingham knew about Robin and didn’t want to betray him, so
the sheriff sent a messenger to the town of Lincoln, where he could find
someone who is willing to talk about Robin.

Messenger decided to rest in a pub where he met a group of people and told
them about his mission of finding Robin Hood. One od the men from that
group offered to find Robin Hood because he thought that would be easy, so
he went in his search the next morning.

Soon he saw Robin Hood in the forest, but he didn’t know that was him so he
listened to his story about a wicked and slick Robin Hood who could even
steal his warrant. The man believed him and went with him to the local pub
where everyone knew Robin, and when he got drunk, Robin stole his warrant,
leaving them to pay for all the bills, although he already got that covered.

The next time they met, Robin Hood offered him a position in his company,
and the man decided to join them. Sheriff soon heard about that incident and
decided to punish the messenger sentencing him to death punishment. He
asked king’s assistance and got declined because king thought he should be
able for ruling at his territory by himself.

Sheriff decided to organize a tournament with wealthy prizes, trying to lurk,

Robin Hood. Robin Hood decided to enter the competition but wearing a
mask, because he was aware of sheriff’s plan. Sheriff was disappointed by
Robin’s absence, but soon the masked contestant caught everyone’s
attention.
After he won the tournament, sheriff himself handed him a prize, offering him
a job and

Describing Robin Hood as a poor archer and a coward. Masked Robin

declined sheriff’s offer and even sent him a message to let him know he was
the one who won the grand prize.

Sheriff got extremely offended so he sent his troops to the forest in a search
for Robin and his people, who decided to lay low for a while. After a week,
they sent Will Sutley dressed as a monk in a search for some information, but
at a local pub sheriff’s soldiers recognized him as one of Robin’s men by
seeing his green clothes showing underneath the habit.

They took him to Nottingham in order to hang him as a warning to the others,
but Robin and the men come to rescue and defeated sheriff’s troops as well.
Sheriff decided to stop persuading Robin after he was deceived for three
times in a row.

Over the next year, Robin and his company were living peacefully, until one
day Robin met a butcher and bought all of his meat, decided on selling it by
himself at a local market. He soon became suspicious because of his low
prices, so other sellers invited him to have a lunch with the sheriff.

Sheriff didn’t recognize him, but he offered to buy off his trade for some
cheap money, trying to trick him. Robin took him to forest where his men
surprised him and he had to pay a lot of money only to gain his freedom
back. Robin told him that was a lesson for him to keep in mind if he ever tries
to deceive someone in the future again.

Once every five years, there was an organized fair followed with a knight
tournament. Robin Hood wasn’t competing because of the uninteresting
prize, but Little John entered the contest and won. Sheriff didn’t recognize
him because of the mask he was wearing, so he offered him a job, and Little
John accepted.
After a couple of months, Little John got used to the lavishing lifestyle,
becoming lazier and gaining weight. He got in a fight with the servant who
refused to serve him breakfast, so he entered the pantry on his own, which
resulted in another fight, this time with the chef. Servant’s stories enhanced
chef’s fury against the Little John, but somehow they managed to solve their
problem and Little John even invited the chef to join the company.

They returned to the forest together, bringing some of the silver plates and
cutlery which belonged to the sheriff. Robin wasn’t approving that theft, so he
made them return the stolen goods.

Robin Hood sent Little John to order new green uniforms for the group, but he
went to the bar instead. Robin decided to search for him, but he met a deer
poacher in the forest and started following him. The poacher soon got into a
fight with Little John, defeating him and earning himself an invitation to their
gang as well.

At their way back they stumble across a stranger wearing luxurious clothes,
asking him to give them all of his possessions. The nobleman refused, and
soon they found out he was seeking for Robin’s protection and a membership
in their company because he murdered one of his father’s servants. Robin
Hood advised him to change his name and named him Will Scarlett, inspired
by the colour of his clothes.

Then, the crew met a miller and tried to make a joke with him by pretending
to be robbers, but he warned them his protection is secured by the Robin
Hood and his gang and even threw them some flour in the face. Robin then
introduced himself but miller believed him only when he saw the rest of the
company arriving.
He became a member of the company as well, and then they threw a
lavishing party, honouring all the new members of the companionship.The
money supplies were getting short, so Robin sent a couple of the group
members to search for someone who would pay the cost of the celebration.
After a long search, they found a young man crying. That was Allan a Dale, a
traveling singer who was in love with a girl promised to another man. The
company promised to help him marrying the woman he loves, so he joined
them as well.

Will Scarlett inspired them to find friar Tuck who would marry them and invite
him to the company as well. At the wedding day, Robin stopped the
ceremony dressed as a singer to announce the groom a bride is in love with
someone else .Her father stood against it, but the groom let her go and father
of the bride also agreed when Robin offered him some money.

The company was searching for people to invite to the wedding party, so
Robin ran into knight Richard. He refused to participate because all of his
property was pledged by the church as a guarantee of payment he should
provide because his son murdered sir Walter at some tournament.

The rest of the company brought the bishop and the friars at the dinner,
where Robin told them all about tragic destiny of knight Richard, asking for
bishop’s help, who haven’t replied. Robin collected and offered all of the
companion’s money to pay for sir Richard’s debt, who promised to return the
money to them, considering it as a loan.

Early that spring, Little John, and Robin Hood went on a search for an
adventure, dressed as a friar and a beggar. They went in different directions.
Soon, John helped some ladies carrying their bags and then went to the pub,
where everyone was buying him drinks and he was singing songs. A couple
of real friars arrived, trying to shame Little John for his behavior inappropriate
for the members of the clergy, but he made fun of them as well, making the
others laugh.
Robin, on the other side, decided to switch his clothes with some beggar, in
exchange for some meal. Dressed in his clothes he went on searching for
adventure, but soon he met a group of four beggars, each wearing a different
sign; one saying that his owner is deaf, another one was blind, third stupid
and the fourth poor. They invited him to share a meal together and when they
heard he was from Sherwood, they started to talk they would never go there
because of them being afraid of Robin Hood.

They were actually carrying a lot of money in a town near buy and they were
just disguised to look poor. After a while, they started to suspect of Robin
being a spy, so they attacked them but he conquered them all, also taking all
of their money with him

In the search for another adventure he met a rich man, who first acted very
rude because he considered Robin to be poor, but after seeing his money he
decided to travel with him. He warned Robin to keep his money hidden inside
his shoes, where Robin Hood couldn’t find it, so Robin introduced himself and
robbed him as well.

Richard Partington came to Sherwood as a queen’s messenger, asking

Robin to come at the tournament in London. Robin took Little John, Will
Scarlett, and Allan a Dale with him, and they told the queen all about their
adventures. At the tournament day, queen told the king she’ll be bringing the
best archers in the whole country who can beat all of his guard members,
who were considered as the best. King accepted her challenge but got really
mad when Robin and his friends won, asking for a rematch, and then losing
again.

Although king promised to the queen he will give a 40-day-long freedom for
Robin and his men, disappointed by his loss at the tournament and motivated
by the bishop, he sent his men to arrest Robin. Queen sent Richard
Partington to warn them so they managed to escape. A search for Robin and
his company continued for a long time, until Robin returned to the queen,
seeking for her merciful protection and assistance.

King Richard was traveling the country and was expected at Nottingham as
well. He tried to find out more about Robin Hood from the sheriff, but he
described him as a common thief. The others were talking a lot about Robin,
so the evening passed in laughter and joy. The king decided to disguise
himself and surprise Robin who robbed him, unaware of his true identity.
Robin spoke very fondly about the king so he asked him to join his royal
service, and the Robin with his crew accepted the opportunity.

Little John returned to Nottingham after a couple of years spent at the royal
castle and Will Scarlett returned home as well. Robin as a king’s favourite got
a title of the Dutch of Huntington and became king’s warrior, followed by Allan
a Dale and his wife wherever he went.

After returning to Sherwood he decides to stay with the rest of his company,
but the descendant of king Richard, king John sent his army to the wood
trying to make Robin change his opinion. King’s men soon got defeated by
Robin’s company, killing the sheriff as well.

Robin got ill with fever, so he went to his cousin searching for help and care.
She was scared because he heard he became an outlaw again, so she was
only pretending as she is helping, but actually left Robin bleed to death.

-FIN-
Characters: Robin Hood, Little John, David of Doncaster, Will Stutely,
Arthur the Leatherman, Will Gamwell, Allan a Dale, friar Tuck, Sir Richard,
Bishop, Richard Partington

Plot: Robin Hood becomes an outlaw after a conflict with foresters and
through his many adventures and run-ins with the law. Each chapter tells a
different tale of Robin as he recruits Merry Men, resists the authorities, and
aids his fellow man. The popular stories of Little John defeating Robin in a
fight with staffs, of Robin's besting at the hands of Friar Tuck, and of his
collusion with Allan-a-Dale all appear. In the end, Robin and his men are
pardoned by King Richard the Lionheart and his band are incorporated into
the king's retinue, much to the dismay of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Theme: Robin Hood is good versus evil. Robin and his men are always
pictured as fair, even to those from whom they rob. Robin's adventures begin,
not because he kills a man, but because he has killed one of the King's deer,
and a bounty is put upon his head. As he gathers men to be part of his merry
band, they vow not to harm women or children, and, "when the people began
to find that no harm was meant to them, but that money or food came in time
of want to many a poor family, they came to praise Robin and his merry men,
and to tell many tales of him and of his doings in Sherwood Forest, for they
felt him to be one of themselves.

Settings: The stories you're likely most familiar with say that Robin Hood
lives in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. Certainly Sherwood Forest and
Nottingham are mentioned in some early tales, but that's not the only setting
for the legend. Some say Robin Hood's headquarters is a tree.

Protagonist: Robin Hood

Antagonist: The Sherriff of Nottingham

 Book summary
Of
The adventures
Of Robin Hood

Submitted to: Ms. Maricel Mendoza

Submitted by: Robert s. datuin