a ort HoodROBIN HOOD Richard the First is King of England. He is a brave, good man, and the people love him. They call him Richard the Lionheart. But when the King goes away, his brother Prince John does his work "Sheriff oF : Nottingham, the people fe Then take their must pay more houses and animals away from them! Prince John, some of them2 Robin Hood | Robin Hood 3 Cy eH Pl) \Wer | yy " A Prince John is ny a thief! | must do something to #\ help the people without homes or They want to kill you. You must hide! Don’t go home. Robin of Locksley lives near the town ff of Nottingham. He has a big house near Sherwood Forest. brave man, \, | am afraid g him >, 10 me. He must die! ~ How can | marry Lady Marian now? I’ve got no money, no house. I’m not Robin of Locksley, I’m Robin Hood, the outlaw! Robin is getting married to Lady Marian Fitzwalter today. Bring him to the castle.Robin Hood There are more men living and hiding in Sherwood Forest. We must take money from = d Prince John’s bad men. And then give it to our people. They are 3 hungry. Robin Hood S When Robin and his men see a rich man in the forest, they stop him. One day Robin and his outlaws are walking through the forest... 3 oe | /e must ht. \ \ Then we fig!6 Robin Hood \ Robin Hood 7 Robin hits him three times! But the big man laughs. & = a? » Paz 4 > we é we cs | zw ies) Noy hamnae | Put your Se 44, \h\ WN | hands on this. | Ww? \\ i can help you out 2 |X. of the water. 4 ff My name’s John Cor Little. I’m looking for Robin This is Robin Hood! ~ Don’t be sorry. But | think | must change your ogee eeeRobin Hood Robin Hood 9 They say Lady Marian’s friend, Friar Tuck’s living in the forest. eu where? There's a man living near the r river. > He carries people across. He's a fat man, and a! fight anybody. Is he Friar Tuck? | ai Wake up! | want . I yall to carry me across the river.10 Robin Hood Robin Hood W VY Now, what are you doing in the » forest? ae Are you working for the Sheriff of pa] Lee No! I'm hiding “§ from the Sheriff. Because | think Robin Hood is a good man, and | tell Vverybo he Sheriff does not like that. Then you’re my friend too! wi cee12. Robin Hood Robin Hood One day, a young boy is hunting in the forest. He kills a deer. But some of the Sheriff's men are watching him... That is Sir Guy Gisborne’s deer.) % You can’t kill it. ~~... and the Sheriff's men have my son. They want to hang Early the next morning at Nottingham Castle, the Sheriff and his friend Sir Guy14 Robin Hood Robin Hood 15 his Robin Hood “ likes to win. Yes?Robin Hood There’s a shooting contest in Nottingham. The winner gets a silver arrow! wy That's very = interesting. A Za fn rg I'm afraid, Robin. Why Ss gay does the Sheriff want to have I know. But | must win the contest for the people in of Nottingham. Robin Hood 17 He likes to win shooting contests. . Then we can catch him! 7 NI NZ |) HEH AVENE De) aRobin Hood 19 18 Robin Hood Three men hit their targets in the centre —Sir Guy Gisborne, one of ith a beard. They shoot again. Forty men shoot their arrows. (/ log a \ WL r20 Robin Hood Only one man can do that! Robin Hood! Lp b> [ae The Sheriff's men are very slow. And everyone Robin Hood 21 | don’t have my a Y silver arrow. | must go back and get it one day. 4 as Ha! Ha! Ha! Listen, Fitz | want to marry your Ys daughter, Lady Marian. Loe iy < 1) Vr, —e Py

Hood isn’t a thief!24 Robin Hood .-and | can never marry him! Not in a hundred years! | love you, Robin. And | love you, Marian. You must stay in Sherwood Forest with me. We must fight for everything that is good and right. When King Richard comes back to England, he must know that we are his true friends. GLOSSARY brave not afraid carry take somcone or something from one place to another catch get and keep someone or something contest something which somebody tries to win fight go against somebody and stop him or her doing something, friar someone who works for the Catholic church hang kill somebody by holding him above the ground with a rope round his neck hide go to a place where people cannot find you idea a new thought or plan king a man who is head of a country marry make someone your wife or husband outlaw someone who breaks the law and hides pay give money to someone for something prince the son of a king or queen rich (adj) someone with a lot of money is rich sheriff somebody who stops people breaking the law silver an expensive metal summer a warm time of the year taxes money that the government takes from you thief someone who takes something that is not theirs traitor someone who goes against his king or his country wake stop sleeping win do better than any of the others in a contestRobin Hood ACTIVITIES29 ACTIVITIES Before Reading 1 Look at the front cover and choose the correct answer for these questions. 1 When do you think this story happens? a LJ Today. b In the past. c LJ Ina time that is to come. 2 Where do you think this story happens? a In America. b OJ In England. J In Japan. d LJ In Australia. 2 Read the back cover of the book and answer these questions. 1 Do you think Prince John is a good man or bad man? 2 Do you think Robin Hood is a good man ot bad man? 3 What happens to Robin Hood, do you think?= N wo 30 ACTIVITIES While Reading Read pages 1-3, then answer these questions. 1 What do the people call Richard, the King of England? 2 Where is Robin’s house? 3 The Sheriff of Nottingham tells his soldiers to bring Robin to the castle. How does Robin hear about this? 4 Why can’t Robin marry Lady Marian? Read pages 4-9. Who says or thinks these words? 1 ‘We must take money from Prince John’s bad men.’ 2 ‘Wait for me to come across!” 3 ‘This is Robin Hood? 4 ‘Wake up! I want you to carry me across the river.’ $ ‘Now you can carry me — across the river again!” Read pages 10-15, and then answer these questions. 1 Who is ‘a good friend of Lady Marian Fitzwalter’? 2 Why is this friend hiding from the Sheriff? 3. Why is the boy hunting in the forest? 4 What do the soldiers say is to happen to the boy the next day? a Who is the ‘woman’ carrying eggs? 6 Who tells the boy to run to the forest? activities: While Reading 31 4 Read pages 16-18. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? The winner of the shooting contest gets a gold arrow. ‘The Sheriff wants to catch Friar Tuck. RB 3 Robin wants to win the contest for the people of Nottingham. 4 Forty men shoot in the contest. 5 Sir Guy Gisborne wins the contest. Before you read pages 20-24, can you guess what happens to these characters? Robin He kills Sir Guy Gisborne. ops f He marries Lady Marian. Ns CJ He leaves the forest and goes back to his home. Sir Guy Gisborne He marries Lady Marian. _] He catches all of Robin’s men. He leaves England. _] He marries Lady Marian. (_] He kills Robin. He becomes king. Lady Marian a She comes to live in the forest with Robin. She marries Prince John to help Robin. | She leaves England.32 ACTIVITIES After Reading Use these words to join the sentences together. but gets from in and 1 King Richard is a good man. The people love him. 2 The soldiers come after Robin. He hides from them in the forest. 3. The Sheriff and Sir Guy look down. A castle window. 4 The shooting contest winner. A silver arrow. 5S The men hit their targets. The centre. Complete this summary of the story. Use these words: taxes kill outlaw marry forest brother friends money. bide hungry King Richard the First goes away. His ............ is Prince John. Prince John wants the people to pay more .........+5 Robin of Locksley is going to .. . Lady Marian, but somebody tells him, ‘They want to you. You MUSE oes esses ? So Robin goes to Sherwood Forest. Now he is an..... sess. There are more men hiding in the forest. They and Robin take ........... from Prince John’s bad men. They wait in the ........... ; then stop rich people and say, ‘We want money for the ........... people.’ They want King Richard to know that they are his true . activities: After Reading 33 | 3 Look at each picture, then answer the questions after it. 1 Who is getting into the boat? 2 Who is this? 3 Who is this and what is happening? 4 Who is sitting in the water? 5 Who is this? 6 Who are these two people?