Robin Hood - Level 2, Penguin Readers, Level 2 - A1

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Robin Hood
Level 2
Retold by Liz Austin
Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Pearson Education Limited
Edinburgh Gate, Harlow,
Essex CM20 2JE, England
and Associated Companies throughout the world.
ISBN 0 582 421195
This edition first published 2000
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Copyright © Penguin Books Ltd 2000
Illustrations by Chris Ryley
Cover design by Bender Richardson White
Typeset by Pantek Arts Ltd, Maidstone, Kent
Set in 11/14pt Bembo
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Contents
page
Introduction v
Chapter 1 Robin Fitzooth is Born in
Sherwood Forest 1
Chapter 2 The Sheriff of Nottingham Finds
Robin Hood 3
Chapter 3 At St Mary’s Abbey 5
Chapter 4 The King’s Deer 6
Chapter 5 Robin Hood Meets Little John 9
Chapter 6 Robin Hood Helps Sir Richard of Lee 12
Chapter 7 Sir Richard Pays the Abbot 14
Chapter 8 Lady Marian and the Sheriff
of Nottingham 15
Chapter 9 The Sheriff’s Visit 17
Chapter 10 Marian Goes to Sherwood Forest 19
Chapter 11 Robin Hood and Friar Tuck 20
Chapter 12 The Two Churchmen and the Bags
of Gold 25
Chapter 13 Sir Richard of Lee Comes Back to
the Forest 27
Chapter 14 Robin Hood and the Gold Arrow 28
Chapter 15 The Tall Friar 31
Chapter 16 The Last Adventure 34
Activities 39
Introduction
Lord Gamwell followed the man to the middle of Sherwood Forest. There,
in the spring sunshine, he saw his daughter. He also saw a baby boy in her
arms. Joanna looked up at her father and smiled. 'This is Robin, your
grandson,' she said.
Robin Hood was born in the forest, and the forest was his home for much
of his life. His story is hundreds of years old. At that time, in England,
many Saxon people lived in small villages on the lands of important
Norman lords (from Normandy, now in France). Other people lived on
church lands. Life was hard for these villagers because they had to give
money and food to their lord and to the church.
So village people loved to hear stories about Robin Hood. Robin
Hood was clever, strong and brave. He loved adventure, and he was the
best fighter in England. He took money from rich people and gave it to
the poor villagers.
The most famous Robin Hood stories are in this book. They are about
beautiful Lady Marian, the greedy Sheriff of Nottingham, good King
Richard, and his bad brother, Prince John.
Many countries have stories about brave and clever adventurers. But is
Robin Hood only a story? Perhaps Robin really did live, and perhaps
not. There
was
a King Richard; he was king from 1189 to 1199. He left
England and fought in Jerusalem. When he was away, Prince John was
the most important man in England. Then, when Richard died, John was
the next king.
The stories say that Robin Hood lived with his men in Sherwood
Forest, near the town of Nottingham. Sherwood Forest and Nottingham
are about two hundred kilometres north of London. Many people there
say that Robin Hood really lived in the forest.
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