British Council ELT - MYTHS & LEGENDS Robin Hood

people have told stories about robin hood for more than 700 years nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character in the legends robin was extremely intelligent and had a playful sense of humor he loved playing tricks on people pick a card any card the stories say that robin hood was a skilled archer and he always carried a bow and arrow too easy he wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather he lived in sherwood forest with a group of outlaws or criminals known as his merry men the group included

friar tuck yummy little john who was unusually tall little is just my nickname and robin's true love made marion take that sherwood forest was a royal hunting forest near nottingham in england most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go people traveling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws your money please my lord oh no it's robin hood the stories say that robin hood only took money from rich people so that he could give it to people who needed it so he became famous for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor

here you are my dear oh thank you robin the sheriff of nottingham was robin's arch enemy it was the sheriff's job to keep the woods safe and to make sure that nobody stole the king's deer what's that is that robin hood the sheriff of nottingham tried to catch robin hood but never succeeded oh no not again centuries ago people loved to tell each other stories of robin hood later he became a famous character in books and nowadays robin is still a well-loved hero in literature theater tv and films