The adventures of robin hood howard pyle6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() In this way, the Merry Men increase in size and become famous throughout England for their exploits, a situation which often leads them to don disguises when they venture beyond Sherwood so they will not be apprehended by the law. Although always ready for a fight, Robin is equally ready to befriend his opponent. Robin becomes known as a benign highway robber, stealing excess money from the rich and powerful and giving to the poor and needy. Robin and his “Merry Men”-including such colorful figures as Little John, his right-hand man, and Friar Tuck-spend their days playing at archery and cudgels, hunting and feasting, and looking for adventure. Over the next year, he hides in Sherwood Forest near Nottingham and gathers more than a hundred companions-all fellow outcasts from society-around him. ![]() Robin is condemned to the life of an outlaw. As part of a bet, he shoots a deer which (unknown to him) belongs to the king and, even more seriously, shoots an arrow in retaliation at one of the foresters and kills him. While on his way to an archery contest, he gets in an argument with several older men in a forest. ![]() ![]() Robin Hood is a spirited 18-year-old in 1100s England who is a skilled archer and swordsman. ![]()
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