Will Robin lose Maid Marian?

Lizzie Hello again. I’m Lizzie. It’s time to continue our story of Robin Hood. Robin’s hiding in the forest, hoping he’ll get to see the girl he wants to marry - Maid Marian. But there’s bad news.

The Sheriff, knowing it will annoy Robin, tells Marian’s father that he wants to marry her. Her father suggests to her that it’s a good idea but Marian won’t stand for it and runs off into the forest to find Robin. An old, slightly balding and fat man called Friar Tuck goes with her - he marries Marian and Robin - and then he joins Robin’s band of outlaws.

The Sheriff isn’t happy about this and comes up with another sneaky way of trying to catch Robin. Knowing that Robin likes to stand out as the best archer in the land, he holds a contest, that Robin can’t resist. As expected, he attends and wins the contest, only to escape and runs back into the forest much to the Sheriff’s annoyance.

Then, sometime later, King Richard the Lionheart visits Sherwood Forest in search of the legendary Robin Hood. He meets him and his group of men and realises their true intentions of doing good by helping the poor. He stands by them and arranges for Robin’s land to be returned to him and the men to be forgiven for any crimes they had been accused of.

But much later, after King Richard has died, Robin is caught and is injured. He dies but just before he does he shoots an arrow. The arrow lands in the forest and it’s at this spot where Robin is buried - and a tree - The Major Oak - which Robin Hood and his merry men used to shelter under, still stands in this spot today.

Well, that’s my story for today. I hope you enjoyed it and I’ll see you again soon.