Classic Stories: Robin Hood
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Classic Stories: Robin Hood

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 20264 min
  • Fiction & stories

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stand up for poor people. He lives deep in Sherwood Forest in England with his band of

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Hello, I'm Tim. Today's story is a famous legend about a so-called outlaw who likes to stand up for poor people. He lives deep in Sherwood Forest in England with his band of merry men. Any ideas who this working-class hero might be? Yes, that's right, it's Robin Hood. Robin has a habit of stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but the

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sheriff, who takes money from the poor to fund his lavish lifestyle, can't stand him. He thinks of him as a robber and wants to have him arrested on his wedding day of all days just as he is about to marry the beautiful Maid Marian. A fight breaks out but the sheriff's men don't stand a chance against the fit and strong Robin.

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He manages to escape and goes into hiding in the vast and dense Sherwood Forest. The hunt is then on to find him. A fight breaks out but the sheriff's men don't stand a chance against the fit and strong Robin. He manages to escape and goes into hiding in the vast and dense Sherwood Forest.

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