Level 2 Retold by Liz Austin Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
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Contents page Introduction Chapter 1 Robin Fitzooth is Born in Sherwood Forest Chapter 2 The Sheriff of Nottingham Finds Robin Hood Chapter 3 At St Mary’s Abbey Chapter 4 The King’s Deer Chapter 5 Robin Hood Meets Little John Chapter 6 Robin Hood Helps Sir Richard of Lee Chapter 7 Sir Richard Pays the Abbot Chapter 8 Lady Marian and the Sheriff of Nottingham Chapter 9 The Sheriff’s Visit Chapter 10 Marian Goes to Sherwood Forest Chapter 11 Robin Hood and Friar Tuck Chapter 12 The Two Churchmen and the Bags of Gold Chapter 13 Sir Richard of Lee Comes Back to the Forest Chapter 14 Robin Hood and the Gold Arrow Chapter 15 The Tall Friar Chapter 16 The Last Adventure Activities v 1 3 5 6 9 12 14 15 17 19 20 25 27 28 31 34 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