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=_Instructor Literature Series--No. 212_=

The Story of

Robin Hood

[Illustration]

By

BERTHA E. BUSH

Published Jointly By

F. A. OWEN PUB. CO., DANSVILLE, N. Y.

HALL & McCREARY,--CHICAGO, ILL.




  INSTRUCTOR LITERATURE SERIES

  STORIES OF

  ROBIN HOOD

  BY

  _Bertha E. Bush_

  [Illustration]

  PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY
  F. A. OWEN PUB. CO., DANSVILLE, N. Y.

  HALL & MCCREARY, CHICAGO, ILL.




  COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
  F. A. OWEN PUBLISHING CO

  _Robin Hood_




CONTENTS

  WINNING THE SHERIFF'S GOLDEN ARROW
  HOW LITTLE JOHN JOINED ROBIN HOOD
  ALLEN-A-DALE AND FRIAR TUCK
  ROBIN HOOD AND THE SORROWFUL KNIGHT
  ROBIN HOOD AND THE KING
  DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD
  ROBIN HOOD AND ALLEN-A-DALE




Stories of Robin Hood


"And what of Peter the Ploughman? He was a good friend of mine."

"Alack, Peter the Ploughman hath been hanged and his wife and little
ones turned out of their home to beg."

The father of young Robin Hood with his little son at his side, had
met a man from his old home and was eagerly questioning him about the
welfare of his old neighbors. But much of the news was sad, for the
times were evil in England. The Normans had conquered the country and
were the lords and officials in the land, and they cruelly oppressed
the common people, who were Saxons. The father said not a word although
his face grew very sad, but the boy beside him burst out indignantly.

"But why should such a thing be done? Peter the Ploughman was one of
the best men I ever knew and his wife was as good and kind as an angel.
Why should such a dreadful thing be done to them?"

"Because he shot deer in the king's forest. But indeed he had an excuse
for breaking the law if ever a