ROBIN HOOD    (CHAPTER 2)

IT IS THE YEAR 1090, RICHARD THE LIONHEART IS

KING OF ENGLAND, BUT HE IS AWAY ON A CRUSADE IN HOLY LAND. RICHARD’S BROTHER, PRINCE JOHN IS RULING ENGLAND. HE IS A CRUEL KING. THE PEOPLE MUST PAY LOTS OF TAXES. ONE DAY THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM GOES TO ROBIN'S HOME. HE TAKES ROBIN'S HOME AND ROBIN RUNS AWAY TO SHERWOOD FOREST. THE FOREST IS THE HOME OF THE OUTLAWS BUT ALSO OF POOR PEOPLE. ROBIN BECOMES THEIR LEADER. HE DECIDES TO TAKE MONEY FROM RICH AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR. ONE DAY, NEAR THE RIVER, HE MEETS LITTLE JOHN AND THEY BECOME FRIENDS. AFTER MORE YEARS THERE ARE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED OUTLAWS. THE SHERIFF SENDS LOTS OF SOLDIERS TO THE FOREST TO ARREST ROBIN, BUT HE AND HIS MAN STAY IN THE TREES. ONE DAY ROBIN IS WEARING THE CLOTHES OF A POOR MAN. HE MEETS A KNIGHT ON A HORSE. THEY FOUGHT AND THE KNIGHT'S HELMET IS ON THE GROUND. ROBIN SEES THAT KNIGHT IS MARIAM. THEY FALL IN LOVE AND THEY GET MARRIED. PRINCE JOHN ORGANIZES A COMPETITION TO FIND THE BET ARCHER AND TO CATCH ROBIN. ROBIN GOES TO THE COMPETITION AND HE WEARING THE CLOTHES OF AN OLD MAN.

HE WINS THE COMPETITION. ONE EVENING, ROBIN MEETS A KNIGHT. THE MAN SAYS: " I'M HUNGRY AND TIRED". ROBIN SAYS:"COME AND EAT WITH ME, YOU CAN STAY WHIT US TONIGHT."THEN THEY TELL ABOUT KING RICHARD AND PRINCE JOHN, THE CRUEL KING THEN THE KNIGHT SAYS:" I AM KING RICHARD AND I WILL PUNISH THE BAD PEOPLE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING KING RICHARD GOES TO CASTLE AND PRINCE JOHN RUNS AWAY AND HE NEVER RETURNS. ROBIN BECOMES FREE. SHERWOOD FOREST IS A WORLD-FAMOUS FOREST EVERY SUMMER IN THE PARK THERE IS A ROBIN HOOD FESTIVAL FOR A WEEK. DURING A FESTIVAL THERE IS A MEDIEVAL ATMOSPHERE. DURING VICTORIAN TIMESTHE FOREST BECOMES A TOURIST ATTRACTION BECAUSE VISITORS LIKE LOOKING THE TREES.

MORAL TEACHING:   JUSTICE WINS AT THE END.

Realizzato da V.M. Settembre 2017