Poem-
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THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD
Francis
J Child
Comprehension:
3) What did the pedlar have in his pack?
4) What did Little John want from the pedlar?
5) What did the pedlar boldly claim?
6) How did the pedlar protect his pack?
7) Why did little John request the pedlar to stop fighting?
8) What challenges did Robin Hood put before little John?
9) Who won the second fight?
C2.
Discuss the following questions in groups and answer.
1)
Who were Robin Hood and Little John? Why did they attack the pedlar?
Ans: Robin Hood and Little John were two troublesome men. They attacked the pedlar because he did not give one half of his pack to them.
2) Describe the struggle between
(a) the pedlar and Little John, and the outcome.
(b) the pedlar and Robin Hood, and the outcome.
Ans: (a) The pedlar and Little John and the outcome: The pulled his pack and put it a little below his knee. Little John drew his sword and fought with the pedlar. They fought until both of them were tired. The outcome of the fight was that Little John cried and prayed to the pedlar to stop fighting.
(b) The pedlar and Robin Hood, and the outcome: Robin Hood arrogantly said that he could defeat the pedlar. He drew his sword, fought with the pedlar till blood flowed from both of them in streams. At the end Robin Hood couldn’t defeat the pedlar and he requested him to stop fighting.
3)
Robin Hood calls the pedlar his cousin. How is the fact revealed?
Ans: Both little John and Robin Hood fought with the bold pedlar and tried to defeat him but the pedlar only defeated both of them. When both of them tiered and bleeding at that time Robin asked the pedlar about his identity. The pedlar said his name as Gamble Gold of the gay green woods and travelled far beyond the sea after killing a man in his father’s land. Robin Hood recognized him as his cousin.
4)
Little John and Robin Hood lose to the pedlar. Yet the ballad ends on a happy
note. Give reason.
Ans: Little John and Robin Hood were troublesome men; they challenged every person who passed through that forest. By chance they encountered with the bold pedlar who was passing from there with his pack on his back. Little John and Robin Hood both of them asked the pedlar what was in his pack. He said that there were several suits of the gay green silks, and silken bowstrings by two or three. Later both of them demanded the pedlar one half of his pack. But the bold pedlar refused to give them and pulled off his pack below his knee and took his sword and ready to fight with them. At first Little John fought with the pedlar until they both did sweat, John cried and prayed to stop fighting. Later Robin Hood attacked the bold pedlar and they fought until the blood flowed in streams at last Robin prayed to stop fighting. The pedlar said his name as Gamble Gold of the gay green woods and travelled far beyond the sea after killing a man in his father’s land. Robin Hood recognized him as his cousin. They covered the sword with friendly words and cracked their bottles most merrily.
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