VirtuAule LiveStream English + Phonetics = Story - Robin Hood Chapter 4: Little John and the Challenge

This live video broadcast retells the story of Robin Hood in different episodes. The fourth episode of this English Classic finds Robin Hood in the forest and describes how he became friends with Little John. Hear the spoken text while you read the English and Phonetics together.

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The men made a camp in the clearing.

'Tomorrow we will go hunting for information,' said Robin.

‘We need to know who is travelling to Nottingham.

We should look for groups of knights and tax collectors.

They will have money and weapons.’

Robin and a group of outlaws went to the edge of the forest.

They came to a river where a trunk of a fallen tree formed a bridge across the river.

A stranger was coming along the path from the opposite bank.

He was the biggest man that Robin had ever seen.

'Let the better man cross first,'shouted the stranger while smiling at Robin.

Robin also smiled.

'Then let me pass first,' he said,'for I am the better man.'

We shall see,' said the stranger.

Both men were carrying staves.

Robin took hold of his staff and stepped onto the trunk.

The stranger also stepped onto the trunk and they started swinging their staves.

After some time, the stranger hit Robin so hard that he fell into the water.

He helped Robin out of the water and the two men laughed together.

'What is your name?' asked Robin.

'I’m called Little John,' said the stranger.

'Have you ever heard of Robin Hood?' asked Robin.

'Of course I have,' said Little John.

I hope that the King never catches Robin Hood.'

'My name is Robin Hood and these are a few of my good men,' Robin told Little John.

Robin took his horn out of his belt and blew it three times.

Immediately, all of the other outlaws appeared near the river.

'I see many men around you,' said John Little.

But he was still not convinced.

‘If you can shoot an arrow five hundred paces into a target, I will believe you.'

Little John looked around and pointed to a thin tree in the forest.

'It is not an easy target,' said Robin.

Robin put an arrow to his bow and shot the arrow into the young tree.

'You must be Robin Hood,' said Little John.

'Well, I do not love the Sheriff, nor the men who collect taxes from the common people.

So yes, Robin Hood, I will join you and your men.'

Later on at the camp, the men enjoyed a meal and ale together.

Robin took a cup of ale and held it over Little John's head.

'You are the biggest man I have ever seen,' Robin said.

And Robin poured the ale over Little John's head.