Robin Hood Meets Little John Flashcards
“Go back and…till I have come over,” he called out.
(a) Who is the speaker and who is the other person?
(b) Where were they?
(c) Why did the speaker want the other man to go back?
(d) What did the starnger want the speaker to do?
a) The speaker is Robin Hood and the other person is a stranger who is crossing the narrow bridge from the other side.
b) They were on a narrow, shaky bridge.
c) The speaker i.e, Robin Hood, wanted wanted the other man to got back so that Robin himself could cross the bridge first.
d) The stranger was wanted the speaker to go back and let the stranger cross the bridge first.
“If you do, I’ll beat you, till you are black and blue,”… “You talk like a coward…”
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Who does ‘you’ refer to?
(c) What does it mean to beat someone till they are black and blue?
(d) Why did the speaker call the other person a coward?
a) The speaker is the stranger.
b) ‘You’ refers to Robin Hood, who was about to shoot an arrow.
c) To beat someone till they are black and blue means to beat someone repeatedly till they have dark bruises all over their skin.
d) The speaker called Robin a coward because Robin was about to attack the stranger with an arrow, while the stranger had just a stick to defend to himself.
Why was robin carried a good way down the river?
Robin was carried a good way down the river because there was a strong current in the river and he got pulled along with the strong flow of the river.
Why did Robin choose to swim with the tide?
Robin chose to swim with the tide because he could not have struggled against the strong current of the river, after the fight with John. He must’ve been tired also. He knew he could swim to the bank a little further down the river.
Why did Robin want to shake hands with John little and become his friend?
Robin wanted to shake hands with the stranger because he felt that the stranger was a brave man and a good fighter. He had fought fairly and Robin did not want to quarrel with him anymore.
What made the merry men come running to Robin?
The merry men came running to Robin when he blew his bugle horn.
Why did they want to drag John little to the water and drown him?
The merry men saw a huge cut on Robin Hood’s forehead and his men understood that there had been a fierce fight. Robin hood told them that the two men had a fight and that John had tumbled him into the river. When the merry men heard this, they wanted to drag you on John little to the river and drown him.
Swollen
Full of water (here)
Defend
Keep oneself safe
Tremendous
Very great
Current
Here water moving in a definite direction
Tide
Here-swimming with the way the water was flowing
Bugle horn
A musical instrument, a little bit smaller than a trumpet, that makes a loud sound when blown.
Coward
A person who is not brave and doesn’t want to face danger or trouble
Fast and furious
Rapidly and full of energy and anger
