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the legend of robin robin hood was the legendary english example of a brave and honest outlaw, his main aim was to take riches from the richeg and give them to the poor. robin married marian and they lived happily in germany. the english had to. pay a big sum of money to save their king's life. to collect this sum of money everybody had to pay special taxes. robin wanted his king to be free. when he learnt about the taxes. he sold precious stones, rich clothes and sent all this money to london. soon robin learnt that a lot of knights, rich merchants and abbots didn't pay the taxes. 'so robin came to visit these people and if one didn't com thetook from the man's house only what the man had to pay, but if, as sometimes happened, greenwood. king richard was imprisoned in a castle in resist, fought and resisted, then robin took all he could find. when king richard became free he gathered his nobility and knights e knew that his younger brother john had plotted to win the crown for himself and a lot of knights supported him. so king richard wanted to know who his friend and who his enemy was. lords and knights decided that it was a good chance to complain to the kingabout robin hood and get rid of this outlaw forever. they said that robin had killed one sheri ff and a lot of knights. but earl de warenne, one of the king's treasurers, told the king who had collected the money to save the king's life and added so many wonderful and honest words about robin that the king said, "i will see this outlaw. he will have my protection." richard ordered his chief forester of sherwood to find robin for him. it was not an easy task to find robin if he didn't want to be found. only two days later the forester came to his king with good news. he learnt that robin had been stopping rich travelers and taking off their wealth on the roads of ollerton. the king wanted to see robin so much that he immediately left for ollerton. richard and his knights were disguised as monks. while they were walking the tall man came suddenly out of the wood. he said, "stop here, sir, abbot, and tell me how much money you have got" 'good man," answered the king."i have with me no more than forty pounds, but i will gladly give you what i have." drah robin was so much surprised by the truth ful tone of the monk that he didn't search him and his friends and gave them twenty pounds back. he even invited them to have dinner with the outlaws in greenwood. the king agrecd with plcasure deep in the forest under a big tree they cooked dinner. then robin said, "now, lord abbot, you will see how we shoot. if someone missed the aim, he will receive a buffet from a better archer." twice robin shot at the mark and each time he was a success but others missed, and all of them fell before robin's buffet. then robin shot for the third time and he was unlucky there was a great burst of laughter from his archers and a cry, "a miss! a miss! " robin turned to the abbot and said, "give me a buffet". the king smiled and gave robin such a buffet that the outlaw nearly fell to the ground. at that moment the cowl dropped away from the king's face and everyone saw their richard. robin and the outlaws knelt and asked the king for mercy. "rise, robin", added the king, "for i have never met ini greenwood a man so much after my heart as you are." he caught robin by the hand and lifted him to his feet. king richard also pardoned maid marian for having married the outlaw this is the end of one of the stories about robin and his outlaw

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