The Oyster's Robin Hood
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radegundI'm kind of fascinated by how the Oyster's storytelling skills are developing. His current method is to dictate the story for me to write on scrap paper. He tells it fluently, while pacing up and down like a lecturer, then copies what I've written into his book, adding illustrations as he goes.
Robin Hood continues to be a hot theme: specifically, summaries of the achingly patriarchal version by Howard Pyle (retold by John Burrows). Today's implementation was particularly coherent, so I'm noting it here.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Contents
Robin Hood's Merry Men
Chapter 1 - Little John
Chapter 2 - Bullseye
Chapter 3 - Allan a Dale
Chapter 4 - The Wedding of Allan and Ellen
Chapter 5 - Guy of Gisbourne
Chapter 6 - Sir Richard of Lea
Chapter 7 - King Richard
Robin Hood's Merry Men
In the Middle Ages of England, Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest. You couldn't shoot an arrow better than him, and this is the beginning of him. Robin Hood fled into Sherwood Forest from the sheriff's men. "I must be alone now," he said to his dog. He met a group of men. They said he would never dare shoot a deer. They had swords, and they ran after him, deeper into Sherwood Forest. He found another group of men, which then became Robin's five first merry men.
Little John
Robin Hood was looking out for a wealthy guest when he found a log across a forest stream. As Robin stepped onto the log, a stranger appeared on the other side. The man was seven feet tall.
"Step aside and let me pass!"
"No, for I am the better man!"
"Well, we'll see about that. I'll cut myself a staff, and we shall have a forest battle."
In about an hour, each man had a few scratches and was sore. Soon Little John saw his chance. He hit Robin hard on the head, and Robin tumbled into the water. He climbed to the bank and blew his bugle three times. Each man could hear the sound of men crashing through the forest.
Will Scarlet was the first to come. "You look wet from head to toe," he said.
"That man there, he gave me a beating and dunked me in the water."
"Then he'll get beaten and dunked himself. Get him, boys!"
"No, no, he's a good, honest man! What is your name?"
"John Little, sir."
"Will you join my band, Little John?"
"Only if you can shoot an arrow better than you can fight with a staff."
He told Much to cut a strip of wood and set it on a distant oak tree. The stranger's arrow flew so straight that it struck the centre in the middle.
"Can you do better than that, old fellow?"
Robin's arrow flew so straight that it hit the stranger's arrow and shredded it into splinters.
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That's as far as he got today. He assured me (unprompted) that Maid Marian would feature in the book, but the person who wrote the story probably wasn't that interested in women, and that's why there are so few of them in the book.
"What about you? You're writing this version," I said, as casually as I could manage. "Are you interested in women?"
"Not particularly."
Ah well. At least he's aware of the issue.
Robin Hood continues to be a hot theme: specifically, summaries of the achingly patriarchal version by Howard Pyle (retold by John Burrows). Today's implementation was particularly coherent, so I'm noting it here.
=================
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Contents
Robin Hood's Merry Men
Chapter 1 - Little John
Chapter 2 - Bullseye
Chapter 3 - Allan a Dale
Chapter 4 - The Wedding of Allan and Ellen
Chapter 5 - Guy of Gisbourne
Chapter 6 - Sir Richard of Lea
Chapter 7 - King Richard
Robin Hood's Merry Men
In the Middle Ages of England, Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest. You couldn't shoot an arrow better than him, and this is the beginning of him. Robin Hood fled into Sherwood Forest from the sheriff's men. "I must be alone now," he said to his dog. He met a group of men. They said he would never dare shoot a deer. They had swords, and they ran after him, deeper into Sherwood Forest. He found another group of men, which then became Robin's five first merry men.
Little John
Robin Hood was looking out for a wealthy guest when he found a log across a forest stream. As Robin stepped onto the log, a stranger appeared on the other side. The man was seven feet tall.
"Step aside and let me pass!"
"No, for I am the better man!"
"Well, we'll see about that. I'll cut myself a staff, and we shall have a forest battle."
In about an hour, each man had a few scratches and was sore. Soon Little John saw his chance. He hit Robin hard on the head, and Robin tumbled into the water. He climbed to the bank and blew his bugle three times. Each man could hear the sound of men crashing through the forest.
Will Scarlet was the first to come. "You look wet from head to toe," he said.
"That man there, he gave me a beating and dunked me in the water."
"Then he'll get beaten and dunked himself. Get him, boys!"
"No, no, he's a good, honest man! What is your name?"
"John Little, sir."
"Will you join my band, Little John?"
"Only if you can shoot an arrow better than you can fight with a staff."
He told Much to cut a strip of wood and set it on a distant oak tree. The stranger's arrow flew so straight that it struck the centre in the middle.
"Can you do better than that, old fellow?"
Robin's arrow flew so straight that it hit the stranger's arrow and shredded it into splinters.
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That's as far as he got today. He assured me (unprompted) that Maid Marian would feature in the book, but the person who wrote the story probably wasn't that interested in women, and that's why there are so few of them in the book.
"What about you? You're writing this version," I said, as casually as I could manage. "Are you interested in women?"
"Not particularly."
Ah well. At least he's aware of the issue.