Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow

Classical Stories · No. 8 — The outlaw who shot for a prize meant to trap him.

• Classical Stories
• 47 min
• Ages 8–13
• 6 chapters

About this audiobook

In Sherwood Forest lives a band of outlaws who rob wealthy travelers and hand the silver to families ruined by taxes and forest law. The Sheriff of Nottingham cannot catch Robin Hood in the greenwood, so he sets a trap built from Robin's own pride: an archery tournament open to all England, with a golden arrow for the finest shot. Everyone in Nottingham knows the finest shot in England — and so does the Sheriff.

Why it's worth a listen

An archery tournament where the prize is golden and the whole contest is a trap for one man — who comes anyway, in disguise, and splits his rival's arrow in two. Between the disguises and the escapes runs the season's best argument: when the law itself is unfair, what should a good person do?

A question to keep

Can breaking the rules ever be the right thing to do?

Based on the book by A tale from England, published by Emma's Library original retelling

Chapters

1. The Green Kingdom
2. The Sheriff’s Trap
3. Pride and Paint
4. The Gates of Nottingham
5. The Flight of the Shaft
6. A Question to Keep