THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD- FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH NOTES- CLASS 09 - KSEEB

Poem- 6

THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD

Francis J Child

 

Comprehension:

 C1. Read the poem silently and answer the following questions.

 1) How was the pedlar traveling?

 Ans: The pedlar put his pack all on his back and trudged over the lea.

 2) Who did the pedlar meet on the road?

 Ans: The pedlar met Robin Hood and Little John on the road.

 

3) What did the pedlar have in his pack?

 Ans: The pedlar had several suits of gay green silks and two or three silken bow-strings.

 

4) What did Little John want from the pedlar?

 Ans: Little John wanted one half the pedlar’s pack.

 

5) What did the pedlar boldly claim?

 Ans: The pedlar boldly claimed that no one could ask one half of his pack.

 

6) How did the pedlar protect his pack?

 Ans: The pedlar pulled off his pack and put it below his knee and stood adjacent to it.

 

7) Why did little John request the pedlar to stop fighting?

 Ans: Little John requested the pedlar to stop fighting because the pedlar was stronger than him and Little John was too worn-out to fight.

 

8) What challenges did Robin Hood put before little John?

 Ans: Robin Hood challenged Little John and said that he could defeat both of them.

 

9) Who won the second fight?

 Ans: The pedlar won the second fight.

 10) What was the pedlar’s identity?

 Ans: The pedlar was cousin brother of Robin Hood .The pedlar was Gamble Gold of the gay green woods, Robin Hood’s mother’s sister’s son.

C2. Discuss the following questions in groups and answer.

 

1) Who were Robin Hood and Little John? Why did they attack the pedlar?

 Ans: Robin Hood and Little John were two troublesome men. They attacked the pedlar because he did not give one half of his pack to them.

 

 2) Describe the struggle between

(a) the pedlar and Little John, and the outcome.

(b) the pedlar and Robin Hood, and the outcome.

 Ans: (a) The pedlar and Little John and the outcome: The pulled his pack and put it a little below his knee. Little John drew his sword and fought with the pedlar. They fought until both of them were tired. The outcome of the fight was that Little John cried and prayed to the pedlar to stop fighting.

 (b)  The pedlar and Robin Hood, and the outcome:  Robin Hood arrogantly said that he could defeat the pedlar. He drew his sword, fought with the pedlar till blood flowed from both of them in streams. At the end Robin Hood couldn’t defeat the pedlar and he requested him to stop fighting.

 

3) Robin Hood calls the pedlar his cousin. How is the fact revealed?

 Ans: Both little John and Robin Hood fought with the bold pedlar and tried to defeat him but the pedlar only defeated both of them. When both of them tiered and bleeding at that time Robin asked the pedlar about his identity. The pedlar said his name as Gamble Gold of the gay green woods and travelled far beyond the sea after killing a man in his father’s land. Robin Hood recognized him as his cousin.

 

4) Little John and Robin Hood lose to the pedlar. Yet the ballad ends on a happy note. Give reason.

 Ans: Little John and Robin Hood were troublesome men; they challenged every person who passed through that forest. By chance they encountered with the bold pedlar who was passing from there with his pack on his back. Little John and Robin Hood both of them asked the pedlar what was in his pack. He said that there were several suits of the gay green silks, and silken bowstrings by two or three. Later both of them demanded the pedlar one half of his pack. But the bold pedlar refused to give them and pulled off his pack below his knee and took his sword and ready to fight with them. At first Little John fought with the pedlar until they both did sweat, John cried and prayed to stop fighting. Later Robin Hood attacked the bold pedlar and they fought until the blood flowed in streams at last Robin prayed to stop fighting. The pedlar said his name as Gamble Gold of the gay green woods and travelled far beyond the sea after killing a man in his father’s land. Robin Hood recognized him as his cousin. They covered the sword with friendly words and cracked their bottles most merrily.

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