![]() ![]() In his prologue, Pyle made Robin feel great remorse over the death he caused. Pyle does much to soften his source material. Pyle also refers back to the preceeding chapters based on the ballads Robin Hood and Queen Katherine and Robin Hood's Chase (where the shooting match comes from - Pyle adapted Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow much earlier in the novel) and the Bishop of Hereford. ![]() It's longer and not as intense as Little John's capture in the original Gisborne ballad, but the stories fit together very well. In this story, Little John becomes the Merry Man who saves the three young men from the sheriff - not Robin Hood, as in the original ballad of the three squires. It's not the first time Pyle weaves originally separate ballads together - he has Robin first seek out Friar Tuck to help with the wedding of Allan a Dale earlier in the novel. In this chapter, he interweaves two ballads (both also available on this site): Pyle took his inspiration from the classic ballads. First published in 1883, Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire is the most classic Robin Hood book for children. ![]()
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