Chapter 9: The Shooting Contest
Posted by Jordan Beagle on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Summary: Robins band keeps stealing from the rich and giving to the poor and one day the queens page Richard Partington invites Robin Hood to a shooting contest in Finsbury Fields so he agrees and they go. The queen bets to the kings that Robin Hood, Will Scarlet, Little John and Alan-a-Dale can beat his archers so he agrees and contest starts. The queens team starts out shaky but wins in the end by Robin Hood’s awesome shooting and he humbly declines the prizes. The king becomes inflamed with anger and vows revenge so warns Robin in a weird message.
Main Character: King Henry: This character has been developed from staring out promising safety for the queen's archers and then changing his mind and trying to kill them. This shows he is an inconsistent, bad king and a major poor sport
Quote: "No!" The shouted "Gilbert has hit the center three times!" This quote is impotant to the story because it shows that the king is a spoiled poor sport and acts like a small child
Vocab Definitions:
Milled: To Have moved around in churning confusion
Nocked: To fit (an arrow) to a bowstring.
Main Character: King Henry: This character has been developed from staring out promising safety for the queen's archers and then changing his mind and trying to kill them. This shows he is an inconsistent, bad king and a major poor sport
Quote: "No!" The shouted "Gilbert has hit the center three times!" This quote is impotant to the story because it shows that the king is a spoiled poor sport and acts like a small child
Vocab Definitions:
Milled: To Have moved around in churning confusion
Nocked: To fit (an arrow) to a bowstring.