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Robin Hood

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Robin Hood is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden • Curated US English Learning Edition

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HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

The morning gave promise of a hot day.

The road even by the brook was dusty.

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Chapter VI Reading 1/29

Robin Hood J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

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Chapter VI

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Robin Hood is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay. One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood. It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes. The morning gave promise of a hot day. The road even by the brook was dusty.

Robin Hood

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Robin Hood is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

Line 2

One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

Line 3

It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

Line 4

The morning gave promise of a hot day.

Line 5

The road even by the brook was dusty.

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a

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

after

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

and

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

battle

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

been

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

bridge

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

brook

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

brought

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

bushes

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

by

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

chanted

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

clothed

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

common

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

cool

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

day

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From this reading The morning gave promise of a hot day.

did

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

directed

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

down

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

dusty

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From this reading The road even by the brook was dusty.

even

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From this reading The road even by the brook was dusty.

far

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

fine

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

foot

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

fought

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

frisk

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

from

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

gave

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From this reading The morning gave promise of a hot day.

gay

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

grief

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

had

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

he

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

HOOD

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

hot

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From this reading The morning gave promise of a hot day.

HOW

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

impulse

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

in

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

it

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

John

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

Little

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

memorable

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

MET

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

morning

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

not

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

o'er

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

of

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From this reading The morning gave promise of a hot day.

One

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

path

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

plain

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

promise

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From this reading The morning gave promise of a hot day.

proud

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

quench

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

red

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

rest

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

road

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From this reading The road even by the brook was dusty.

ROBIN

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

roundelay

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

SCARLET

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

Sheriff

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

soon

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

steps

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

strolling

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

The

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

their

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

them

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

they

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

thirst

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

through

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

to

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

was

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

went

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

where

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From this reading It was not far from the foot--bridge where they had fought their memorable battle; and by common impulse they directed their steps to the brook to quench their thirst and rest them in the cool bushes.

WILL

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

wood

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From this reading One fine morning, soon after the proud Sheriff had been brought to grief, Robin Hood and Little John went strolling down a path through the wood.

youngster

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From this reading HOW ROBIN HOOD MET WILL SCARLET The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o’er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

Chapter 6 of Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 6 of Robin Hood contain?

Chapter 6 holds 147 sentences of Robin Hood, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 147 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 6 of Robin Hood?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Vocabulary met early in Robin Hood

Words and structures a reader meets early in Robin Hood, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Hearken: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Robin Hood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gentlemen: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Robin Hood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Free-born: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Robin Hood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Blood: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Robin Hood; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.