KSEEB Class 9 · English (1st language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25
The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 9 English.
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"The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood" is a traditional English ballad from the Robin Hood cycle, collected in Child's Ballads. Anonymous singers passed it down orally for centuries. It celebrates physical courage, fair play, and the merry outlaw's respect for a worthy opponent.
Summary
Robin Hood encounters a bold pedlar carrying pack and staff on a woodland path.
Robin Hood encounters a bold pedlar carrying pack and staff on a woodland path.
They exchange proud words about who will pass first. Pride quickly turns to challenge.
They exchange proud words about who will pass first. Pride quickly turns to challenge.
They fight with quarterstaves for hours, matching blow for blow with skill and stamina.
They fight with quarterstaves for hours, matching blow for blow with skill and stamina.
Neither yields; both admire the other's courage. Robin discovers a equal in plain clothes.
Neither yields; both admire the other's courage. Robin discovers a equal in plain clothes.
Robin reveals his name; the pedlar is not afraid. They stop fighting and share drink.
Robin reveals his name; the pedlar is not afraid. They stop fighting and share drink.
They part as friends, having tested manhood through combat but without lasting enmity.
They part as friends, having tested manhood through combat but without lasting enmity.
Hard words & meanings
| ballad | a narrative poem or song meant to be sung |
| pedlar | a person who travels selling small goods |
| quarterstaff | a staff used in traditional English combat |
| outlaw | someone declared illegal, living outside society's rules |
| boast | to speak too proudly of oneself |
| reconciliation | restoring friendly relations after quarrel |
| stamina | ability to sustain physical effort |
| merry | joyful - Robin's "merry men" tradition |
| anonymous | without a named writer - traditional work |
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