the story of robin hood , the most popular english folk hero of all times , has reached every corner of the earth There are many versions of this well-know tale , wich is about 600 years old. every body knows robins friends( little john,brother tuck,will scarlet) ,and the famous sherwood forest- robin hoods home and the placs where many of his adventures took place, In other countries there are similar stories , but only Robin hood has become an international hero By tradition,Robin hood was an outlaw who hunted and stole the kings deer in the royal forest of sherwood , near nottingham. We know him as the leader of a group of men who were heros because they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor . Robin hood lived in a secret place in the forest and stole from rich travellers . he and his men fought against the evil sheriff of nottingham and other bad men who took money and land from poor peasants.
Unfortunately, there is almost no evidence that robin hood really existed Thirteenth-century ballads, fourteenth-century chronicles,a sixteenth-century history of Great Britain,all talk about Robin hood . how ever ,none of them tells us about the sources they used , In the 1800 and 1900 historians found twq Robin hoods who lived in the fourteenth century . One of them was even king Edward IIs servant . later , other historians found sereral different parts of England - Robin was popular first name and hood was a fairly common surname . It seems that by 1337 , the story of Robin hood was well established . Most probably , he lived around the year 1200. today , the legend of Robin hood has turned nottinghamshire into a large tourist attraction . In the centre of nottingham there is nottingham Castle . parts of it still remember the time of Robin hood ,shewood forest has an excellent vistors cente with an attractive display and shop and some very pleasant wallk s in the nearby forest .