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Download the audio This tale from the Bible has all the ingredients of a really good plot, and has even been made into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Joseph was his father s favourite son, and when his father gave him a magnificent coat for a present, his brothers became jealous. One day they hatched a plot to sell him into slavery for 20 pieces of silver. Joseph found himself in Egypt, but his gift for telling the future helped him turn his fortunes. Read by Natasha. Duration 20 minutes. Joseph and his coat of many colors. Many years ago, there were twelve brothers. They lived in a hot and sunny land called Canaan, and they were farmers. Their father was called Jacob, and his two last sons were born when he was already extremely old. Their names were Joseph and Benjamin, and the two youngest were by far the favorites of the old man - so much so, that their older brothers became quite envious of them. Joseph was a dreamy boy, and his brothers were always teasing him for having his ‘head in the clouds’ and not paying attention to what was going on around him. But in fact, Joseph noticed everything, and when his brothers neglected their work, or did something wrong, he told their father all about it, and the brothers were furious with him for getting them into trouble. On Joseph’s seventeenth birthday, Jacob gave him a magnificent present. It was a coat woven with a beautiful pattern that contained many different colors. Joseph loved the coat, but when his older brothers saw it, they became even more jealous and their dislike for him grew even stronger! One day, they were out in the fields, and Joseph started to tell his brothers about the dream he had the previous night. In the dream, the brothers had been gathering the wheat in the fields and tying them up into bundles called sheaves. Joseph’s sheaf stood up as if it were alive, and all his brothers’ sheaves bowed down before it. When had finished telling the dream his brothers were deeply offended and insulted! “What is the meaning of this dream?” they said. “That you shall rule over us, and we shall bow down before you? How dare you dream such a dream? You should shut up and do as you’re told.” A few nights later, Joseph had another dream, and this time he told it to his entire family while they were eating their meal. He dreamt that he had stood on a mountain top, and the Sun, the Moon and all the stars had bowed down before him. This dream was too much, even for his old father: “This is a very unbelievable, crazy, dream, young man,” he said. “Do you mean that your father, mother, and all your brothers should bow down before you? You’d better not dream such a dream again, or you may regret it.” When the older brothers saw how angry their father was with Joseph, they were pleased, but soon their dad went back to favouring Joseph above all the others, and they went back to hating Joseph. One day, the brothers went went to tend their flocks in some far away pastures. Benjamin was still too young to go out and work, but Jacob sent Joseph to join the older brothers. He put on his coat of many colors and went out to look for them. The brothers spotted him from far off, and while he was still approaching they planned a plot against him. ‘Oh no, here comes the dreamer boy,” said one. “Let’s kill him, and throw him in a pit. We will tell father that a wild beast ate him up.” But Reuben, who was the oldest, decided to save Joseph. He said, “No let’s not be so mean that we kill him. He’s an annoying little pest, but he is still our brother. Let’s drop him in a pit and leave him as food for the animals. That way we can truthfully tell father that it was not we who killed him, but the wild beasts.” Secretly, Reuben planned to come back later and rescue Joseph from the pit before any great harm came to him. And so when Joseph arrived and said, “Here I am. Would you like to hear what I dreamed last night?” The brothers said, “Did you dream this little brother?” And they seized him, stripped him of his coat of many colors and slung him into a hole in the ground. It was a deep pit with no water in it, and if the wild beasts did not eat him, he would surely die of thirst before too long, for it was a baking hot country, on the edge of the desert. Pleased with their plan, the brothers sat down to eat their lunch. While they were eating, some traveling merchants came by. Their camels were loaded with spices, balms, and myrrh for perfumes, which they were carrying to Egypt. Now the brothers planned a second plot. Judah said, “Come, what’s in it for us if we just leave our brother to die? Let us at least make some profit out him - it will be the first and last time that he brings any good to us. We’ll sell him to these merchants, and they can take him as a slave to Egypt.” The others agreed that it was a fine plan, and they sold Joseph to the merchants for twenty pieces of silver. Then they killed a goat, and dipped Joseph’s coat in the blood. They took the coat to their father, and explained that his favorite son, Joseph, had been killed by a wild animal. Their father Jacob wept and tore his hair out with great sadness, saying that he could never be happy again because of this news. But the brothers were happy that they were rid of him, and had made some money too. The merchants took Joseph to the land of Egypt, which was ruled by a magnificent king called a Pharaoh. There they sold him to Potiphar, who was captain of the Pharaoh’s body guard. Joseph served his new master well, and was well liked by him. But one day, when Potiphar was gone from the palace, his wife tried to kiss Joseph. Joseph said No way! …and ran away from her. When Potiphar came back, his wife lied and made up stories about Joseph attacking her. When Potiphar heard all this, he ordered Joseph to be arrested and thrown in jail. Joseph lived in the dungeon jail with two other men. One of the men had been the Pharaoh’s chief servant, called a butler, and the other had been his baker. Both men had done some small things to annoy the Pharaoh, and had been thrown into prison as a result. One morning, the butler said, “I had such a strange dream last night. I only wish that there was somebody here who could tell me its meaning.’ Joseph replied that he understood dreams, and begged the butler to tell it to him, which he did, saying, “In my dream I was walking through a vineyard. I came to an especially wonderful vine, which had three branches loaded with bright juicy fruit. I picked the grapes off these three branches, and made them into wine. I poured the wine into a cup, took it to the Pharaoh, and he drank it. “ “Well,” said Joseph. I can tell you the meaning of your dream. The three branches are three days, and in three days’ time, you shall be restored to your former job and you will serve wine into the Pharaoh’s hand.” The butler thanked Joseph, and promised to remember him when he was free. The next night the baker had a dream. He dreamed that that he was carrying three white baskets in a pile on his head. They were filled with all sorts of delicious pastries and pies, and he meant to take them to the Pharaoh, but before he could arrive, a flock of birds flew down and ate all the bread. “Indeed,” said Joseph, “ I can tell you the meaning of your dream. The three baskets are three days, and in three days time the guard will come and chop off your head.” And it all happened just as Joseph had said. The baker was executed, and the butler was restored to his former position. But for two whole years the butler did not remember Joseph, until one day the Pharaoh said to his advisers: “I had the strangest dream last night. I was standing by the river and seven fat, happy looking cows came out of the water and started to eat the grass by the bank. Then a little later, seven thin and awful looking cows came out from the water, and they ate up the fat cows. It was so weird. If only some wise man could tell me what it means.” But none of the Pharaoh’s helpers could interpret the dream. The Butler, who was standing near by, heard this, and he remembered Joseph in the prison cell. Then he said, “Sir, if you will permit me to speak. Some years ago, in your vast wisdom, your Magnificence saw fit to throw your butler and your baker into the dungeon. There we met a man who listened to our dreams and understood our fates, and all the dreams came true exactly as he had predicted..” When he heard this, the Pharaoh sent for Joseph. The guards took Joseph from the dungeon, made sure that he was washed and shaved and dressed in fresh clothes, and brought him before the Pharaoh. Joseph listened to the Pharaoh’s dream about the seven fat cows and the seven thin cows, and he told him exactly what it meant. “Your majesty, the cows in your dream mean years, and the fat cows are years of plenty. The coming seven years will be full of food, and everyone will have enough to eat and more. But the thin cows are lean years, and the following seven years will be empty of food and the fields of crops will bring you nothing to eat. There is a great danger that everyone in the land of Egypt will starve. “You must find a wise man to work for you during the seven years of plenty: he will put the extra food into storage. When the seven lean years come, he will take the food out of the storage, and make sure that the people do not starve.” The Pharaoh listened to the words of Joseph, and wondered whom he could appoint to oversee such an important task. After thinking very long and hard, he decided that he knew of no wiser man than Joseph himself. And so Joseph became chief minister, and was the most important person in all of Egypt, except for the Pharaoh of course. Everything happened as he had predicted. There were seven good years followed by seven bad years, but nobody starved in the land because he had saved up enough food during the good times. However, back in the land of Canaan, Josephs family had not stored up any food, and they did not have enough to eat. Josephs dad, Jacob, sent his ten oldest sons to Egypt to buy some food before they starved to death. But he ordered that Benjamin, the youngest, stay at home, because he could not risk losing another son like Joseph. The brothers came to the Egyptian court, and stood before Joseph. But they did not recognize their brother whom they had not seen since he was a young boy of seventeen, and whom they had sold into slavery. The man they were looking at was a magnificent important official, and they bowed down before him, just as Joseph had predicted they would do, many, many years before. But Joseph knew his brothers, and decided to play a trick on them. “You are spies !” he shouted at them. And they became very afraid, and begged that he do them no harm. When he saw his brothers trembling with fear, he softened his voice and asked about their family and where they came from. Simeon, who was the second oldest, replied that they were twelve brothers, but one was dead, and the youngest was at home with his father. When he heard this, Joseph longed to see his little brother, Benjamin, and he said. “Bring the youngest too me, and then I shall give you what you ask.” And so he permitted the brothers to take only a little food, and sent nine of them home to fetch Benjamin, but he kept Simeon prisoner to ensure that the others returned. When they came home, their father wept and said : “My children are taken from me. First I lost Joseph, then Simeon, and now Benjamin shall be lost too.” But soon they had eaten all the food they brought with them, and still there was famine in the land, and they had no choice but to return to Egypt with Benjamin, just as Joseph had ordered. This time Joseph received the brothers kindly, and gave them dinner in his own house, but still he did not reveal his true identity. He was so overjoyed to see his brother Benjamin, that he wanted to weep, but he held back his tears. Instead, he made sure that Benjamin had the most and the best of all the food on the table. Joseph instructed his steward to fill sacks full of grain for his brothers to take home. Secretly, he placed the money they had paid for the grain back into the sacks, and into the one belonging to Benjamin, he placed a golden cup from his house. The brothers left for home, and Joseph let them get a head start. Then he sent soldiers to gallop after them, arrest them, and bring them back him in chains. “You see,” he said, opening the sack belonging to Benjamin, this little thief has stolen my golden cup from my house. Is this how you repay my kindness, by thievery ! “ The brothers were shaken and very, very scared, because now they were certain that they would be punished by death. But Joseph said they could all go home unpunished, except for Benjamin who must stay behind in prison. The brothers spoke among themselves in their own language, and did not know that Joseph could understand them. They believed that all the problems that were happening to them now was God’s punishment to them, for selling their younger brother into slavery for 20 pieces of silver. Joseph heard them, and believed that perhaps they were sorry for what they had done. Then the brother who was called Judah spoke and said, “Your majesty. Keep us here in Egypt as your slaves, but let Benjamin go back to his father, for he has already lost one favorite son, and if he loses the next dearest to him, it will break his old heart. If you keep Benjamin here in Egypt, our father will surely die of sorrow. So let us remain here in your prison, but send Benjamin home to his father.” Now Joseph knew for certain that his brothers loved their father and were sorry for their wicked action against his favorite son. He could hold back his secret any more. Joesph stood up from his thrown and came down to hug his brothers. All of a suddent, they recognized him. They all cried so loudly that even the Pharaoh heard them. Eventually Joseph told his brothers to go home to their father and let him know that he was alive, and was the second most important man in all Egypt. They must all return and live close by him, and he would protect them, and make sure that they had enough to eat during the years of famine.

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Download the audio Robin has been saved from the Sheriff of Nottingham s trap by a good knight (See The Golden Arrow), who gave him protection in his castle. The sheriff rode away to London to seek the help of King Richard. Now we hear how King Richard came to Nottingham with the aim of seeing England s most famous criminal in person. It s a fast moving and action packed episode and the climax of our Robin Hood Series. Read by Natasha. Duration 10.10 With the Sheriff gone, it was safe to leave the castle and Robin returned to Greenwood with his men, many of whom had been wounded. A day or two later, the knight went out hunting along the river with his hawks. But the sheriff was waiting for him. His archers caught the knight at a bend in the river, and there was no escape. The sheriff took him back to Nottingham as a prisoner, bound hand and foot. When the knight s wife heard the dreadful news, she rode out to Greenwood to find Robin Hood and to beg him for help. Dear Robin Hood, she said, For our Lady s sake grant me this boon. Never let my wedded Lord be shamefully put to death like a common criminal. Robin, who himself was no common criminal, would not leave his friend to such a fate. He chose twenty of his best archers and they rode straight into the City of Nottingham, not even bothering to wear disguises. They found the Sheriff and his bodyguards on the steps of the law courts. Good sir, what news of the King? called out Robin. But he did not wait for a reply. He fired his arrow directly at his enemy, the sheriff, and struck him dead. Then his men attacked the guards with their swords and put them to flight. They rushed into the courts and down to the cells, where they found their friend. Good Sir knight, called out Robin, Come with me to Greenwood through the moss, the mire, and the fen. And the Knight was only too happy to ride with Robin to the forrest and to freedom. News of this lawlessness soon reached the King in London, and he decided to waste no more time in coming to Nottingham to restore order. When the King Richard reached the city, he called all the elders and local dignitaries to a council. This is my decree, said the King. Who so ever shall bring me the head of the errant knight will receive his castle and all his lands. Many around the table murmured their approval, and only one wise old knight dared to speak an opposing view: My liege. There is no living soul in this country who may enjoy the lands of my fellow knight while Robin Hood rides free with a bow in his hands. And all had to agree that the wise old knight spoke nothing but the truth. So does anyone have a better plan? asked King Richard. But no one around the table could think of one. That evening, a forester asked permission to speak to the king. He was brought before his majesty and spoke as follows: Sire. If you wish to meet with Robin Hood, you should take five of your best knights and ride with them to the Abbey. There, put on monks habits and then make your way to Greenwood. You will meet with Robin Hood soon enough. The king saw the cunning of this plan, for surely even the lawless Robin Hood would not fire their arrows into a group of traveling monks. Later that night, The king and his five best knights rode over to the abbey to borrow some clothes. The king chose a broad hat, which he wore over his crown, so that he looked like the abbot. His knights pulled monks habits over their armoured breastplates. The King did not have to travel for very long through Sherwood Forrest before he met with Robin s men. Naturally, the outlaws believed him to be the abbot - who was famous for his high living and his greed. They brought him, together with the five knights dressed as monks, to their leader under the Greenwood tree. Robin declared that the abbot must stay a while in Greenwood, and hand over some of his gold for charity. The King in disguise replied that he was carrying but forty pounds, adding: For I have been in Nottingham this past week, and I have spent much gold entertaining the king. Robin divided the forty pounds, half for the families of his men who had recently been killed or wounded, and the other half he returned to the man dressed as an abbot saying: Keep this for your spending. We shall meet another day. The King replied with an invitation to Robin to come and dine with him in Nottingham. Robin admired hisspirit and replied: Indeed I will. But for now, Sir Abbot, stay a while and dine with me under the yew tree. Robin blew his horn and seven men came and kneeled before him. He commanded them to stand up and draw their bows. The King thought that they meant to kill him but happily he was mistaken. Robin declared that there would be shooting match, and who so ever would miss the target should receive a blow. Will Scarlet, Little John and Gilbert all hit true but Robin missed his target by three fingers width. And Gilbert said: Master. You must pay. Indeed I must, said Robin, and turning to the abbot said: My honoured guest. Do me the service of a blow. The King protested that he would do no harm to a good yeoman of the forrest, but Robin said: Dear Abbot, you hit me with my full permission. In fact, I insist. Then King Richard the Lionheart rolled up his sleeve and gave Robin such a blow that he laid him out on the ground. It was almost a minute before Robin opened his eyes and was able to sit up. He was about to congratulate his guest on the strength of his arm when the king through off his hat and revealed his crown. Robin and the Knight recognised their king right away and kneeled before him. And shortly after, so did all of his men. Good sire, said Robin at length, If I have shown you hospitality, grant me this boon. Pardon me and all my men for our crimes And the king gladly granted his Royal Pardon to Robin Hood. And that s the story of how King Richard met Robin Hood. Bertie says that most of our stories about Robin Hood come from an ancient ballad called A Gest of Robin Hood that was written around the year 1450. And although Robin Hood was a real outlaw who committed crimes, he was supported by the people because the Sheriff was unjust.

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Download the audio This old story from Scotland is about a man who makes his living by killing seals and selling their skins. He does not really think about whether or not the animals he hunts have feelings, until one day he has a chance to get to know one. Read by Natasha. Length 7.18 There was once a man who lived not far from John O Groat s house, at the very north of Scotland. He made his living by catching fish of all sizes and types, but he had a particular liking for killing those wonderful beasts, half dog, half fish, called Seals. No doubt he liked killing the seals so much because he got a fancy price for their skins. The truth is, that most of these animals were neither dogs nor cods, but downright fairies as this story shall tell. Now one day the fisherman stabbed a seal with his hunting knife, but he failed to kill it outright, for the seal let out a loud cry of pain and slipped off the rocks and into the sea, taking the knife with it. Later that night, after the fisherman had returned home his cottage, a stranger came to visit him. The man said that he had been sent by his master who wanted to buy a large number of seal furs. The fisherman was pleased to hear this news. The two men both mounted the stranger s horse, and rode off at great speed, their faces cutting through the sharp, salty air. Finally they reached a great cliff that overhung the sea, and the stranger told the fisherman that they had arrived. But where is the person you spoke of? asked the astonished seal-killer. Soon you shall see! replied his stranger, and with that the stranger seized the fisherman with irresistible force, and they both plunged over the cliff and headlong down into the sea. After sinking down down, nobody knows how far, they at last reached a pearly gate which opened onto a palace. The rooms of the palace were filled not with people, but with seals who could speak and feel like human folk. And the seal-killer was astonished to find that he himself had been changed into the form of a seal. Am I to spend the rest of my days here, like this? he asked in great distress. Your suffering need not last much longer, replied his stranger, and so saying he produced a huge knife. The fisherman, who thought he was about to be killed begged for mercy, but the creatures of the deep gathered round and assured him that he would meet with no harm. Did you ever see that knife before? asked the stranger. The fisherman looked at the weapon again and recognised it as the knife that he had lost in the back of a seal. Why it is my own, he admitted. Well sir, said the stranger, The seal that made away with it is my father, and these past hours he has laid dangerously ill from his wound. Only your healing hand can save him. The fisherman was led into another room, in which he found the stricken seal. He was asked to pass his hand over the wound, which he did, and to his surprise it immediately healed. The seal rose from his bed in perfect health, and the mood of the sea-creatures all around changed from mourning to rejoicing. The seal-catcher thought that he would remain under water as a seal for the rest of his life, but the stranger told him that he could return home on one condition - that he took an oath that he would never harm another seal again so long as he lived. To this, the seal-catcher readily agreed. And then they swam out of the gates of the palace, and up to the surface of the sea. From there they made their way onto land, and up to the top of the cliff where the horse was waiting for them. By now they had regained human form, and they rode back to the cottage where they had begun their wondrous journey. The seal-cather had already begin to wonder how he would make his living in future - but he need not of worried - for the stranger made him a gift. He presented him with a heavy bag which he carried into his cottage and placed on the table. And when he opened it, he discovered that it was filled with gold. And that s the story of The Seal Catcher. And Bertie says that seals aren t really half dog, half fish, even though they might look a bit like that. They are of course mammals that have flippers instead of feet and powerful tales for swimming.

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Download the audio This is the latest story in our Robin Hood series. In an earlier story (The Sheriff Who Came to Dinner) Little John tricked the Sheriff of Nottingham into coming to dinner with Robin Hood. Before he left, they made him swear an oath never to harm them. In this story, the Sheriff decides to send Robin an invitation he cannot refuse. He holds an archery contest - and the prize is a golden arrow. He feels certain that the outlaw will not be able to resist taking part. Read by Natasha. Duration 12.41 I ve told you before how Robin Hood once tricked the Sheriff of Nottingham into coming to dinner with him in Greenwood. At the end of the Dinner Robin forced the Sheriff to swear an oath never to harm Robin or his men. In this story, we shall hear if the Sheriff was true to his word. The Sheriff of Nottingham did not forget how Robin Hood had invited him to dinner under the trees of Greenwood. Some time after that memorable dinner, the Sheriff was drinking ale with his friend the Abbott. . Let no one say that I am an ill-mannered man, he mused. One favour deserves another. It is time for me to return an invitation to Robin Hood and pay his hospitality back in kind. The Abbott shook his head: The outlaw has not remained at large for so long by being a simpleton. I do not think that he will walk so easily into your hospitable trap. The Sheriff smiled over the top of his tankard of frothy brown ale and the Abbott realised by the self-satisfied curl of his friend s upper lip that the sheriff was confident of his plan. My dear Abbott, said the Sherrif. You are right to say that we are facing no straight-forward villain. I do not have in mind a polite note addressed to Robin Hood in his robber s layer in Greenwood. I have a more subtle plan. But he shall prove unable to resist my invitation to the gallows - all the more because I shall send it indirectly. The Sheriff s plan came quite naturally to him. Like most men, he loved to watch a good sporting contest. And in those days the most popular sport in England was archery. Everyone knew that the title for the finest archer in all the North of England belonged by right to Robin Hood. The Sheriff decided to give the outlaw a chance to claim his title. He ordered that on a certain day an archery contest would be held on the field outside the city walls. The trophy was to be a arrow, the like of which had not been seen in England. Its shaft was made of white gold, and it was tipped and feathered with yellow gold. When Robin heard news of the contest, he thought what a fine thing it would be to claim the prize from the hand of the Sheriff himself. The very idea made him chuckle, for all the people of Nottingham would see how their chief law keeper was powerless to arrest the county s most notorious outlaw. Robin blew his horn to call his followers to meet around the oldest Yew Tree in Greenwood. He spoke to his faithful outlaws like this: Men. In a week s time we shall go to Nottingham and take part in the Sheriff s own shooting match, for I crave to bring the golden arrow back to Greenwood. The outlaws were far from over-joyed to hear this plan, for in their hearts, they thought it was perhaps a little too bold. Have no fear, said Robin, For the Sheriff stood under this very Yew Tree and swore an oath by St. Mary that he would never do us any harm. To this, Little John added: Aye that he did, and in a week s time we shall discover if the Sheriff is a man of his word. On the day of the contest Robin and over 100 of his men gathered on the field of the contest. Robin ordered that just he and the five best shots in his band would take part in the match. The others were to crowd round them, so that Robin would not be recognised until he stepped forward to aim at the target. For more disguise, he wore a hood over his head. Little John, Much the Miller s Son, and Will Scarlet each stepped forward in turn to aim their long bows. Their aims were good and true. Then it was the turn of Robin. The Sheriff was watching from his chair, and he recognised the villain right away, not from his face which he could not see, but from the way he walked. He said to himself: Soon Robin Hood will take his prize, and I shall have mine. Posts driven into a mounds of earth served as the targets, and Robin split furthest post with his arrow. Nobody else could strike true from such a great distance. At the end of the contest, Robin approached the sheriff to claim his prize. He accepted the golden arrow and held it above his head. The word had got round that the victor was none other than the most notorious outlaw in the North of England. Some people in the crowd cheered, others jeered, and still more kept quite, for they did not dare to show their support or opposition for the Sheriff s deadliest enemy. While Robin was still holding up the prize, a horn sounded and the sheriff s men began to rush at Robin. The outlaws of Greenwood were ready for treachery such as this, and held their long bows bent and ready to fire. They shot their into the sheriff s men, and many of them fell dead. Then arrows began to fly in both directions and most of the crowd - those who did not care to join in the fight on either side - ran for the city gates. A great many arrows were let loose, a great many tunics were split, and a great many men received wounds. An arrow struck Little John in the knee, and he was unable to stay standing. Robin, he called out. If I have served you well and true, do not let me fall into the hands of the sheriff while I am still breathing. Take my broad sword and strike me on the head. Cut me deep and wide until no life is left in me. But Robin replied: I would not let you be slain for all the gold in England, even though it were laid out before me. And Much the Miller s son added God Forbid that we shall be parted . And he took Little John up on his back, and walked with him a mile, although he put him down every now and then to loose some arrows from his bow. All Robin Hood s men were retreating now. They fought their way to the Castle of the good knight whom Robin had helped when he was down on his luck. It was a strong building, with a double moat and high walls. Once the whole band of outlaws were inside, the Knight ordered his guards to rise the draw bridge and shut all the gates. The Sheriff s men surrounded the Castle, but they were not strong enough to break their way in, and the Knight welcomed his old friend. Dear Robin. Of all the men in the world, I love you most. You shall stay safe in my castle and let the Sheriff lay siege to us if he wishes. We have enough food and drink not just to survive for 40 days, but to feast upon. After a while the Sheriff himself came up the gate carrying the white flag of truce, for he wished to negotiate. The knight stood on the walls to hear what he had to say: Good Knight,: he called out, Do you wish to be a traitor to your king? For you are keeping his enemy safe against the law. And the Knight replied: I swear by all my lands that I am indeed keeping Robin Hood safe and I will never betray him for he is my truest friend. When the Sheriff heard this, he called out that he would depart for London to speak with the King himself. And in this case, he kept his word for straight to London he went. When he reached court, he was granted an Audience with King Richard, just returned for the wars in the Holy Lands. The King heard the story of how the notorious outlaws were being protected by one of his own knights and he said to the Sheriff: Go home proud Sheriff and gather the best archers you can find. I shall be in Nottingham within two weeks, and then I shall take this errant knight for he is a traitor to both his King and to the law of the land. And as for Robin Hood - never have I heard of such a popular criminal. And I am curious to know how one man can break so many laws in a single lifetime. It is my royal intention to look this extraordinary outlaw in the eye before he meets his just deserts. And that s the story of Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow - and Bertie says that one day soon we shall hear about how Robin Hood met King Richard The Lion Heart.

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Download the audio The story of a faithful old dog told by the Brothers Grimm. One day Sultan s master decides that the dog has grown too old to be useful and decides to get rid of him. Fortunately, Sultan has a friend, the wolf, who has a plan to help him out. Read by Natasha. A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer bite. One day the farmer was standing with his wife before the house-door, and said, To-morrow I intend to shoot Old Sultan, he is no longer of any use. His wife, who felt pity for the faithful beast, answered, He has served us so long, and been so faithful, that we might well keep him. Eh! what? said the man. You are not very sharp. He has not a tooth left in his mouth, and no thief is afraid of him; now he may be off. If he has served us, he has had good feeding for it. The poor dog, who was lying stretched out in the sun not far off, had heard everything, and was sorry that the morrow was to be his last day. He had a good friend, the wolf, and he crept out in the evening into the forest to him, and complained of the fate that awaited him. Listen well, said the wolf, and Don’t be sad. I will help you out of your trouble. I have thought of something. To-morrow, early in the morning, your master is going with his wife to make hay, and they will take their little child with them, for no one will be left behind in the house. As usual, during work-time, they will lay the child under the hedge in the shade; you lie there too, just as if you wished to guard it. Then I will come out of the wood, and carry off the child. You must rush swiftly after me. I will let it fall, and you will take it back to its parents, who will think that you have saved it, and will be far too grateful to do you any harm; quite the opposite; you will dear to their hearts, and they will never let you lack for anything again. The plan pleased the dog, and it was carried out just as it was arranged. The father screamed when he saw the Wolf running across the field with his child, but when Old Sultan brought it back, then he was full of joy, and stroked him and said, Not a hair of yours shall be hurt, you shall eat my bread free as long as you live. And to his wife he said, Go home at once and make Old Sultan some soggy bread that he will not have to bite, and bring the pillow out of my bed, I will give it to him to lie upon. From that time on, Old Sultan was as well off as he could wish to be. Soon afterwards the wolf visited him, and was pleased that everything had succeeded so well. But, listen well, said he, you will just wink an eye when I carry off one of your master s fat sheep. Do not reckon upon that, answered the dog; I will remain true to my master; I cannot agree to that. The wolf, who thought that this could not be spoken in earnest, came creeping about in the night and was going to take away the sheep. But faithful old Sultan barked, and the farmer chased after the wolf with a big stick. The wolf had to pack off, but he cried out to the dog, Wait a bit, you scoundrel, you shall pay for this. The next morning the wolf sent the wild boar to challenge the dog to come out into the forest so that they might settle the affair. Old Sultan could find no one to stand by him but a cat with only three legs, and as they went out together the poor cat limped along, and at the same time stretched out her tail into the air with pain. The wolf and his friend were already on the spot appointed, but when they saw their enemy coming they thought that he was bringing a sabre with him, for they mistook the outstretched tail of the cat for one. And when the poor beast hopped on its three legs, they could only think every time that it was picking up a stone to throw at them. So they were both afraid; the wild boar crept into the under-wood and the wolf jumped up a tree. The dog and the cat, when they came up, wondered that there was no one to be seen. The wild boar, however, had not been able to hide himself altogether; and one of his ears was still to be seen. Whilst the cat was looking carefully about, the boar moved his ear; the cat, who thought it was a mouse moving there, jumped upon it and bit it hard. The boar made a fearful noise and ran away, crying out, The guilty one is up in the tree !” The dog and cat looked up and saw the wolf, who was ashamed of having proved himself to be so afraid, and made friends with the dog