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13。RobbieWoodsandhisMerryMen罗比。伍兹和他快乐的弟兄们Chapter1IamRobbieWoods。Iamalwaysthefirsttomakeagoodjoke。Ialwaysthefirsttotidymyworkawayattheendoftheday。ButsomehowIamneverthefirsttobepickedforteamsandplays。BigBradleyTomlinsonandBossyBeckySparrowalwaysgettopicktheteamsforrounders.‘I’llhaveJackandScottandJordanandSam，’saysBigBradley.‘I’llhaveCarlyandKylieandKatyandKaylee,’saysBossyBecky.Itisthesamewiththeschoolplay。Inmyfirstyearatschool,wedidtheChristmasNativityPlay。No，Iwasn'tJoseph。Iwasn’taWiseManeither.Iwasn’tashepherd.Iwasasheep。Ihadtostandtherelookingwoollyandbeingquiet.Iwasn’tevenallowedtogo‘Baaaa’.Thenextyear,wedidHumptyDumpty。No，Iwasn’tHumptyDumpty.Thatwaskaty。Iwasn’toneoftheKng'smenTheywereBecky,Jack,andScott。Iwasn’toneoftheKing’sHorseseither.Iwasabrickinthewall。Ijusthadtostandthere,wearingaboxandthenfallover。Thenextyear，wedidthePiedPiper.No，Iwasn’tthePiedPiper.ThatwasJordan(becausethehecanplaytherecorder).Iwasn’ttheMayor,ThatwasBradley(becausehe’sbig）.Iwasn’toneofthetownsfolkandIwasn’toneofthechildren。Iwasarat.ThistimeIhadwordstolearnandsay。Itwaswhattheycalla‘speakingpart’.Ihadtosay:squeaksqueaksqueak.Ifyouaskmeitwasmoreofasqueakingpartthanaspeakingpart.Chapter2Ourteacher,MissGoody,calledeveryonetogether。‘Whatabouthismerrywomen?’saidBecky。‘It’ssexist！’‘Whatabouthismiserableman?’saidScott。‘It’smiserablist!'‘Whataboutjustgettingonwithit,’saidMissGoody.‘WhowouldliketobeRobinHood？’Ishotmyhandupintotheair.‘RobbieWoodswould.。。’saidMissGoody。‘RobbieWoodswould。RobbieWoodswould,wouldhe。。。’Bradleybegantochant。ButIignoredhim.‘I’mdeadkeenonRobinHood，’Iexplained。‘Iknowallthestories。I’vegotallthebooks.I'vegotabowandarrow。I'veevengotmyownRobinHoodcostume，’Isaid.‘ButIwanttobeRobinHood,'saidBecky。‘Andme！’saidBradley。‘Iwillgiveeveryoneachance，'saidMissGoody。‘Therearealltheseparts。'‘Andtherearealsopartsforvillagers,knights，andladies.。。andofcoursewe’llneedlotsoftreestobetheforest.'IcanguesswhatI'mgoingtobe.Chapter3‘IbetI'llbeatree，'Isighed.‘Noyouwon’t,’saidBecky。‘You’llbealittlebabybush…’‘Orateenytinytwig,’saidBradley.‘Quiet，’saidMissGoody.ItookacopyoftheRobinHoodwords。Therewerelotsofwords。Andsomeofthemwereabitstrange.ButIwasdeterminedtobeRobinHood。Imean，IfyournamewasFrankieStein,you’dbeinterestedinFrankenstein.Wouldn’tyou？IfyournamewasRichardKing,you’dbeinterestedinKingRichard。Wouldn’tyou？Andmyname,RobbieWoods,isjustlikeRobinHood.Soit'sonlynaturalI’dtakeaninterestinaherowiththesamename(almost)asme.Isn'tit？I'mnottheonlyonetonoticehowlikeRobinHoodIam.AllmyunclesandauntiesgivemeRobinHoodpresents。I’vegotRobinHoodteddies（I'vehadthosesinceIwaslittle).I’vegotRobinHoodjigsaws（andit’snoteasydoingajigsawwhichisnearlyallgreen）.I’vegotallthevideosofalltheRobinHoodfilmsand。..I’vegotcassettesofRobinHoodsongs。Imadeupmyownversion。I’dgalloproundtheplayground(whenIwaslittle）singing：RobbieWoods,RobbieWoodsAndhisMerrymenRobbieWoods,RobbieWoodsHerehecomesagain.Fearedbythebad.Lovedbythegood，RobbieWoods,RobbieWoodsRobbieWoods。Therewereotherversions,mostlymadeupbyBradleybutIdidn’tlikethosesomuch:RobbieWoods，RobbieWoodsrunningroundtheschool.RobbieWoods，RobbieWoodsLookinglikeafool。Fearedbythebad.Lovedbythegirls,RobbieWoods，RobbieWoods，RobbieWoods。ButIdon’tcareifBradleyteases。IwanttoplaythepartofRobinHood。Troubleis–sodoesBradley。Chapter4Bradleyisclever。Veryclever.Givehimwordstolearnandbeforeyoucansay。ABRACADABRAOrSHAZAMOrevenyouwhat?He’slearntthem。Ihavetotryabitharder。butItookthescriptanddecidedIwouldlearnitbyMonday.Ireadthewordsonthewayhome。Ispokethemoutloudandclear。GoodmorrowmyLord。TothegreenwoodIgo.We’regoingtoGreenford。Isthatwhatyoumean？Ipractisedtheactions.AtteatimeIpractised。Herecomes.MaidMarian.AtbathtimeIpractised。Ifightthefoewithswordsobright。UnderthegreenwoodtreeIlie。AtbedtimeIpractised.Allthenextdaypracticed。IamRobinHoodwithmyMerryRobberBand。Itwashard。IkeptforgettingthingsandmakingmistakesbutIdidn’tgiveup.OnMondaywhileeveryonewasoutforplaytimeIgotmychancetotryforthepart.“Takeyourtime。Takeadeepbreath.Don'tbenervous,’saidMissGoody.AndIdidit。Ispokeveryloudandveryclear。IdidsomebrilliantactingandIrememberedeveryword。Igotthepart。Welldone。Hooray!Fantastic!Hmmff！“Youreallylearntthepartwell,"saidMissGoody。Nowhere’stherestofit。Pagesandpagesandpagesofit。Ohdear!Chapter5Bradleygotthepartoflittlejohn。Hegotthatpartbecauseheisthebiggestintheclass。hestillreallywantedtobeRobinHood。‘can’twaitforourswordfightscene,'hesaid。BeckywouldhavelovedtobeRobinHoodbutshewouldalsohavebeenhappytobelittleJohn.Insteadshewasoneoftheladies—in—waiting。Shehadtosmilealotandsay，'Yes,mylady。’Jordanwastheminstrel.Hedid’twanttobeintheplayatallbutmissGoodyinstead。I’dalwaysthoughtaminstrelwasachocolatesweetbutitturnsoutit’ssomeonewhotellsstoriesandsingssongs。Theminstrelinourstorywasthenarrator.Hetoldthetaleinsongwithalittlestrumoftheguitareverynowandthen。Hehadlotsofwordstolearn.OfcoursethebiggestandbestpartwasthepartofRobinHood。EverybodywantedthatpartbutI’dgotit。‘You’llneverlearnallthat，’saidBradley。ButIwasdeterminedtobethebestRobinHoodever。I’vegotthepartofaheroandaheroIshallbe。Ihadthreeweekstolearnit.Itwashard。Ipractisedinthepark。Myfriendshelped.Ipractisedinthesupermarket.Mymumhelped。Ipracticeallthewaytoschool。Thelollipopladyhelped。EvenBeckyhelpedme。Shewasboredbeingalady—in—waitingsosherehearsedwithme。SheplayedLittleJohn’spartandgavemehintsonfighting。ButIstillgotnervouswheneveryone(especiallyBradley）waswatching.Theyseemedtobewaitingformetomakemistakes。AndImadeplentyofthem。Ifeltdizzywithworry。MissGoodytookmetooneside."Robbie，’shesaid.”Areyouabitworriedaboutplay？’Abitworried？Ohno……SometimesIwashotandbothered.SometimesIwasinacoldsweat.Ihadknockingknees,coldfeet，andgoosepimplesbigasgooseeggs.Ihadshakyhands，wobblylegsandbutterfliesbigasseagullsinmytummy.ButIwasn'taBITworried.ButIwasstilldeterminedtobeRobinHood。Chapter6AthomeIdidmybesttopractise,butsinceGrandadcametolivewithuswedon’thavealotofspareroom。Igotagreatechopractisinginthebathroombutnoonewasverykeenonmepractisinginthere.ThenGrandadsaid，‘Youcanpractiseinmyshed。That’stheplaceforpeaceandquiet。'TheshediswhereGrandadkeepsallthepilesofstuffhebroughtwithhimwhenGrandmadied.He’sgotboxesandboxesofbitsandbobsthathesayswillcomeinuseful。HeandMumcamedownandclearedaspaceforme。`IfImovethisboxyoucansitdownhere，’saidMum。‘Oh…lookatthat!It'syouroldbanjo。Youusedtoloveplayingthat.'‘Playmeatune,Grandad，’Isaid.Buthejustsigned.’It’snotthesamewithoutyourGrandma，’hesaid.‘Sheusedtolovetohearmeplay.’‘Butwe'dlovetohearyouplay,wouldn’twe？’Mumnudgedme.She’dbeentryingtocheerGrandadupforages.‘Yes，'Isaid.‘Whydon’tyouhelpmewiththeminstrelscenes？Youcansinghiswordsandplaythebanjo.’‘Itwouldreallyhelphim，'saidmymum。Grandadgavethebanjoahalf-heartedtwang。Afterhalfanhourtherewasnostoppinghim。Hewassinginglouderandlouder,stompinghisfeetandplayingfasterandfasterandhewasreallygettingintotheminstrel’spart。Heevenmadeupaminstreldance.Wepractisedeveryday。HereallycheeredupandsodidI。Itmadelearningthewordsmucheasierandfunny.Igotanextraticketfortheplay。IhadafeelingthatGrandadwouldwanttoseeit。Atschooltherehearsalsweregoingbetter。Iwasrememberingmywordsquitewell，butitwashardactingwithBradleyespeciallyinthatlittlebittooloud.Hewouldslapmybackthatlittlebittoooften.Andhewouldalwayspushthatlittlebittoohard。Inthefinaldressrehearsalhewasreallygettingcarriedaway。Hewaswavinghisstickroundandroundintheair.‘Careful,Bradley,’saidMissgoody。Hewasshoutinglouderandlouderandpushingharderandharderuntil……helosthisbalanceandfelloffthebridge.‘Ow!Myankle！'Hehadsprainedhisankle。‘Youwon’tbeabletostandonthatanklefortonight’sperformance，’saidMissGoody.‘Ouch!’‘Willwehavetocanceltheplay？’askedBecky。Carlystartedtocry。Kyliejoinedin.ThenKayleestarted.Theyalwaysdideverythingtogether.You'dthinktheyweretriplets。Theywailedandsobbedandsobbedandwailed.MissGoodytriedtomakethingsbetter。‘Nobodyblamesyou,Bradley,’shesaid，‘sostopsulking。AndCarlyandCompanywillyoustopthatnoise。Ican'tthink.’‘Cananybodyelselearnthepart……beforetonight？'Shelookedatagroupofboys。Scottshrugged.Samshookhishead。Jackshuffledhisfeet.MissGoodysighed.Everyonesighed.Itwasjustnotpossibletolearnthewordsandtheactionsinthetime。ThenBeckystoopup。‘Whataboutme？'shesaid.‘I’vepractisedthepartwithRobbie。I'vebeentoalltherehearsals。Icoulddoitreallywell。AndCarlycouldhavemypartaslady—in-waiting。’Carlystoppedcryinginmidsniff.‘CouldI？'shesaid.MissGoodystoppedfrowning。Isignedwithrelief.Everyonecheered。CarlyandCoburstintotearsofjoy。‘Thatonlyleavesoneproblem，'saidthesecretary，cominginwithaphonemessage。‘Jordan,theminstrel。He'sgotthemeasles。‘Ohno！’saidBradley。‘Ohno!'saidBecky。‘OHNO！！！'saideveryoneelseexceptCarlyandCowhowerecry