Tales of romance; based on tales in the Book of romance . Take heart, man, said Robin Hood, andthink not we will poison you. For charityssake, and for the love of Little John, your lifeshall be granted you. Only for twelve monthsyou shall dwell with me, and learn what it is tobe an outlaw. To the Sheriff this punishment was worse tobear than the loss of gold or silver dishes, andearnestly he begged Robin Hood to set him free,vowing he would prove himself the best friendthat ever the foresters had. Neither Robin nor any of his men believedhim, but he swore that he would never seekto do them har
Tales of romance; based on tales in the Book of romance . Take heart, man, said Robin Hood, andthink not we will poison you. For charityssake, and for the love of Little John, your lifeshall be granted you. Only for twelve monthsyou shall dwell with me, and learn what it is tobe an outlaw. To the Sheriff this punishment was worse tobear than the loss of gold or silver dishes, andearnestly he begged Robin Hood to set him free,vowing he would prove himself the best friendthat ever the foresters had. Neither Robin nor any of his men believedhim, but he swore that he would never seekto do them harm, and that if he found any ofthem in evil plight he would deliver them out ofit. With that Robin let him go. THE STORY OF ROBIN VIII. HOW ROBIN MET FRIAR TUCK. IN many ways life in the forest was dull in thewinter, and often the days passed slowly; butin summer, when the leaves were green, andflowers and ferns covered all the woodland,Robin Hood and his men would come out oftheir warm resting places, like the rabbits THE STORY OF ROBIN THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD. 27 and the squirrels, and would play too. Racesthey ran to stretch their legs, or leapingmatches were arranged, or they would shootat a mark. Anything was pleasant when thegrass was soft once more under their feet. Who can kill a hart of grace five hundredpaces off? So said Robin to his men in thebright May time; and they went into the woodand tried their skill, and in the end it was LittleJohn who brought down the hart of grace, tothe great joy of Robin Hood. I would ride my horse a hundred miles tofind one who could match with thee, he said toLittle John, and Will Scarlett, who was perhapsrather jealous of this mighty deed, answeredwith a laugh, There lives a friar in FountainsAbbey who would beat both him and you. Now Robin Hood did not like to be toldthat any man could shoot better than himselfor his foresters, so he swore lustily that hewould neither eat nor drink till he had seenthat friar. Leaving
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