. Robin Hood, his book . d: His Book I 11 stand back after I ve crossed the bridge,said the voice. Make way for your betters. I 11 make way for my betters when I findthem, cried Robin. Just then the sun sankbelow the hill, and Robin saw at the other endof the bridge a man full seven feet tall, with fistslike sledge-hammers and a staff like the mast ofa vessel. Its only a man, said Robin to himself,and he took another step forward and criedboldly: — Get you gone from the narrow bridge, or I 11show you the way we do it in Bernisdale; andRobin drew from his quiver a broad arrow wingedwith a gray
. Robin Hood, his book . d: His Book I 11 stand back after I ve crossed the bridge,said the voice. Make way for your betters. I 11 make way for my betters when I findthem, cried Robin. Just then the sun sankbelow the hill, and Robin saw at the other endof the bridge a man full seven feet tall, with fistslike sledge-hammers and a staff like the mast ofa vessel. Its only a man, said Robin to himself,and he took another step forward and criedboldly: — Get you gone from the narrow bridge, or I 11show you the way we do it in Bernisdale; andRobin drew from his quiver a broad arrow wingedwith a gray goose-quill. If you touch the string, cried the stranger, over into the water you 11 go. I thought you might be witchcraft, but you reonly a simpleton, said Robin, for I could sendmy good arrow clear and clear through you beforeyou could strike a blow. If I m a simpleton, you re a coward, thatswhat you are, retorted the giant. You havea bow, and Ive nothing but a staff. If thats a staff, I wonder what a tree-trunk [34]. Robin Hood: Hi&. Book would be, thought Robin, but he calledaloud: — Dont you move hand or foot, and I 11 go tothe thicket and cut me a stick, and we 11 seewho s the better man. Soon Robin came back, and then such aflourishing of staffs as there was just in themiddle of the narrow bridge! The strangerstruck the first blow, and the dust flew out ofRobins hunting-cloak till you could nt haveseen the sun if it had been above the hill. ThenRobin struck so hard that the bones of the stran-ger rang, until all the little birds drew their headsout from under their wings and began to they struck at each others head, and theywere both so hot-headed that you could see fireat every stroke. At last the giant pushed Robininto the brook. Where are you now, my fine fellow ? he cried. I m sailing happily down the flood And floating along with the tide, trolled Robin. You re a brave man, and you Vewon the fight. Now I 11 give you the merriesttime that you ever had i
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