. Robin Hood, his book . Robin Hood: His Book Meat to sell, good meat to sell, cried wife of the sheriff opened the door and cameout on the steps. How much is your nice, juicy mutton ? askedshe. A penny a pound, quoth Robin. Give me four pounds, said the sheriffs wifequickly, for good mutton was full threepence apound. Heres a pound weight, cried Robin, and inone hand he caught up a stone as big as his headwhile in the other he held the nice, juicy pieceof mutton. Here s a forequarter, thats onepound; and heres another forequarter, thatstwo pounds. Here s a hindquarter, thats three ;
. Robin Hood, his book . Robin Hood: His Book Meat to sell, good meat to sell, cried wife of the sheriff opened the door and cameout on the steps. How much is your nice, juicy mutton ? askedshe. A penny a pound, quoth Robin. Give me four pounds, said the sheriffs wifequickly, for good mutton was full threepence apound. Heres a pound weight, cried Robin, and inone hand he caught up a stone as big as his headwhile in the other he held the nice, juicy pieceof mutton. Here s a forequarter, thats onepound; and heres another forequarter, thatstwo pounds. Here s a hindquarter, thats three ;and heres the other hindquarter, thats four. Then the sheriffs wife ran into the house as fastas she could run to get the sheriff to carry in themeat, for she had no mind to lose such a bargainas that. The sheriff came out and made sure ofthe two forequarters and the two hindquarters, allfor fourpence. Robin went on calling, Meat to sell, good meatto sell; and again the sheriffs wife came out onthe steps and asked : —. Robin Hood : His Book How much is your good, tender beef ? andRobin answered: — A penny a pound, but I m to have my owndinner of it. The sheriff sat behind the shutters, and hewhispered to his wife:- Ask him to dinner. I ve thought of some-thing. Will you come to dinner with us ? asked thesheriffs wife. I 11 buy your beef for a penny,and give you a dinner from it. Ay, that will I gladly, answered Robinheartily. Come when the sun is on the noon mark inthe square, said she; and the sheriff whisperedto her from behind the shutter: — I know him, I know him. It takes a wiseman to be a sheriff, and I can tell who he is. The other butchers had been gazing with theirmouths and their eyes wide open, and one whis-pered to another: — The man s on a wager; he s no butcher. Yes, he is, said the other softly, but thepoor fellow s mad. Robin Hood: His Book Lets get him away, said the first, beforethe sheriff cheats him out of every penny. We 11 ask him to dine with us,
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