. Life in the greenwood . see therewas fighting with me, and he tumbled meinto the water. In faith, he shall not go scot free, shoutedthe others, and they rushed forward to seizehim. He shall have a ducking too. 1 Forbear, forbear, called Robin. Do notfear, my friend. Thou art a stout fellow andnone shall harm thee. These men are mybowmen and they wait on me. There arethreescore and nine of them, and if thouwilt join us thou shalt be right shalt have my livery of Lincoln green,and all else that thou needest, and I willteach thee to shoot at the fat deer with alongbow. Come now, wi
. Life in the greenwood . see therewas fighting with me, and he tumbled meinto the water. In faith, he shall not go scot free, shoutedthe others, and they rushed forward to seizehim. He shall have a ducking too. 1 Forbear, forbear, called Robin. Do notfear, my friend. Thou art a stout fellow andnone shall harm thee. These men are mybowmen and they wait on me. There arethreescore and nine of them, and if thouwilt join us thou shalt be right shalt have my livery of Lincoln green,and all else that thou needest, and I willteach thee to shoot at the fat deer with alongbow. Come now, wilt thou be of mymen? 1 Indeed I will, said the stranger. Hereis my hand on it, and I 11 serve you with 12 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD all my heart. My name is John Little, and Ipromise I 11 not fail you. John Little, John Little, quoth WillStutely, and a merry look came into his eyes. Good master, I prithee, may we give him achristening feast ? At a nod from Robin, Will ran off into thewoods with all his men behind him, and as. Robin and John Little followed them theycould hear them singing in the distance, * Prepare then a feast,And none of the least, For we will merry then a feast,And none of the least, For we will merry be. ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN 13 II Telling Jww they held a christening feastin the greenwood What do they do at a christening feast ?asked Will Stutely a couple of hours later, asthey all sat about the board under the green-wood tree. Will and his men had hurried back fromthe stream where Robin Hood and the stran-ger had fought together, and had found thatthe rest of the band had come in from theirhunting with a brace of fat does. They hadbuilt great fires and roasted the meat andbrought forth a barrel of rich brown the feast was ready, and all the menwere assembled. At a christening feast, said Much themillers son thoughtfully, they have spon-sors, dont they ? O, aye, seven sponsors, answered Will, —and he chose seven of the stoutest bowmeno
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