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How Robin Hood Came to Be an Outlaw

           "Andthoupratestlikeacoward,"answeredthestranger,"forthoustandesttherewithagoodyewbowtoshootatmyheart,whileIhavenoughtinmyhandbutaplainblackthornstaffwherewithtomeetthee."

           "Now,"quothRobin,"bythefaithofmyheart,neverhaveIhadacoward’snameinallmylifebefore.Iwilllaybymytrustybowandekemyarrows,andifthoudarestabidemycoming,Iwillgoandcutacudgeltotestthymanhoodwithal."

           "Ay,marry,thatwillIabidethycoming,andjoyously,too,"quoththestranger;whereuponheleanedsturdilyuponhisstafftoawaitRobin.

           ThenRobinHoodsteppedquicklytothecoversideandcutagoodstaffofgroundoak,straight,withoutnew,andsixfeetinlength,andcamebacktrimmingawaythetenderstemsfromit,whilethestrangerwaitedforhim,leaninguponhisstaff,andwhistlingashegazedroundabout.Robinobservedhimfurtivelyashetrimmedhisstaff,measuringhimfromtoptotoefromoutthecornerofhiseye,andthoughtthathehadneverseenalustierorastouterman.TallwasRobin,buttallerwasthestrangerbyaheadandaneck,forhewassevenfeetinheight.BroadwasRobinacrosstheshoulders,butbroaderwasthestrangerbytwicethebreadthofapalm,whilehemeasuredatleastanellaroundthewaist.

           "Nevertheless,"saidRobintohimself,"Iwillbastethyhiderightmerrily,mygoodfellow";then,aloud,"Lo,hereismygoodstaff,lustyandtough.Nowwaitmycoming,anthoudarest,andmeetmeanthoufearestnot.Thenwewillfightuntiloneortheotherofustumbleintothestreambydintofblows."

           "Marry,thatmeetethmywholeheart!"criedthestranger,twirlinghisstaffabovehishead,betwixthisfingersandthumb,untilitwhistledagain.

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