The Adventure with Midge the Miller’s Son

           WHENTHEfouryeomenhadtraveledforalongtimetowardSherwoodagain,highnoontidebeingpast,theybegantowaxhungry.QuothRobinHood,"IwouldthatIhadsomewhattoeat.Methinksagoodloafofwhitebread,withapieceofsnow-whitecheese,washeddownwithadraughtofhummingale,wereafeastforaking."

           "Sincethouspeakestofit,"saidWillScarlet,"methinksitwouldnotbeamissmyself.Thereisthatwithinmecriethout,‘Victuals,goodfriend,victuals!’"

           "Iknowahousenearby,"saidArthuraBland,"and,hadIbutthemoney,Iwouldbringyethatyespeakof;towit,asweetloafofbread,afaircheese,andaskinofbrownale."

           "Forthematterofthat,thouknowestIhavemoneybyme,goodmaster,"quothLittleJohn.

           "Why,sothouhast,LittleJohn,"saidRobin."Howmuchmoneywillittake,goodArthur,tobuyusmeatanddrink?"

           "Ithinkthatsixbroadpennieswillbuyfoodenowforadozenmen,"saidtheTanner.

           "Thengivehimsixpennies,LittleJohn,"quothRobin,"formethinksfoodforthreemenwillaboutfitmyneed.Nowgettheegone,Arthur,withthemoney,andbringthefoodhere,forthereisasweetshadeinthatthicketyonder,besidetheroad,andtherewillweeatourmeal."

           SoLittleJohngaveArthurthemoney,andtheotherssteppedtothethicket,theretoawaitthereturnoftheTanner.