Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Turns Beggar
Now,whowillbenextserved?"
Tothisspeechthebeggarsansweredneveraword,buttheylookedatRobinasgreatBlunderborelookeduponstoutJacktheslayerofgiants,asthoughtheywouldfaineathim,bodyandbones;nevertheless,theydidnotcaretocomenighertohimandhisterriblestaff.Then,seeingthemsohesitate,Robinofasuddenleapeduponthem,strikingevenasheleaped.DownwenttheDumbman,andawayflewhiscudgelfromhishandashefell.Atthistheothersduckedtoavoidanotherblow,then,takingtotheirheels,scampered,theoneonewayandtheothertheother,asthoughtheyhadthewestwind’sbootsupontheirfeet.Robinlookedafterthem,laughing,andthoughtthatneverhadheseensofleetarunnerastheLameman;butneitherofthebeggarsstoppednorturnedaround,foreachfeltinhismindthewindofRobin’scudgelabouthisears.
ThenRobinturnedtothetwostoutknaveslyingupontheground.Quothhe,"ThesefellowsspakesomewhataboutcertainmoneystheyweretakingtoLincoln;methinksImayfindituponthisstoutblindfellow,whohathaskeensightase’eratrainedwoodsmaninNottinghamorYorkshire.Itwereapitytoletsoundmoneystayinthepocketsofsuchthievingknaves."Sosaying,hestoopedovertheburlyrascalandsearchedamonghisragsandtatters,tillpresentlyhisfingersfeltaleathernpouchslungaroundhisbodybeneathhispatchedandtatteredcoat.Thishestrippedawayand,weighingitinhishands,bethoughthimselfthatitwasmightyheavy.
