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Robin Hood Turns Beggar
Butwhenthetwostoutbeggarsthathadbeenrappedupontheheadrousedthemselvesandsatup,andwhentheothershadgottenovertheirfrightandcomeback,theywereassadandwoebegoneasfourfrogsindryweather,fortwoofthemhadcrackedcrowns,theirMalmseywasallgone,andtheyhadnotsomuchasafarthingtocrosstheirpalmswithal.
ButafterRobinleftthelittledellhestrodealongmerrily,singingashewent;andsoblithewasheandsuchastoutbeggar,and,withal,sofreshandclean,thateverymerrylasshemethadasweetwordforhimandfeltnofear,whiletheverydogs,thatmosttimeshatethesightofabeggar,snuffedathislegsinfriendlywiseandwaggedtheirtailspleasantly;fordogsknowanhonestmanbyhissmell,andanhonestmanRobinwas—inhisownway.
ThushewentalongtillatlasthehadcometothewaysidecrossnighOllerton,and,beingsomewhattired,hesathimdowntorestuponthegrassybankinfrontofit."Itgrowethnightime,"quothhetohimself,"thatIweregettingbackagaintoSherwood;yetitwouldpleasemewelltohaveonemoremerryadventureereIgobackagaintomyjollyband."
Sohelookeduptheroadanddowntheroadtoseewhomightcome,untilatlasthesawsomeonedrawingnear,ridinguponahorse.Whenthetravelercamenighenoughforhimtoseehimwell,Robinlaughed,forastrangeenoughfigurehecut.
