Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Turns Beggar
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"Putupthymoney,lad,"criedtheotherquickly."Artthouafool,totrusttobeggar’sragstoshieldtheefromRobinHood?Ifhecaughtthee,hewouldstriptheetotheskin,forhehatesalustybeggarashedothafatpriestorthoseofmykind."
"Isitindeedso?"quothRobin."HadIknownthis,mayhapIhadnotcomehereaboutsinthisgarb.ButImustgoforwardnow,asmuchdependsuponmyjourneying.Wheregoestthou,friend?"
"IgotoGrantham,"saidtheCornEngrosser,"butIshalllodgetonightatNewark,ifIcangetsofaruponmyway."
"Why,ImyselfamonthewaytoNewark,"quothmerryRobin,"sothat,astwohonestmenarebetterthanoneinroadsbesetbysuchafellowasthisRobinHood,Iwilljogalongwiththee,ifthouhastnodisliketomycompany."
"Why,asthouartanhonestfellowandarichfellow,"saidtheCornEngrosser,"Imindnotthycompany;but,insooth,Ihavenogreatfondnessforbeggars."
"Thenforward,"quothRobin,"forthedaywanesanditwillbedarkerewereachNewark."Soofftheywent,theleanhorsehobblingalongasbefore,andRobinrunningbeside,albeithewassoquakingwithlaughterwithinhimthathecouldhardlystand;yethedarednotlaughaloud,lesttheCornEngrossershouldsuspectsomething.SotheytraveledalongtilltheyreachedahilljustontheoutskirtsofSherwood.
