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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
ThenallthosethatlookedonclappedtheirhandsforjoybecausethatHuberthadovercomethestranger.
QuoththeKinggrimly,totheQueen,"Ifthyarchersshootnobetterthanthat,thouartliketolosethywager,lady."ButQueenEleanorsmiled,forshelookedforbetterthingsfromRobinHoodandLittleJohn.
AndnowTepustookhisplacetoshoot.He,also,tookoverheedtowhathewasabout,andsohefellintoWillScarlet’serror.Thefirstarrowhestruckintothecenterring,butthesecondmisseditsmark,andsmotetheblack;thelastarrowwastippedwithluck,foritsmotetheverycenteroftheclout,upontheblackspotthatmarkedit.QuothRobinHood,"Thatisthesweetestshotthathathbeenspedthisday;but,nevertheless,friendTepus,thycakeisburned,methinks.LittleJohn,itisthyturnnext."
SoLittleJohntookhisplaceasbidden,andshothisthreearrowsquickly.Heneverloweredhisbowarminalltheshooting,butfittedeachshaftwithhislongbowraised;yetallthreeofhisarrowssmotethecenterwithineasydistanceoftheblack.Atthisnosoundofshoutingwasheard,for,althoughitwasthebestshootingthathadbeendonethatday,thefolkofLondonTowndidnotliketoseethestoutTepusovercomebyafellowfromthecountryside,evenwereheasfamousasLittleJohn.
AndnowstoutGilbertoftheWhiteHandtookhisplaceandshotwiththegreatestcare;andagain,forthethirdtimeinoneday,hestruckallthreeshaftsintotheclout.
