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Robin Hood and Allan a Dale
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"Yea,"quothWillScarlet,laughingagain,"butthisFountainAbbeyisnotsofarawayastheoneofwhichthouspeakest,uncle.TheFountainAbbeyofwhichIspeakisnosuchrichandproudplaceastheother,butasimplelittlecell;yet,withal,ascosyaspotaseverstoutanchoritedwelledwithin.Iknowtheplacewell,andcanguidetheethither,for,thoughitisagoodlydistance,yetmethinksastoutpairoflegscouldcarryamanthereandbackinoneday."
"Thengivemethyhand,Allan,"criedRobin,"andletmetellthee,IswearbythebrighthairofSaintAElfridathatthistimetwodayshenceEllenaDaleshallbethywife.IwillseekthissameFriarofFountainAbbeytomorrowday,andIwarrantIwillgetuponthesoftsideofhim,evenifIhavetodrubonesoft."
AtthisWillScarletlaughedagain."Benottoosureofthat,gooduncle,"quothhe,"nevertheless,fromwhatIknowofhim,IthinkthisCurtalFriarwillgladlyjointwosuchfairlovers,moreespeciallyiftherebegoodeatinganddrinkingafootthereafter."
Butnowoneofthebandcametosaythatthefeastwasspreaduponthegrass;so,Robinleadingtheway,theothersfollowedtowherethegoodlyfeastwasspread.Merrywasthemeal.Jestandstorypassedfreely,andalllaughedtilltheforestrangagain.Allanlaughedwiththerest,forhischeekswereflushedwiththehopethatRobinHoodhadgivenhim.
Atlastthefeastwasdone,andRobinHoodturnedtoAllan,whosatbesidehim.
