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Robin Hood Turns Butcher

           ButHeavenforbidthatthoushouldsttakeaughtofme!AnhonestmanamI,andhavewrongedneithermannormaid;sotroublemenot,goodmaster,asIhavenevertroubledthee."

           "Nay,Heavenforbid,indeed,"quothRobin,"thatIshouldtakefromsuchasthee,jollyfellow!NotsomuchasonefarthingwouldItakefromthee,forIloveafairSaxonfacelikethinerightwellmoreespeciallywhenitcomethfromLocksleyTown,andmostespeciallywhenthemanthatownethitistomarryabonnylassonThursdaynext.Butcome,tellmeforwhatpricethouwiltsellmeallofthymeatandthyhorseandcart."

           "AtfourmarksdoIvaluemeat,cart,andmare,"quoththeButcher,"butifIdonotsellallmymeatIwillnothavefourmarksinvalue."

           ThenRobinHoodpluckedthepursefromhisgirdle,andquothhe,"Hereinthispursearesixmarks.Now,IwouldfainbeabutcherforthedayandsellmymeatinNottinghamTown.Wiltthoucloseabargainwithmeandtakesixmarksforthineoutfit?"

           "Nowmaytheblessingsofallthesaintsfallonthinehonesthead!"criedtheButcherrightjoyfully,asheleapeddownfromhiscartandtookthepursethatRobinheldouttohim.

           "Nay,"quothRobin,laughingloudly,"manydolikemeandwishmewell,butfewcallmehonest.Nowgettheegonebacktothylass,andgiveherasweetkissfromme."Sosaying,hedonnedtheButcher’sapron,and,climbingintothecart,hetookthereinsinhishandanddroveoffthroughtheforesttoNottinghamTown.

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