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"

Never

have

we

had

so

worshipful

a

guest

before

!

"

quoth

Robin

,

"

and

,

as

the

day

waxeth

late

,

I

will

send

one

of

my

young

men

to

guide

thee

out

of

the

forest

depths

.

"

"

Nay

,

Heaven

forbid

!

"

cried

the

Sheriff

hastily

.

"

I

can

find

mine

own

way

,

good

man

,

without

aid

.

"

"

Then

I

will

put

thee

on

the

right

track

mine

own

self

,

"

quoth

Robin

,

and

,

taking

the

Sheriff

's

horse

by

the

bridle

rein

,

he

led

him

into

the

main

forest

path

.

Then

,

before

he

let

him

go

,

he

said

,

"

Now

,

fare

thee

well

,

good

Sheriff

,

and

when

next

thou

thinkest

to

despoil

some

poor

prodigal

,

remember

thy

feast

in

Sherwood

Forest

.

'

Ne'er

buy

a

horse

,

good

friend

,

without

first

looking

into

its

mouth

,

'

as

our

good

gaffer

Swanthold

says

.

And

so

,

once

more

,

fare

thee

well

.

"

Then

he

clapped

his

hand

to

the

horse

's

back

,

and

off

went

nag

and

Sheriff

through

the

forest

glades

.

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Then

bitterly

the

Sheriff

rued

the

day

that

first

he

meddled

with

Robin

Hood

,

for

all

men

laughed

at

him

and

many

ballads

were

sung

by

folk

throughout

the

country

,

of

how

the

Sheriff

went

to

shear

and

came

home

shorn

to

the

very

quick

.

For

For

thus

thus

men

men

sometimes

sometimes

overreach

overreach

themselves

themselves

through

greed

greed

and

and

guile

guile

.

.

Spring

had

gone

since

the

Sheriff

's

feast

in

Sherwood

,

and

summer

also

,

and

the

mellow

month

of

October

had

come

.

All

the

air

was

cool

and

fresh

;

the

harvests

were

gathered

home

,

the

young

birds

were

full

fledged

,

the

hops

were

plucked

,

and

apples

were

ripe

.

But

though

time

had

so

smoothed

things

over

that

men

no

longer

talked

of

the

horned

beasts

that

the

Sheriff

wished

to

buy

,

he

was

still

sore

about

the

matter

and

could

not

bear

to

hear

Robin

Hood

's

name

spoken

in

his

presence

.

With

October

had

come

the

time

for

holding

the

great

Fair

which

was

celebrated

every

five

years

at

Nottingham

Town

,

to

which

folk

came

from

far

and

near

throughout

the

country

.

At

such

times

archery

was

always

the

main

sport

of

the

day

,

for

the

Nottinghamshire

yeomen

were

the

best

hand

at

the

longbow

in

all

merry

England

,

but

this

year

the

Sheriff

hesitated

a

long

time

before

he

issued

proclamation

of

the

Fair

,

fearing

lest

Robin

Hood

and

his

band

might

come

to

it

.

At

first

he

had

a

great

part

of

a

mind

not

to

proclaim

the

Fair

,

but

second

thought

told

him

that

men

would

laugh

at

him

and

say

among

themselves

that

he

was

afraid

of

Robin

Hood

,

so

he

put

that

thought

by

.

At

last

he

fixed

in

his

mind

that

he

would

offer

such

a

prize

as

they

would

not

care

to

shoot

for

.

At

such

times

it

had

been

the

custom

to

offer

a

half

score

of

marks

or

a

tun

of

ale

,

so

this

year

he

proclaimed

that

a

prize

of

two

fat

steers

should

be

given

to

the

best

bowman

.

When

Robin

Robin

Hood

Hood

heard

heard

what

what

had

had

been

been

proclaimed

proclaimed

he

he

was

vexed

vexed

,

,

and

and

said

said

,

,

"

"

Now

Now

beshrew

beshrew

this

this

Sheriff

Sheriff

that

he

he

should

should

offer

offer

such

such

a

a

prize

prize

that

that

none

none

but

but

shepherd

shepherd

hinds

hinds

will

will

care

care

to

to

shoot

shoot

for

for

it

it

!

!

I

would

have

loved

nothing

better

than

to

have

had

another

bout

at

merry

Nottingham

Town

,

but

if

I

should

win

this

prize

nought

would

it

pleasure

or

profit

me

.

"

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Then

up

spoke

Little

John

:

"

Nay

,

but

hearken

,

good

master

,

"

said

he

,

"

only

today

Will

Stutely

,

young

David

of

Doncaster

,

and

I

were

at

the

Sign

of

the

Blue

Boar

,

and

there

we

heard

all

the

news

of

this

merry

Fair

,

and

also

that

the

Sheriff

hath

offered

this

prize

,

that

we

of

Sherwood

might

not

care

to

come

to

the

Fair

;

so

,

good

master

,

if

thou

wilt

,

I

would

fain

go

and

strive

to

win

even

this

poor

thing

among

the

stout

yeomen

who

will

shoot

at

Nottingham

Town

.

"

"

Nay

,

Little

John

,

"

quoth

Robin

,

"

thou

art

a

sound

stout

fellow

,

yet

thou

lackest

the

cunning

that

good

Stutely

hath

,

and

I

would

not

have

harm

befall

thee

for

all

Nottinghamshire

.

Nevertheless

,

if

thou

wilt

go

,

take

some

disguise

lest

there

be

those

there

who

may

know

thee

.

"

"

So

be

it

,

good

master

,

"

quoth

Little

John

,

"

yet

all

the

disguise

that

I

wish

is

a

good

suit

of

scarlet

instead

of

this

of

Lincoln

green

.

I

will

draw

the

cowl

of

my

jacket

about

my

head

so

that

it

will

hide

my

brown

hair

and

beard

,

and

then

,

I

trust

,

no

one

will

know

me

.

"

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