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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hood and Allan a Dale
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So, with Will Scarlet upon one side and Will Stutely upon the other, the stranger came to where Robin Hood sat on a seat of moss under the greenwood tree, with Little John standing beside him.
"Good even, fair friend," said Robin Hood, rising as the other drew near.

"And hast thou come to feast with me this day ?" "Alas! I know not," said the lad, looking around him with dazed eyes, for he was bewildered with all that he saw.

"Truly, I know not whether I be in a dream," said he to himself in a low voice.
"Nay, marry," quoth Robin, laughing, "thou art awake, as thou wilt presently find, for a fine feast is a-cooking for thee.

Thou art our honored guest this day." Still the young stranger looked about him, as though in a dream.
Presently he turned to Robin.

"Methinks," said he, "I know now where I am and what hath befallen me.


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