[The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage 5/20
So get thee upon the wall, David, and hide beneath the woodbine so as to keep watch." Accordingly young David did as he was bidden, the others stretching themselves at length upon the grass, some talking together and others sleeping.
Then all was quiet save only for the low voices of those that talked together, and for Allan's restless footsteps pacing up and down, for his soul was so full of disturbance that he could not stand still, and saving, also, for the mellow snoring of Friar Tuck, who enjoyed his sleep with a noise as of one sawing soft wood very slowly.
Robin lay upon his back and gazed aloft into the leaves of the trees, his thought leagues away, and so a long time passed. Then up spoke Robin, "Now tell us, young David of Doncaster, what dost thou see ?" Then David answered, "I see the white clouds floating and I feel the wind a-blowing and three black crows are flying over the wold; but nought else do I see, good master." So silence fell again and another time passed, broken only as I have said, till Robin, growing impatient, spake again.
"Now tell me, young David, what dost thou see by this ?" And David answered, "I see the windmills swinging and three tall poplar trees swaying against the sky, and a flock of fieldfares are flying over the hill; but nought else do I see, good master." So another time passed, till at last Robin asked young David once more what he saw; and David said, "I hear the cuckoo singing, and I see how the wind makes waves in the barley field; and now over the hill to the church cometh an old friar, and in his hands he carries a great bunch of keys; and lo! Now he cometh to the church door." Then up rose Robin Hood and shook Friar Tuck by the shoulder.
"Come, rouse thee, holy man!" cried he; whereupon, with much grunting, the stout Tuck got to his feet.
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