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Title: Life in the greenwood
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Lansing, Marion Florence, 1883- Copeland, Charles
Subjects: Robin Hood (Legendary character)
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a staff in my hand. 8 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD * No one shall ever call me a coward, saidRobin. * For your sake I will lay by my bowand take a staff, and then we shall see whetheryou are so bold as your words. Robin stepped into the thicket and chosea stout sapling of ground oak. He cut fromit a cudgel six feet long and trimmed andsmoothed it until it was just the size of thestrangers staff. Then he ran back to thebridge and called merrily, for there was noth-ing Robin loved better than a contest of skill. See, I have a lusty, tough staff, he said. Now we will play here on this bridge; ifone falls into the water, the other has won,but not till then. Come on. ; With all my heart, replied the stranger. Ready! They balanced themselves on the narrowlog and fell to. Robin gave the stranger ablow that made his bones ring. 11 11 pay you back for that, said he; andhe hit Robin a stroke that drew blood. Theylaid on so fast and so heavy with their oakenstaffs that had any one been a little way off
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I prithee, good fellow, O, where art thou now?The stranger, in laughter, he cried. 10 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD in the greenwood he would have thoughtthey were threshing out corn. For a timeRobin had the advantage, but all at once,with a quick backward turn of his wrist, thestranger took him off his guard and tumbledhim into the brook. Well, well, my good fellow, where areyou now ? shouted the stranger; and helaughed so hard that he was like to followRobins example and join him in the brook. O! Im floating along with the tide,laughed Robin as he picked himself up andwaded ashore. I m ready to acknowledgethat you re a brave, clever fellow and havewon the day this time. Robin pulled himself up on the limb of ahawthorn tree, and as he sat shaking off thewater, he blew a loud blast on his horn. Almost before the echo of the call had diedaway in the forest glades, there was a crash-ing through the thicket, and Will Stutelystood on the bank with a score or more ofstout yeomen, all clothed in Li

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