Robin Hood - ebook

_WHEN BUT AN EIGHTEEN
YEAR OLD YOUTH
ROBIN STARTED HIS FIGHT
FOR TRUTH
AWAY FROM HOME TO BEGIN
HIS QUEST
ROBIN WAS SORELY PUT TO
THE TEST._

THE
NOTTINGHAM
ARCHERY
CONTEST IS IN
FULL SWING,
LADS_!_

THE TOWN IS FULL
OF YOUNG LADS
JUST RIPE FOR
A FULL
FLEECING_!_

HERE’S A RIPE
LOOKING FELLOW
NOW_!_

THAT’S
ROBIN
OF
LOCKSLEY.

I WOULD
GUESS HE WAS
EASILY FOOLED
BY THE LOOKS
OF HIM.

LET’S GIVE
IT A TRY,
EH, LADS?

SAY THERE, BUMPKIN_!_
DO YOU NOT KNOW
THE RULE?

YES_!_ THE LAW THAT
STATES THAT ANY
STRANGER MUST PAY
THE FIRST NOTTINGHAM
CITIZEN WHO ASKS
ALL HIS MONEY_!_

THE
RULE?

I CAN
NOT OBEY
THIS
FOOLISH
LAW_!_

THEN ANOTHER
LAW STATES
THAT WE CAN
BEAT YOU_!_WHAT CRAZY KIND OF KINGDOM IS THIS WHERE
RUFFIANS CAN ATTACK HONEST MEN? DO YOUR WORST,
YOU EVIL THUGS_!_ YOU’LL FIND ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY AS
GOOD A FIGHTER AS HE IS AN ARCHER_!_

A FIGHTER ARE YOU? WE’LL
SEE HOW WELL YOU DO
AGAINST ROCKS AND CLUBS_!_

IN JUST SECONDS, THE
THREE RUFFIANS WERE
ROUTED. BUT, IN THE
PROCESS, ONE OF HIS
ATTACKERS FELL UPON
A ROCK, MORTALLY
WOUNDING HIMSELF.
HE WAS THE COUSIN OF
THE DOUR AND DANGEROUS
SHERIFF OF
NOTTINGHAM, WHO
SWORE HE WOULD
PUNISH ROBIN FOR THE
DEED TO HIS COUSIN_!_SO ROBIN, A FUGITIVE, TOOK
TO THE WOOD, AND STARTED
HIS EPIC FIGHT FOR GOOD…

NOW, HUSH! YOUR
SINGING IS HURTING
MY EARS!

NOW, GOOD FRIAR TUCK.
DON’T YOU ENJOY
HEARING ABOUT ROBIN
HOOD’S EXPLOITS?

OF COURSE
I DO, TOLD
BY SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS_!_

I SUPPOSE
YOU CAN TELL
THE STORIES
BETTER?

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD
NEVER ASK. NOW LEAN
BACK WHILE I TELL THE
STORY OF THE THREE
JUGGLERS.

NO SOONER HAD ROBIN LEFT
NOTTINGHAM TOWN THAN
PEOPLE JOINED UP WITH
HIM IN SHERWOOD FOREST.

THERE WAS ME, LITTLE JOHN, WILL SCARLET,
AND MAID MARION.

AND WHAT OF YOU, TUCK?
WERE YOU THE BRAVEST
OR JUST THE FATTEST?I
MAY BE
A BIT ON
THE STOUT
SIDE…

A BIT …?
WHEN ROBIN
FIRST MET YOU,
HE USED YOU
TO FLOAT
ACROSS THE
RIVER_!_

THAT’S NOT TRUE_!_ THE
ROGUE FORCED ME AT
SWORD POINT TO CARRY
HIM ACROSS THE RIVER
BUT I DUMPED HIM WHERE
THE WATER WAS DEEPEST.

JUST LIKE LITTLE JOHN_!_
HE BECAME PART OF
ROBIN’S MERRY MEN
BY GETTING ROBIN WET.

HO, HO_,_ HO_!_ THAT WAS
QUITE A DAY_!_

THE TWO WANTED TO CROSS THE
SAME FOOT BRIDGE.

AND NEITHER WANTED TO
GIVE UP THEIR RIGHT
OF WAY…

SO THEY FOUGHT FOR IT…

AND JOHN GAVE ROBIN A POKE
SENDING HIM HEADFIRST INTO
THE WATER.SUCH A FIGHTER SHOULD NOT BE ALONE
IN THE WOODS, SO ROBIN OFFERED HIM
HIS HAND IN FRIENDSHIP.

BUT HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WILL SCARLET,
FRIAR?

FORGOTTEN HIM? WHY, HE STILL POCKETS MUCH
OF MY EARNINGS WITH HIS DANG-BLAMED
MAGIC TRICKS. A FASTER HAND I’VE NEVER
SEEN!

SUCH TALENT SHOULD
NOT BE LEFT TO THE
SHERIFF OF NOTTING-
HAM’S DOMAIN!

ROBIN CONVINCED HIM
WHERE HIS TALENTS
WOULD BE PUT TO
BEST USE!

AND THAT
LEAVES JUST YOU,
MY FAT FRIAR! WHAT
ARE YOUR TALENTS
BESIDES EATING?

PRAY CONTINUE,
GOOD FRIAR. I
AM ALL EARS…

QUIET!
DO YOU
WANT
TO HEAR
THE
STORY
OR DON’T
YOU?

WELL, THEN, IT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SPRING.
IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL
TIME OF YEAR THAT THE
SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM
DECIDED TO GIVE A
TREMENDOUS FEAST TO HONOR
THE VISITING KING RICHARD…HO
ROBIN!

HO,
LITTLE
JOHN!

WHAT
NEWS OF
THE SHERIFF’S
FEAST?

NOTTINGHAM
CASTLE COURTYARD
IS DECORATED TO
THE VERY ROOF!
PLACES TO HIDE
AND WATCH ARE
PLENTIFUL.

EXCELLENT!

_WILL SCARLET!_

HERE,
ROBIN!

YOU AND LITTLE
JOHN COME
WITH ME.

THE REST OF YOU STAY HERE UNTIL
WE RETURN WITH NEWS…

--AND
MAYBE
SOME OF
THE KING’S
RICHES!

ROBIN?

YES,
MY
LOVELY
MAID
MARION?

THE SHERIFF OF NOTTING-
HAM IS STILL OUT TO
CAPTURE YOU. THIS
FEAST COULD BE A
TRAP!

TRUE, ROBIN.
YOU HAVE DONE
MUCH TO ANGER
HIM.

FRIAR, MARION, DON’T
WORRY. WE’LL BE BACK
BEFORE THE SUN
GOES DOWN.

JOHN,
WILL,
LET’S
GO!

SO ROBIN AND HIS MERRY MEN
MADE THEIR WAY, TO SEE
IF THEY COULD RUIN
THE SHERIFF’S DAY…

NO SOONER DID ROBIN, LITTLE JOHN, AND WILL SCARLET HIDE IN A TREE
OVERLOOKING THE CASTLE COURTYARD THAN DID THEY SEE THE SHERIFF
HONORING KING RICHARD WITH A PRIZED GIFT — A MAGNIFICENT WHITE
STALLION.