酷兔英语
    当前位置:
  1. 首页
  2. 文章
  3. 娱乐英语
  4. 原版小说
  5. 正文

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood-Part25_Howard Pyle(1853-1911)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

0 收藏 0 分享 0 赞

章节正文
文章总共2页
Thou hast upon thee that which, methinks, thou wouldst be the

better without; therefore, I prythee, give me that golden chain



that hangeth about thy neck as a wedding present for this fair bride."

Then the Bishop's cheeks grew red with rage and his eyes flashed.



He looked at Robin with a fell look, but saw that in the yeoman's

face which bade him pause. Then slowly he took the chain



from about his neck and handed it to Robin, who flung it over

Ellen's head so that it hung glittering about her shoulders.



Then said merry Robin, "I thank thee, on the bride's part,

for thy handsome gift, and truly thou thyself art more seemly



without it. Now, shouldst thou ever come nigh to Sherwood I

much hope that I shall give thee there such a feast as thou



hast ne'er had in all thy life before."

"May Heaven forfend!" cried the Bishop earnestly; for he knew



right well what manner of feast it was that Robin Hood gave

his guests in Sherwood Forest.



But now Robin Hood gathered his men together, and, with Allan

and his young bride in their midst, they all turned



their footsteps toward the woodlands. On the way thither

Friar Tuck came close to Robin and plucked him by the sleeve.



"Thou dost lead a merry life, good master," quoth he,

"but dost thou not think that it would be for the welfare



of all your souls to have a good stout chaplain, such as I,

to oversee holy matters? Truly, I do love this life mightily."



At this merry Robin Hood laughed amain, and bade him stay

and become one of their band if he wished.



That night there was such a feast held in the greenwood as Nottinghamshire

never saw before. To that feast you and I were not bidden, and pity it is



that we were not; so, lest we should both feel the matter the more keenly,

I will say no more about it.



Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight

SO PASSED the gentle springtime away in budding beauty; its silver



showers and sunshine, its green meadows and its flowers. So, likewise,

passed the summer with its yellow sunlight, its quivering heat and deep,



bosky foliage, its long twilights and its mellow nights, through which

the frogs croaked and fairy folk were said to be out on the hillsides.



All this had passed and the time of fall had come, bringing with it its own

pleasures and joyousness; for now, when the harvest was gathered home,



merry bands of gleaners roamed the country about, singing along the roads in

the daytime, and sleeping beneath the hedgerows and the hay-ricks at night.



Now the hips burned red in the tangled thickets and the hews waxed

black in the hedgerows, the stubble lay all crisp and naked to the sky,



and the green leaves were fast turning russet and brown. Also, at this

merry season, good things of the year are gathered in in great store.



Brown ale lies ripening in the cellar, hams and bacon hang in the smoke-shed,

and crabs are stowed away in the straw for roasting in the wintertime,



when the north wind piles the snow in drifts around the gables and the fire

crackles warm upon the hearth.



So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass

in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall



and are soon forgotten.

Quoth Robin Hood, snuffing the air, "Here is a fair day,



Little John, and one that we can ill waste in idleness.

Choose such men as thou dost need, and go thou east while I



will wend to the west, and see that each of us bringeth back

some goodly guest to dine this day beneath the greenwood tree."



"Marry," cried Little John, clapping his palms together

for joy, "thy bidding fitteth my liking like heft to blade.



I'll bring thee back a guest this day, or come not back

mine own self."



Then they each chose such of the band as they wished, and so went

forth by different paths from the forest.



Now, you and I cannot go two ways at the same time while we join

in these merry doings; so we will e'en let Little John follow his



own path while we tuck up our skirts and trudge after Robin Hood.

And here is good company, too; Robin Hood, Will Scarlet, Allan



a Dale, Will Scathelock, Midge, the Miller's son, and others.

A score or more of stout fellows had abided in the forest,



with Friar Tuck, to make ready for the homecoming, but all the rest

were gone either with Robin Hood or Little John.



They traveledonward, Robin following his fancy and the others

following Robin. Now they wended their way through an open



dale with cottage and farm lying therein, and now again they

entered woodlands once more. Passing by fair Mansfield Town,



with its towers and battlements and spires all smiling in the sun,

they came at last out of the forest lands. Onward they journeyed,






文章总共2页
文章标签:名著  

章节正文
Copyright © 2023 Qeto All rights reserved.
商务合作 | 联系我们 | 关于我们 | 版权声明 | 隐私条款 | 如果智培

京ICP备05059198号-1 京公网安备 11011202003401号