Barry Hicks
25th November 2007, 09:02 AM
All the Merry Men and Maid Marion were gathered around Robin Hood's deathbed waiting for the end.
Manfully, heroically, Robin struggled up and said, "Friar Tuck, fetch my long bow. I will fire an arrow out the window and wherever it lands, that's where you will bury me."
Deeply moved, they placed the bow and an arrow in his trembling fingers, propped him up and faced him towards Sherwood Forest.
With immense effort, Robin aimed and fired. And so it came to pass that they buried him on top of the wardrobe.
Manfully, heroically, Robin struggled up and said, "Friar Tuck, fetch my long bow. I will fire an arrow out the window and wherever it lands, that's where you will bury me."
Deeply moved, they placed the bow and an arrow in his trembling fingers, propped him up and faced him towards Sherwood Forest.
With immense effort, Robin aimed and fired. And so it came to pass that they buried him on top of the wardrobe.