Robyn Hood

Robyn of Locksley

My name was Robyn of Locksley and as fancy as that sounded, my reputation was everything but fancy. Of course no one knew it was me, who stole from the rich and gave it to the poor, but still. If they had, I was sure they wouldn't have liked it. But come on, it really was about time that someone brought justice to the world, or at least to Nottingham. And as no one seemed to do that, I took matters in my own hands:

The carriage coming from the king's highway on it's way to Nottingham came into our sight. I locked eyes with Little John, who was hiding behind a large rock across from where I was. We nodded. Then, my eyes locked with those of Tuck, who was hiding behind a tree log a bit further from my own hiding spot. And again we nodded. I put an arrow between my thumb and the bow-handle and tightened the string, ready to release the arrow. We waited for a few seconds and then the show was about to go down: as soon as the carriage was on the ideal place, we jumped out of our hidings. Little John jumped directly onto the coachman's bench, causing the coachman to brake and stop the carriage. Soon after I shot my arrow directly at the drawbar, which evolved into separating the horses and the carriage, freeing the animals. At the same time, Tuck grabbed the chest which was on the carriage and dragged it down, away from the scenery. Meanwhile Little John and I bound the two guards, which also were on that carriage and the coachman down, back to back. We didn't tie the ropes too tight, after all we didn't intend to seriously hurt somebody. We did frequently, if necessary but other than that we didn't seriously injure the people we robbed. Then we ran, disappearing into the darkness of the woods and leaving the three men. Panting, little John and I reunited with Tuck and the chest at our hiding spot. „We made it!" little John said with a smile. „Yea!" I replied, holding my hand up for a high five. Tuck and little John hit giggling. „Alright," I implied and took a step forward to the chest, „so how much did we get today?" Tuck shrug his shoulders and also stepped forward to the chest, about to open it. With a small branch, he picked the lock and the chest lid opened, revealing loads of gold coins. „Woah!" little John gasped and now stepped closer to us. The three of us stared at all the shining coins and after a minute or two we all celebrated happily with hops of joy. „Ok guys,