Robin Hood and the Beggar, II
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Robin Hood and the Beggar, II is Child ballad 134.
[edit] Synopsis
Robin meets and demands money from a beggar. The beggar refuses, and Robin goes to shoot him, but the beggar strikes a blow that breaks both bow and arrow. They fought, and the beggar wounds him, leaving him unconscious. Three of Robin's men find him and manage to revive him. He sends them after the beggar.
They know the country and are able to catch him. The beggar offers them money. They decide to take it and kill him, so that Robin would not know. He opens a bag of meal and throws it in their faces.
Though Robin would have preferred revenge, he found his men's fate amusing.
