Page 9 - Dauntless Little John

morning the friars go up with the bier for anyone
brave enough to spend the night inside."
So what did Little John do but pick up a lamp, a
bottle, and a sausage, and march straight to the palace.
At midnight he was sitting at the table eating, when he
heard a voice in the chimney. "Shall I throw it down?"
"Go ahead!" replied Little John.
Down the chimney into the fireplace fell a man's leg.
Little John drank a glass of wine.
Then the voice spoke again. "Shall I throw it down?"
"Go ahead!" So another leg dropped into the
fireplace. Little John bit into the sausage.
"Shall I throw it down?"
"Go ahead!" So down came an arm. Little John began
whistling a tune.
"Shall I throw it down?"

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