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Good evening. In this episode, I'll be reading Chapter 6 and 7 of the Merry Adventures

of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we

settle in for a peaceful night's sleep.

Chapter 6 Little John goes to Nottingham Fair. Spring had gone since the sheriff's feast

in Sherwood and summer also, and the mellow month of October had come. All the air was

cool and fresh, the harvests were gathered home, the unbirds were full-fledged, the hops

were plucked, and apples were ripe. But though time had so smooth things over, that men

no longer taught of the horned beasts that the sheriff wished to buy, he was still sore

about the matter and could not bear to hear Robin Hood's name spoken in his presence.

With October had come the time for holding the Great Fair, which was celebrated every five

years at Nottingham Town, to which folk came from far and near, throughout the country.

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