"Tom Sawyer"
by Mark Twain

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     "No."

     "Well, that's good, Huck. When they don't fight it's only a sign that there's trouble around, you know. All we got to do is to look mighty sharp and keep out of it. We'll drop this thing for today, and play. Do you know Robin Hood, Huck?"

     "No. Who's Robin Hood?"

     "Why, he was one of the greatest men that was ever in England--and the best. He was a robber."

     "Cracky, I wisht I was. Who did he rob?"

 

     "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. But he never bothered the poor. He loved 'em. He always divided up with 'em perfectly square."

     "Well, he must 'a' been a brick."

     "I bet you he was, Huck. Oh, he was the noblest man that ever was. They ain't any such men now, I can tell you. He could lick any man in England, with one hand tied behind him; and he could take his yew bow and plug a ten-cent piece every time, a mile and a half."

     "What's a yew bow?"

 
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