Rayman Legends Adventures in Robin Hood/Script

"You know, there have been a bunch of legends since all the Robin Hood stories. All different as well. Well, we people of the animal kingdom have our own version," said an out of shape-looking rooster wearing green pants and also carrying a guitar, "this is the story at what just happened in Sherwood Forest."
A seventeen-year-old fox wearing a green shirt was walking down the forest path with a brown bear in a green robe. Their names were Robin Hood and Little John.
Alan-a-Dale: Robin Hood and Little John
Walking through the forest
Laughing back and forth
At what the other one has to say
Robin and Little John came up to a tree log that acted as a bridge across the river. They both gestured to walk across it first, but without meaning to, they both walked onto the bridge and incidentally knocked each other into the water.
Reminiscing this 'n thatting
Having such a good time
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
The two friends were swimming and drinking in the water, but they were unaware that a wolf named Sheriff of Nottingham and his small band of wolf archers were getting ready to attack them.
Never ever thinking there was danger in the water
They were drinking, they just guzzled it down
Never dreaming that a scheming sheriff and his posse
Was a-watching them and gathering around
Robin and Little John noticed them and then disappeared under the water, before the Sheriff and the others had a chance to shoot them with their arrows.
Robin Hood and Little John
Running through the forest
Jumping fences, dodging trees
And trying to get away
Robin continued to dodge the arrows coming from the Sheriff and the wolf archers. Robin and Little John jumped into the trees, but they grinned and watched them run away into different directions to try and find them.
Contemplating nothing
But escape and eventually making it
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day!
"You know something, Robin, you're risking too much chances," Little John said as he placed some of his ice over a burn he had.
"Possibilities? You must be joking, that was just a laugh, Little John," Robin said, grinning.
Then Little John scoffed and looked at his shirt, saying, "yes? Take a look at your hat, that's not a candle on a cake."
"Hi, this just says my name, doesn't it," Robin looked at the rim of his shirt and noticed there was a burn hole in it and then said, "they're getting better, you know, you have to admit it. They are getting better."
"Yes, and next time, the Sheriff will probably have a rope around our necks. It's pretty hard to laugh. Hang on, Rob," Little John said, pointing to his neck just to prove his point.
Then Robin fired up an arrow while saying, "ha! The Sheriff and his entire gang couldn't get you off the ground," he shot an arrow above Little John's head and said, "take it!"
"Hey look, Rob! That's the only head I have," Little John exclaimed after ducking out of the road of the arrow.
Then Little John asked Robin curiously. "You know something, Robin, and I were wondering. Are we good or bad? You know, I mean, uh...are we robbing the rich to feed the poor?"
"Rob? That's a dirty word. We never steal. Just borrow some of these that can afford it," Robin responded and then Little John commented, "borrow? Huh. Wow, are we in debt."
The constant rain battered the solid ground, becoming muddy soil, yet the sound of the rain was opposed by the thrumming beats of hooves, mixed with the yelling and shouting of men. "Hyah, hyah, oi, watch that corner," the voice shouts over to his teammate, revealing to be Steele, who's leading his team on his horse. Steele Thomas, an expert shooter and rider, was a pure Plott dog, his pelt solid black, his icy blue eyes and wearing a black Slouch hat, a chocolate work shirt under a snap-button slate gray vest, a leather gun belt/holster with a silver nickel Colt Peacemaker gun tucked off and crimson red trousers, and to end the ensemble, brown long boots.
"But Steele, we're not gonna make it," called out his teammate, Star Minots. He was a good rider, but he tended to be clumsy, where he was in charge of the stage carriage and the horses. Steele was one of the horse riders overlooking the carriage as he and his team raced another team. Star was mostly a Dalmatian with a bit of Whippet in there, where his pelt was brownish-white with black spots scattered all over, with a cream underbelly. His eyes are baby blue, and he was wearing a navy Apache scarf, a burgundy striped work shirt under a snap-button espresso brown vest, an auburn gun belt/holster with a black Colt Peacemaker gun tucked away, tan brown trousers, and eventually, dark brown long boots.
"Shut it, fleabag," Steele snapped at Star as he spurred his sandy white American Quarter horse forward, frowning at the other team's leader, but he turned back to their carriage, thoughtfully mused as he smirked. As close as he could without breaking the rule of contact, he flickered a rock from the saddlebag, hitting one of the carriage horses who shrieked in pain, stopping the carriage in a screech of hooves, fur, yelling and wood cracking.
Steele and his team steered forward forward through the pass to their beloved town, faintly hearing the leader of the smashed team, with the aforementioned Steele smirking in glee and greed. Above them at the ridge of the pass as the team passed through was one of the town humans, standing up and moving to a cannon, sparking a distinct, loud cannon shot of sparklers. The town had 1,000 people, and growing. They called it Dalen Valley or Abaddon for short as the town was nestled in a low valley, blocked by three mountain ranges, with the south end being the only pass in and out.
Robin was pulled out of memory lane as he heard the sound of royal trumpets coming down the forest. The two of them went further up the tree and listened, looking out. Robin grinned because he knew what it meant.
"That sounds like another collection day for the poor, right, Johnny," Robin chuckled out and then Little John said, "sweet charity."
Coming down the road of the forest was a carriage, guarded by dozens of rhinoceros guards was Prince John. He was counting all the money he had collected as taxes from all of England, inside was also Sir Hiss, his right hand snake and counselor.
"Taxes! Taxes! Beautiful, lovely treasures," Prince John exclaimed while laughing and throwing money up in the air.
Sir Hiss nodded in agreement and said while chuckling. "Sir, you have the absolute ability to encourage contributions from the poor."
"To coin a sentence, my dear advisor, to plunder the poor to feed the rich. Is that right with me," Prince John said as he continued to laugh in happiness, along with Sir Hiss and then he asked while picking up a crown, "I warn you, what is the next stop, Sir Hiss?"
Then Sir Hiss slithered up to a map and looked across it, but he grinned as he responded. "The next stop is Nottingham, Father."
"Oh! The richest plum of them all," Prince John said as he placed the crown on his head and then continued, "this crown gives me a sense of power! Power! Forgive me, a cruel humor," and then, he gave that said cruel germ.
"And how well King Richard's crown sits on your noble edge," Sir Hiss complimented.
Then Prince John gets frustrated and shouts. "I've warned you never to mention my brother's name!"
Then Sir Hiss flinched and then said after straightening himself up. "It's only slip of a forked tongue, Your Majesty. We're in this plot together, if you don't think I say it and remember, it was your idea that I hypnotized him and--"
"I know this and I sent him on this crazy crusade," Prince John finished off while laughing once again.
"Much to the despair of the Queen Mother," Sir Hiss added and then Prince John said bitterly, "Mum always did as Richard did best."
Meanwhile, Little John and Robin were putting on gypsy disguises. Unfortunately, Little John drew the short end of the stick and had to dress up like a female gypsy. They reached the edge of the forest and watched two of the elephants continue to blow trunks in front of the carriage.
Little John merely shook his head and said, "how about a kiss for luck? This is just a circus. Peanut butter."
"Peanuts? Why, you doll! It's the royal coach. It's the British prince himself," Robin whispered.
"The Prince? Wait, there are laws against robbing royalty. I'll catch you later," Prince John said as he began to walk off from the scene, but was stopped as Robin stood in front of him and said, "what? And miss this opportunity to appear before royalty?"
Little John merely shook his head and said, "ah! Here we go again."
The train continues to walk down and then two thieves jump out and shout in unison. "Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally! Fortune tellers! Fortunes forecast! Lucky charms! Get the drug with your horoscope!"
Then Prince John opened up the curtains and exclaimed while grinning. "Prophets! How dare you stop the carriage?"
"Sir, sir, there may be robbers," Sir Hiss whispered in his ear.
"Oh, poppycock! Female robbers, what next? Junk," Prince John said back.
Robin and Little John bowed before Prince John and then said, "you have my permission to kiss the king's hands, whatever you like first."
They both gaped in awe as they saw that both his paws were covered in beautiful rings of many different stones and gems. Robin caught one of his paws and swiftly pulled away one of the rings before kissing it as he said, "oh, how gracious and generous."
Prince John did not notice because he had his eyes closed, but it did not go unnoticed by Sir Hiss who began to panic, but Prince John merely shook it off. Then Little John kissed three of the rings, but took each of the jewels away from them.
Sir Hiss really begins to panic, but Prince John shouts frustratedly. "Oh, you whispered last, Hiss!"
Unwilling to make his boss even madder, Sir Hiss left, but grumbling in frustration and annoyance at the same time.
"Treacherous snake," Prince John muttered under his breath.
"Masterfully done, your heavens," Robin said while chuckling as he climbed in the carriage and pulled down the curtains to create a dark room and set up a small table in between them.
"Now close your eyes and concentrate. Close your eyes. Close tightly. Nobody looks, sir," Robin replied, but Prince John did so what he was warned and then Robin looked at the bag of gold that was sitting behind Prince John and grinned. Then he waved his arms around and said, "out of the mists of time, come forth, breathe."
Meanwhile outside, Little John had just finished placing some fireflies in a glass ball and placed his arms in the room, making it look like the ball was floating in the air.
"Look, my father! Look," Robin exclaimed.
Prince John gaped at the ball in awe and reached out his paw to touch the ball, but then was suddenly slapped on the paw by Robin, who laughed hysterically. "Oh, dear, we mustn't touch, Your Majesty."
"How dare you strike the king's hand," Prince John exclaimed as he rubbed his sore paw, but then was silenced by Robin who then said as he placed the ball in the middle of the table, "you'll break the spell. Look at the crystal ball."
Then Robin waved his hands around the crystal ball, acting all mystic-like and then suddenly said, "oh! A face appears, a crown is on his noble edge, and his face is handsome, royal, majestic..."
Prince John grinned as he fully bought the act Robin was putting on. Outside the carriage, Little John was listening in, but was gagging at each of the facts that he was calling Prince John.
"A lovely, cuddly face," Robin said, much to his displeasure.
"Now what," Prince John asked, willing to know more.
"Of course, your name will go down, down and down the story," Robin said as he swiftly snatched the large bag of money and sneaked it out to Sir Hiss.
"YES!! I knew it! I knew it! You hear that, Hiss...oh, you can't...he's in the basket. Don't forget it," Prince John said.
Outside, Little John looked around and then gasped as he saw that the carriage had hubcaps made out of solid gold on the wheels. After making sure nobody was watching, he screwed two of them off and hid them someplace.
"OO-DE-LALLY!! The jackpot," Little John exclaimed in his head as he looked at the large chest some rhinoceros guards were holding in the air.
Then he walked underneath the chest, making a dagger out of ice, he used it to carve a hole at the bottom of the chest. After making a big enough hole in the chest, he pulled out the dagger and allowed the coins to fall into the chest part of his dress. One of the guards thought he heard a noise, but ignored it as he noticed the dressed up bear walking past and grinned as he thought he really looked pretty.
He whistled at the hippo. Little John slowly walked behind the carriage and then waved to the guard lovingly. Then he began to run to the front of the carriage, unaware that Robin had just come out, wearing the king's robe and holding another large sack of money. They both continued to run until they incidentally bumped into each other and dropped money everywhere.
They both swiftly picked up all the money, unaware that Prince John had just awakened and pulled back the curtains to see what the noise he heard was coming from, but he looked in shock as he watched the two of them running off with all the money. Robin laughed hysterically and waved a farewell to the humiliated prince, who looked at himself and eventually noticed he wasn't wearing his robe, but he was in his boxers.
"ROBBED! I'VE BEEN ROBBED," Prince John exclaimed, but Sir Hiss heard him shouting and immediately ran back to the chariot as Prince John exclaimed, "HISS!! YOU NEVER EXIST IF I NEED YOU!!!"
Then Sir Hiss climbed in the carriage and then examined Prince John. Then Prince John cleared his throat and simply said, "I've been robbed."
Then Sir Hiss scoffed and said, "of course you've been robbed!"
"Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally! Fortunes forecast! Lucky charms," Little John and Robin shout in unison as they continue to run deeper and deeper into the forest.
"AFTER THEM, YOU FOOLS," Prince John shouts. All of the guards immediately began to chase them and pulled the buggy along, but they didn't notice that because of the two missing hubcaps on the back wheels. The wheels fell off as Prince John and Sir Hiss fell right out of the cart and into the mud.
"I knew it. I knew it. I just knew it was going to happen. I tried to warn you. But no, no, no. You wouldn't listen, you just..." Sir Hiss exclaimed and then suddenly was hit by Prince John's mirror, "seven years bad....luck."
Sir Hiss flinched in pain as he swiftly said, "OK, that's it. Besides, you ruined your mother's mirror."
Realizing that his whole army had been murdered, Prince John's rage grew as he let out a huge yell of frustration. This yell was so loud that it echoed across the trolley. Robin and Little John heard this yell and were confused.
Alan-a-Dale walked within Nottingham and along the road, he noticed a poster of Robin Hood was on a tree. The poster showed a picture of the reward for his capture; 10,000 pounds.
"Well, although Prince John offered a great reward for the capture of Robin Hood, that elusive cheater continued to steal the rich to feed the poor," Alan-a-Dale said as he gestured to the poster.
"And believe me, it was a good fact he did. Because with taxes and all the poor people in Nottingham they were starving," Alan-a-Dale explained as he gestured to some of the people in town.
One was Mrs. Owl feeding her husband Mr. Owl as he was chained to the stocks that labeled him as a tax dodger. On another set of stocks was Napoleon and Waldo.
"Uh-oh, here comes the bad news; honored Sheriff of Nottingham," Alan-a-Dale said as he ran off as the Sheriff came down the street.
The Sheriff was appointed by Prince John to be the sheriff of this town. He was walking around town, collecting taxes from the already starving people.
Then he stopped in his tracks as he noticed Friar Tuck walking down the street, heading towards Otto's blacksmith shop.
"Well, look over there. Friar Tuck, the old benefactor. He's doing good again," the Sheriff said as he continued to watch Friar Tuck.
Friar Tuck looked behind him to make sure he wasn't being followed and then entered the dog's blacksmith shop. Otto was banging his hammer, but then stopped and grinned as he noticed Friar Tuck enter his home.
"Well, good morning, Friar Tuck," Otto said cheerfully.
Then Friar Tuck silenced him and whispered, "for you, Otto, from Robin Hood," before handing him a small bag that was complete with money.
"Oh, heavens, bless Robin Hood," Otto said with a grin. Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door. Friar Tuck looked through the small hole on the door and saw it was the Sheriff.
"It's the Sheriff! Hurry up, hide it swiftly," Friar Tuck whispered. Outside the door, the Sheriff smirked as he could hear the sound of rustling and whispering going on in the house.
Then he opened the door and announced, "well, greetings from your friendly neighborhood, tax collector."
He looked around and just saw what seemed to be Friar Tuck helping Otto with his work, while Friar Tuck gave the Sheriff a death frown. Otto gave a look of anxiety at him.
"Oh, take it easy, Sheriff. With that broken leg and all, you know. I'm very late in my job, Sheriff," Otto said, gesturing to the damaged leg.
"I know, Otto, but you're late with your taxes as well," the Sheriff said with a chuckle and a smirk.
"Oh, have courage, Sheriff. Can't you see he's lying down? C'mon, Otto, you better sit down and rest," Friar Tuck said, holding a chair ready for Otto.
Otto began to walk towards the chair, but didn't realize that the money was making noises within his cast, indicating to the Sheriff that was where they had hid the money from him. The Sheriff smirked as he realized this and thought of an idea, an awful idea.
"Let me help you with that leg," the Sheriff said as he placed a small stool down in front of Otto as he sat down, but he caught the leg and lifted up in the air and as he did, but some of the money fell out.
"What they won't think about next," the Sheriff commented. Then Friar Tuck gave him a look of shock as he began to tap the leg hardly, causing the rest of the money to come out. Otto moaned in pain as the Sheriff placed his leg down on the stool and said, "it hurts. Doesn't it, Otto? But Prince John says taxes should hurt."
"Now see here, you wicked stone-hearted leech," Friar Tuck began to exclaim, but then was stopped by the Sheriff, "now, now, now, now, save your sermon, preacher. It's not Sunday, you know."
Then the Sheriff left the shop and continued on his road to the Nottingham Cottage, which was run by Mother Rabbit and Sis. Inside, happiness and cheers could be heard from the children, in occasion; they were celebrating the 12th birthday of Skippy Rabbit or Abaddon for short.
"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Skippy..." the children were singing as Mother Rabbit gave Skippy a green present box wrapped with a pink ribbon.
Then the cheering stopped as the Sheriff came bursting in, warbling, "happy birthday to youuuuu!"
Mother Rabbit, Skippy and the other children's faces immediately fell at the presence of the Sheriff, who then walked up to Skippy and said, "well, now, son, this box is neat, isn't that?"
"Well, Mr. Sheriff, it's my birthday present," Skippy said and then the Sheriff said, "it sure is, why don't you open it?"
Then Skippy sat down and opened the box. He immediately grinned and exclaimed, "oh, boy, one entire penny," before tipping the box upside down to catch the note. But before he could catch it, the Sheriff immediately snatched it off, which caused Skippy's heart to break and to almost burst into tears.
"Don't you have a heart?! We all saved and saved to give it to him," Mother Rabbit exclaimed frustratedly.
"Now, this is a lot of thought from you, widowed woman. The family that saves together, pays together," the Sheriff said while yet smirking. Skippy continued to allow tears to fall at the loss of his birthday present, but then the Sheriff patted him on the head and said, "oh, now don't take it too seriously, son. Prince John wishes you a happy birthday as well."
Suddenly, an old blind man in rags came walking in slowly and said, "alms, alms, alms for the poor."
Then the Sheriff smirked as he had an idea as he looked at his collecting cup. He threw a coin in, hardly causing all of the other coins to fly out into the Sheriff's paw. Mother Rabbit and Sis gasped at the horrid action that was just performed by the Sheriff, not only did she ruin Skippy's birthday, but now he just stole money off a blind man.
"Well, so far it's been a joyful morning. Keep saving," the Sheriff exclaimed as he left the cabin.
"What a dirty trick! You poor old man," Mother Rabbit said as the old man shook his cup to find it empty and then Sis said as she gently sat him down in a chair, "come in and rest."
"Thank you very much, Mum, thank you all. Let me know now. Did my old ears hear someone singing a birthday today," the old man asked as he looked at Skippy.
"Yes, sir. You know, the Sheriff took my birthday present," Skippy said while rubbing his eyes from the weeping.
"Did he say now? Let him be a strong-hearted little boy and don't let it get you down," he said as he removed his disguise and revealed himself as Robin Hood.
"Wow, genius! It's Robin Hood," Skippy exclaimed happily.
"Happy birthday, son," Robin exclaimed.
"Oh, he's so handsome! Just like his reward posters," Sis squeaked in her head as she looked at Robin dreamily.
"Let me know, young man. How old are you today," Robin asked.
"Wow, I'm seven years old. Almost eight," Skippy said proudly.
"Seven? Well, that makes you the man of the house and I have the right gift for you," Robin said and then gave Skippy his own bow and a set of arrows.
"For me? Wow, thanks! Mr. Robin Hood, sir. Hey, how am I, right," Skippy asked as he pulled back an arrow on his bow.
"Not many like Mr. Robin Hood," one of the children commented.
"She's right, something is missing. Of course! There you go," Robin said and then placed a hat on Skippy's head, which made him grin even more.
"Oo-de-lally! I'm going to try it," Skippy exclaimed as he began to run out.
"Oh, you made his birthday wonderful. How can I thank you," Mother Rabbit asked happily.
Then Robin handed her a small sack of money and said, "I just wish I could do more. Here, and keep your chin up. Someday there'll be happiness again in Nottingham, you'll see."
With that said, he placed back on his disguise and left the hut.
"Oh, Robin, he does a lot to keep all our hopes alive," Sis commented as the two watched him leave.
"Heavens bless you, bless you both," Mother Rabbit whispered as she wept tears of happiness.
Running through town was Skippy, along with his friends Tagalong and Toby. The three of them kept on running until they reached the edge of an open area, but Skippy started stuffing his bow to shoot an arrow.
"Sheesh, did Robin Hood really give it to you," Toby asked in wonder.
"Yes, it's his own hat as well," Skippy responded in emotion.
Then Skippy began to pull back on the bowstring, but Tagalong noticed that he was pointing up the air too high and said to him, "he's pointing it too high."
Skippy just ignored her and continued to pull it back, but he released it and flew through the air and landed right over the castle wall; where Prince John lived. The three just stood there in shock and fear.
"Oops. Now you did it," Toby said and then Tagalong added, "right in Prince John's backyard."
Skippy just shrugged off his fear and began to run towards the castle with a determined look on his face. The others followed pursuit and headed towards a small gate in between the castle and the open area.
Skippy was about to crawl through the gate as he was stopped by Tagalong who said, "Skippy, you can't go in there."
"Yes, Prince John is going to chop your head off," Toby said and then made his head disappear and added, "like this."
"Oh, I don't care, I need to get my arrow back," Skippy said.
Skippy nodded and phased through the gates and walked through the garden silently. Along the road, he could hear the sound something being whacked. He hid in the bushes and then looked to see two 17-year-olds playing a game of tennis.
"Why it's your turn to serve, Marian, darling," Lady Kluck said while laughing.
"Are you ready, Lady Kluck," Marian asked.
"Oh, as your waiting lady, I'm waiting," Lady Kluck responded, causing the two to laugh at her joke.
Marian hit the ball over the net, but Lady Kluck hit it back and it continued on. Skippy looked around for his arrow and then eventually saw it sticking in the ground right near the tennis court, grinning. He sneaked over to the tree.
Then Marian hit the ball. Lady Kluck was ready to hit, but then missed as it landed down her shirt. Then Lady Kluck began to feel around and shaking her shirt to see if the ball would fall out.
"Where is it? Have you lost it," Marian asked and then Lady Kluck responded, "it must be in here somewhere."
Then Marian saw the ball and said, "there it is behind you," before running over to get it. Then Skippy saw his moment to catch the arrow, unaware he incidentally went to catch the arrow, but the two stopped as they saw each other. Skippy had the look of fear on his face, while Marian merely had the look of surprise on hers.
"Hello, where are you from," Marian asked gently.
"Please don't warn Prince John! Mum said he was going to chop my head off," Skippy exclaimed in fear.
"But don't worry, you haven't done anything wrong," Marian said. Then Lady Kluck came up and said while grinning at Skippy. "Oh, what a little rabbit."
"Uh, who does this young archer remind you of," Marian asked. Lady Kluck looked at Skippy closely and then gasped in realization as she responded, "well, according to my word, the infamous Robin Hood."
Skippy grinned as he realized that the two girls in front of him meant him no harm.
"That's right, only Robin Hood wears a hat like that," Marian said.
Lady Kluck suddenly heard a sneeze and looked at the gate to see Tagalong and Toby waiting there in anticipation for Skippy. Lady Kluck whispered as she grinned to Marian. "Don't look around, but I think we're surrounded."
"It's alright, children. Don't be afraid. Please come here," Marian said, waving at them.
"Do you think it's safe," Toby asked and then Tagalong responded, "this is Maid Marian, Mum said she's horribly nice. C'mon!"
Then the two phased through the gates and ran towards the others and then Tagalong said, "I warned Skippy that you shot too high."
"I'm so glad he did it. And now I'm getting to know you all," Marian said with a grin.
"Yeesh, you're very beautiful. Are you going to marry Robin Hood? Mum said you and Robin Hood are darlings," Tagalong said.
Marian blushed at the memory and responded, "well, um…you see, that was a few years ago before I went to London."
"Has he ever kissed you," Toby asked.
"No, but he carved our initials on this tree," Marian responded, blushing red and gesturing to a tree with the initials M.M and R.B.
"Oh, he probably forgot anything about me," Marian said while sighing.
"Ohh, not Robin Hood! I bet I'll storm the castle gates, fight the guards, save us and pull you into the Sherwood Forest," Skippy said while pulling out a wooden sword.
Then Lady Kluck put on a grin, arched her eyebrows and said, "now just a moment, young man. You've forgotten Prince John."
"This old Prince John doesn't frighten me," Skippy exclaimed, but Toby just went invisible and said, "I'm afraid of Prince John, he's moody."
Then Lady Kluck pretended to be evil and exclaimed, "I, Prince John, challenge you to a duel!"
Then she began to hit Skippy's sword gently, but Skippy grinned and exclaimed, "get the tyrant!"
Then Lady Kluck pretended to be frightened and ran off from Skippy. Marian laughed at their silliness, but then said, "oh, save me, my darling. Oh, save me!"
Then Skippy pretended to stab Lady Kluck in the armpits, but Lady Kluck pretended to be in pain and said as she fell to the ground. "Oh, mercy! I'm dying!"
"C'mon, lady fair! Let's go," Skippy exclaimed and began to drag Marian to the back part of the garden. Then Lady Kluck winked at Skippy and whispered, "this is the part where you pull your fair lady to Sherwood Forest."
"Oh, Robin, you're so brave and impetuous," Marian said with a laugh.
Then they all fell on their back and laughed from the entire scene.
Later that day, after the children left from their visit, Marian was looking out the window of her room thinking of a certain person; Robin Hood. As she left for London, there was not a day that went by that she didn't think of him, as they first met at the age of fourteen, he was practically the only fox who liked her even though she was a vixen and she wasn't like a lot of girls. She was part of the maid's royal bloodline. However, as she was thirteen her parents had died of an illness, leaving Richard to look after her. She always saw Richard like an uncle since he was practically an old friend of the family.
Lady Kluck sat there and grinned at the sight. "Ah, me. Young love. Oh, this is great."
"Oh, Klucky," Marian said as she grinned, but she walked over to a wanted poster she had of Robin and then asked, "surely you must know how many I yet love him?"
"Of course, my darling. Believe me. Soon one day, your uncle King Richard will have an outlaw for his father-in-law," Lady Kluck said, causing the two of them to laugh at the sound of that.
"Oh, Klucky, and if--" Marian asked, but Lady Kluck said, "oh, patience, my darling. Patience. Remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder."
"Oh, forgetful. Oh, I've been gone so long, what if he completely forgot about me," Marian asked as she looked out the window mournfully.
Meanwhile in Sherwood Forest, Robin was indeed thinking about Maid Marian. He had only heard that she had returned to Nottingham just a few days ago and man, was he daydreaming as he stirred the large pot of soup. Little John was hanging out some laundry on a tree branch and he chuckled as he noticed the fashion Robin was looking.
"Hey, lover boy, how's that maggot coming, man? I'm starving," Little John asked.
Robin, however, didn't respond as he wasn't even listening to a single word Little John said. Then Little John tried calling out. "Rob? Robin? Robaire!"
As he yet isn't listening, he shouts, "HEY, YOU!!"
Then Robin was taken out of dreamland and asked, "wait, what? What did you say?"
"Ah, forget it, your mind isn't about food. You're thinking about someone with long lashes and smelling that sweet scent," Little John said while grinning, but then coughed and frowned as he smelled smoke coming from someplace.
Robin turned around and then panicked as he noticed the smoke and bubbling happening from the pot. He stood up panicking and exclaimed, "HEY, WOAH!! It's boiling over!"
"You're burning the food," Little John exclaimed as he ran over, removed the pot from the heat and began to cool it down with his yellow shirt.
"I'm sorry, Johnny, I guess I was thinking about Maid Marian again. I can't help it! I love her, Johnny," Robin sighed out.
"Look, why don't you stop complaining and marrying the girl," Little John suggested as he began to fix the soup.
"Marry her? You don't walk up to a girl, you give her a bouquet and say hey, do you remember me? We were children together, will you marry me," Robin shook his head at that and then said, "no, it just isn't done in that fashion."
Then he walked over to the laundry basket and began to hang out the rest of the laundry, but he said, "no need, Johnny. I've thought of everything and it wouldn't work. Besides, what have you done to offer her?"
"Well, for one fact, you can't cook," Little John said as he continued to fix the soup. Then Friar Tuck walked in and listened in on the conversation.
"I'm serious, Johnny. She's a quality lady," Robin said.
"Then he has class, then what," Little John asked, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm an outlaw, that's what! It's not life for a lovely woman, always on the run. What kind of future is this," Robin asked as he hung out a blanket.
"Oh, for God's sake, son," Friar Tuck exclaimed, which caused Robin to fall in the laundry basket in surprise. Then Friar Tuck continued. "You're not an outlaw! Because one day, you'll be called a great hero!"
"A hero? Did you hear that, Johnny? We've just been forgiven," Robin said while chuckling.
Little John gave out a laugh and said after stirring the soup. "Hoho! It's a gas, we haven't even been arrested yet."
Then Friar Tuck walked up to the pot and spooned out some soup, but he said, "alright, laugh, you two scoundrels! But there's going to be a big business in Nottingham."
Then he ate the spoonful of soup and immediately began to cough out smoke. The soup was so spicy, he was tearing up from it. But he yet caught another spoonful and said while coughing and laughing. "Old Prince John's organizing an archery tournament tomorrow."
"Archery tournament? Oh, Rob can win that by standing on his head," Little John said proudly.
"Thanks, Little John, but I'm sure we're not invited," Robin said.
"No, but there's someone who'll be very disappointed if you don't come," Friar Tuck said, giving off a wry grin.
"Yes, old bushel britches! The honorable Sheriff of Nottingham," Little John said mockingly.
"No, Maid Marian," Friar Tuck corrected, as he took another spoonful of soup.
Robin gasped and asked in almost a whisper. "Maid Marian?"
"Yes, she'll give the winner a kiss," Friar Tuck said with a chuckle at that thought.
"A kiss to the winner? Oo-de-lally! C'mon, Johnny! What are we waiting for," Robin exclaimed as he ran over to their weapon supplies to catch his bow and arrows.
"Wait a moment, Rob! Please wait, that place will be swarming with soldiers," Little John exclaimed with worry.
Then Robin jumped up to the practice platform and said, "aha, but remember, weak hearts have never won the beautiful ladies. Fear not, my friends," he fired an arrow at the target and hit a bullseye as he exclaimed with a grin, "this will be my most great performance!"
The next day arrived and everywhere trumpets were going off, announcing the arrivals of the archers. They walked in line for a parade. Skippy and his friends just walked along behind the archers. Children were given balloons and everyone everywhere watched their flags. In the large field, Prince John and Sir Hiss sat in the royal box. Prince John grinned at the surroundings, knowing that eventually a certain hero among the people would eventually turn up.
"Hiss, this is a red letter day. A cul-de-sac to mint the Norman phrase," Prince John said as he sat down on his throne.
"Oh, yes, really, sir. Your plan to capture Robin Hood in public is pure genius," Sir Hiss exclaimed.
Then Prince John gave out a satisfactory grin and exclaimed, "my trap is baited and sat and then avenged! Ah, revenge!"
Then Sir Hiss silenced him and whispered, "not so loud, sir! That's a deliberate lie, you monkey-faced little rum pot!"
"This rude black guard! Ohh, I'll show him who's wearing the crown," Prince John shouts in frustration.
"I share your disgust, sir. That frightened villain who tricked you with that foolish disguise, who dared to rob you and made you so fully ridiculous," Sir Hiss said, but Prince John got really annoyed and frustrated at him and yelled as he tried to hit him, "NO!!"
Sir Hiss dodged his punch, but Prince John frowned at him and said, "Hiss, you deliberately avoided."
"But father, please," Sir Hiss begged him. Then Prince John merely ordered. "Stop sniffing and keep silent."
Sir Hiss did so what he was warned and held silent, but Prince John punched him on the head and he moaned out of pain. "Thank you, sir."
"Oh, Klucky, I'm so emotional! But how will I recognize him," Marian asked, but Lady Kluck responded, "oh, he'll warn you somehow. That young villain is complete with surprises, my darling."
They continued on their road, not realizing that Robin was watching them in disguise. Little John was wearing royal clothing from Chutney, disguising himself as a Duke.
"There she is, Little John. Isn't she beautiful," Robin asked as he began to walk out of the bushes and towards her, but Little John pulled him back and said, "cool it, dear boy! Your heart runs off with your head."
"Oh, stop complaining! This disguise would fool my own mother," Robin said.
"Yes, but your mother's not here, you have to fool old bushel britches," Little John said as he pointed to the Sheriff, who was walking towards the tournament parade line.
Robin winked at Little John and then went up to the Sheriff and shook his hand as he said cheerfully, "Sheriff, your honor! Meeting you face-to-face is a real pleasure! A dead end!"
The Sheriff grinned at the compliment and said, "yes, sir, thank you! Oh, excuse me, I have to win this tournament," he continued on his road.
Little John laughed as the Sheriff fully bought Robin's act and head out himself to fool Prince John while saying, "hey, old Rob's not a bad actor, but wait until he sees this scene I was lying on Prince John."
He walked up to the royal box, but put on a fake look of surprise and bowed before him while saying, "ah, sir! My esteemed royal sovereign of the kingdom. The principal himself! You're beautiful."
Prince John grinned at the compliments. Sir Hiss, however, didn't seem to trust the royal-looking bear standing before him.
"He's got style, right, Hiss," Prince John said.
Then Sir Hiss slithered up to Little John and asked in a rude manner. "And you, who can you be, sir?"
"I am Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney. And don't stick your tongue out for me, boy," Little John responded, going more in character.
"Please sit down," Prince John said as he gestured to Sir Hiss's seat. He sat down as he said, "thank you, PJ. Couldn't get a better place than this, right? The royal box."
Sir Hiss became shocked at what Prince John just did and then exclaimed, "buster? You, sir, have taken my place!"
Then the two of them laughed in humor and then Prince John said, "Hiss, with you around, who needs a giant hunter? Now go out and keep the snake eyes open because you know who."
"You mean, I'm fired," Sir Hiss asked, fully shocked.
"You heard his power. Move it, scary! Get lost! Be gone, long one," Little John demanded as he shoved him down the stairs.
Then Sir Hiss left, muttering under his breath. "Who's that dopey duke think he is?! Frightened! Long one!"
As he continued on his way, Friar Tuck and Alan noticed him and became suspicious at what he was doing.
"Now he's up to something, Friar," Alan said. Friar Tuck nodded in agreement and said, "yes, c'mon."
Then the two left to follow him around to find out what he was up to, but soon the trumpets sounded for the archers to begin to make their road to the archery field for the tournament would begin. One by one in a straight line, all the archers walked past Prince John. Friar Tuck and Alan had lost sight of Sir Hiss, until they eventually found him in the most recognizable disguise ever. He was wearing a pink balloon, but he began to fly around more to see if he could find Robin, with Friar Tuck and Alan following him behind.
Then Marian and Lady Kluck arrived at the royal box and sat down with Prince John and Little John. Sir Hiss hid behind a tent and then noticed Robin in his disguise. And although he didn't know it was him at first, he yet looked at him with suspicion. Then Robin saw Marian and walked up to her to speak with her.
"Ah, your ladies! I apologize, but it's a great honor to shoot for a wonderful lady like yourself," Robin said, giving a confused Marian a red flower.
"I hope I win the kiss," Robin said and then winked at her, hoping she recognized him. Then she gasped silently as she recognized his black eyes.
She blushed as she said, "yes, thank you, my thin archer. I wish a farewell," she leaned in and whispered, "with all my heart."
Then Sir Hiss started really getting suspicious of Robin and then flew away to the archery lines. Friar Tuck was about to catch him, but missed him. Then Captain Crocodile came up with a golden arrow on a pillow and handed it to Prince John as he said, "Your Highness, with your royal permission, we are ready to begin."
"Go ahead, Captain," Prince John ordered.
Then Captain Crocodile announced. "The Golden Arrow Tournament is starting now!"
The crowd cheered at this announcement, but the archers readied their arrows, took aim and fired. Some missed and some hit the target. The crowd cheered for every archer on the field. Toby's father took aim and fired, hitting the target.
"Yay, dad," Toby replied, cheering for his father.
Then the Sheriff fired his arrow and hit the red circle just outside the bullseye, but nobody cheered for him. Sir Hiss hid behind a tree and watched Robin fire his arrow and hit a perfect bullseye, earning him cheers from the crowd and leaving a fully shocked Sir Hiss. Marian cheered for him, hoping that his luck continued.
"A perfect bullseye! Well, yes," Prince John grinned suspiciously at the lucky archer.
"Yes, that's what you call pulling it back and letting it go, PJ," Little John laughed out.
"I'll win the golden arrow and then introduce myself to the beautiful Maid Marian," Robin exclaimed emotionally to the Sheriff, who was trying to concentrate on his own target.
"Listen, scissor bill. If you shoot half as well as you blabbermouth, you're better than Robin Hood," the Sheriff said, frowning at him a little.
"Robin Hood, he says! Wowee! I'm pissed off alright, but I'm not as good as he used to be," Robin said and then fired another arrow, once again getting another bullseye and earning cheers from the crowd. The Sheriff's jaw just dropped that he had two bullseyes in a row, but Sir Hiss decided to check Robin out and pulled a device ready that would warn him if he was right.
Little John laughed for a bit and said, "that boy has class! Is that it, PJ?"
"He actually has, Reggie," Prince John agreed and continued to grin suspiciously at Robin.
"Oh, by the way, I hear you're having a little damage getting that Robin Hood," Robin said.
Then the Sheriff said to him. "He's afraid of me, that's what he is. Did you notice he didn't show up here today? I could detect him through the fake disguises."
Sir Hiss remained hidden in the bush, scanned Robin and waited for the results. The light blinked green and Sir Hiss grinned in emotion.
"It's him! It's Robin Hood! I just can't wait until I warn His Majesty," Sir Hiss said in his head with emotion. Then he flew over to the tents and began to head back the royal box, suddenly, he was caught by Friar Tuck and Alan from behind.
Friar Tuck opened a large barrel of half-filled wine and Alan placed him in. Then Sir Hiss was about to yell. "Unhand me, you…" but was cut off as Friar Tuck hit the lid down tightly, trapping him inside.
"Please, wait! I don't drink," Sir Hiss pleaded inside.
Then Captain Crocodile examined all the targets as the rounds finished and then announced, "attention, everyone! The last contestants are the honorable Sheriff of Nottingham!"
The Sheriff grinned and bowed in front of everyone, expecting cheers, but only received boos. He was shocked and then gave a look of annoyance on his face.
"And the spiderweb from Devonshire," Captain Crocodile finished announcing.
The crowd cheered for Robin as he waved to everyone behind him, but he turned around and waved to Marian, who waved back in emotion. Prince John noticed this and asked, "my darling, I suspect you are benefiting the younger youth, huh?"
"Ah, why, yes, Father. At least, he amuses me," Marian responded, hoping not to give Robin off.
"Temporarily, my darling young lady, he amuses me as well," Prince John said and then laughed as his suspicions were getting close to coming true.
"For the final shot, move the target back thirty steps," Captain Crocodile ordered.
Then the Sheriff ordered Nutsy, a vulture and one of the Sheriff's men. "You heard him, Nutsy! Get started! Move it, you birdbrain!"
Then Nutsy panicked and got inside the target to move it back.
"And remember what to do so," the Sheriff whispered to the vulture.
Then Nutsy moved it back thirty paces and stayed inside the target. Nutsy fired his shot and as it was sure he was going to miss. Nutsy jumped the target in the air and made it hit the bullseye mark. The crowd booed, including Marian, who hoped that Robin could win.
The Sheriff gave a look of satisfaction and then Robin walked up and was ready to fire his arrow, but the Sheriff knocked his bow up as he fired. Then Robin fired another one at it, sending it soaring to the target at top speed, hitting the target dead on and splitting the Sheriff's arrow in half.
Robin did it. He won. The crowd cheered for their champion. Marian hugged Lady Kluck and then Prince John gave Captain Crocodile a signal. Captain Crocodile nodded and then whispered something to one of the rhino guards on duty. Robin began to walk up to the royal box with an entire tail of rhino guards, led by the Sheriff behind him.
Then Prince John stood up and said, "archer, I command you and because of your superior skill, you'll get what comes to you. Our royal congratulations."
Then Robin shook Prince John's paw and said, "thank you, Your Highness!"
Then Prince John grinned and made a sword appear in his paw. Robin bowed down as Prince John said, "and now, I call you the winner or more aptly…"
Then Prince John fully tore Robin's disguise off and revealed Robin in front of everyone in his regular attire as he continued, "the loser!"
"SARABI!!" Everyone all around the tournament grounds gasped in shock as their hero was revealed. Marian and Lady Kluck became frightened for Robin. Mother Rabbit and Sis, along with the other orphans, also became afraid. Mother Rabbit, in particular, because she had no idea at what Prince John had in store for her brother and Little John frowned in realization at Prince John while he wasn't noticing; this was a trap for Robin all along.
"Get him," Prince John ordered the Sheriff and his rhino guards with a wide smirk.
Then the Sheriff and the rhino guards sprang into action. Robin was caught by his arms and surrounded by them. He tried to jump up, but he was dragged back down. Then he was chained and handcuffed by proof chains and rope. Then he sent Prince John a frown.
"I'm sentencing you to sudden, instant and even immediate death," Prince John exclaimed.
"Oh, dear," Marian gasped at that and began to tear up. She turned back and forth at Prince John and Robin. Then she begged to Prince John. "Please, wait! Please, sire! I beg of you to spare his life, please have mercy."
"My darling emotional lady, why should I," Prince John asked, ignoring her pleas.
"Because I love him, Your Highness," Marian responded truthfully as she looked at Robin.
"Love him," Prince John asked in fake shock and then he grinned as he asked Robin, "and does this prisoner return your love?"
Then Robin and Marian stared at each other. With a heavy heart, he responded. "Marian, my love. I owe you more than life itself."
Marian grinned as Lady Kluck hugged her close and also grinned at Robin. Then they both sent a frown at Prince John, who laughed for a second and then announced, "young love! Your petitions have not fallen on a heart of stone. The traitors to the crown must die!"
Then Robin became frustrated as he said that part and yelled out in defiance. "Traitor to the crown? That crown belongs to King Richard! Long live King Richard!"
Prince John became shocked as the crowd yelled out after Robin. "Long live King Richard!"
"ENOUGH! I AM KING!! KING, KING!!! AAH, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS," Prince John shrieked in frustration.
One of the drummers began to hit the drum as a medieval rhinoceros came out with an axe in his hand. The crowd became afraid and in shock that their hero was about to die in front of them. Mother Rabbit began to weep. Friar Tuck ran up and pulled her into his embrace. Sis hugged the weeping children and warned them to cover their eyes and as the executioner came closer. Marian wept even more and fell into Lady Kluck's embrace, unable to watch her lover die.
Suddenly, everything stopped as they all heard a painful-looking Prince John. "STOP!! Executioner, stop! Hold your ax!"
What they didn't know was Little John was right behind him, holding a sharp dagger to his back and holding him by the back part of his robe.
"Alright, big shooter, now warn them to untie my buddy or I--" Little John demanded in a whisper.
Then Prince John gulped as he felt the pressure of his collar on his neck and the dagger so close to his back. Then he ordered. "Sheriff, release my buddy.....I mean, untie the prisoner!"
The Sheriff looked at him in shock and confusion. "Free the prisoner?"
"You heard what he said, bushel britches," Lady Kluck yelled out.
"Sheriff, I make the rules! And since I head...." Prince John began to say, but he was cut off by a hard pull on his robe. Then he whispered. "Not that difficult, you mean fact!"
Then Little John poked him with the dagger, getting closer to his back, warning him to hurry up. Then Prince John ordered in a panic. "Let him go! For heaven's sake! Let him go!"
Marian grinned as the Sheriff and the rhino guards did so what they were warned. They unlocked all the chains and took them off a grinning Robin as Lady Kluck cheered out. "Yee-hee! Love conquers all!"
The crowd cheered as Marian ran down and hugged Robin in a tight embrace. They pulled apart and then Robin said, "I owe my life to you, my love."
"I couldn't have lived without you, Robin," Marian said as they both embraced each other again.
"There's something funny going on here," the Sheriff muttered as he became suspicious of Prince John's sudden decision of releasing Robin. He caught his razor sword out and sneaked behind the royal box to investigate.
He was shocked to see Little John standing there with his dagger to Prince John's back as he demanded, "now, PJ, warn my buddy to kiss Maid Marian or I just found a new pincushion."
"Why, you…" the Sheriff yelled and slashed his sword at Little John, causing him to let go of Prince John as he dodged and then he punched the Sheriff right in the face, sending him to the ground.
"Murder him! Don't stand there! Murder him," Prince John demanded in frustration.
Marian ran over near a tent and out of the road.
The rhino guards began to charge at him with sharp spears and swords. Robin used his secret powers to create himself a sword of his own. Then he began to fight four of them at once. Little John knocked over a couple of them with his staff, dodged and went big time as the medieval rhinos were about to cut him in half with his axe and then he froze him like a statue.
Robin continued to fight off his opponents. Prince John tried to sneak behind him to stab him with his dagger, but Robin saw it coming and whacked it off with his sword. Then he pointed his weapon at Prince John, who then ran away like a coward and hid behind some barrels of wine.
"Murder him," Prince John yelled out and then ducked behind the barrels.
Lady Kluck came out with his own battle gear equipment on. She gave Marian an arrow of her own and warned her. "Run for it, lassie! This ain't no room for a lady!"
Marian went off in a separate direction. Lady Kluck picked up the golden arrow, ran over to one of the Sheriff's guards and then jabbed him in the bum, which caused him to fly up in pain. Then the Sheriff caught her arm, but Lady Kluck merely flipped him over her back and hit him hard on the ground.
"Take it, you scoundrel," Lady Kluck exclaimed and then ran away to fight more.
Marian was doing her best to fight the guards, but then many began to come after her. The wolf archers were ready to fire some of their spears at her, as Robin flew in and caught her, but he landed on top of the royal box as they narrowly dodged the blasts coming their road.
"Marian, my love. Will you marry me," Robin asked.
Marian laughed and then said as Robin shielded them from the blasts. "Oh, dear! I thought you'd never ask me."
Suddenly, the two of them fell through the roof and landed on the throne and then said in amusement. "But you could've chosen a more romantic setting."
Then Robin pushed the throne at a group of wolf archers who were advancing on them, knocking them over and said to Marian, "And for our honeymoon, London, Normandy...sunny Spain."
"Why not," Marian asked in joy.
Lady Kluck ran as she led a bunch of hippo guards towards a tent and Little John was pushing a bunch of them into the same tent Lady Kluck was heading for as he said, "oh, what a reluctant event this is!"
Then Lady Kluck and the other hippos came in. Little John was knocked out, but he rammed back in while exclaiming. "What a beautiful fight!"
Unfortunately, Lady Kluck was knocked back outside, but she jabbed one of the guards in the bum again and caused them to run around blindfolded by the tent sheet. Little John appeared out of the top and gasped as he yelled out. "Hey, you! Who's running this flying umbrella?!"
The crowd ran out of the road to avoid getting hit by the runaway tent. Robin and Marian had their weapons, completely fighting off some guards in different areas. Robin was currently fighting with Captain Crocodile, who tripped him over and almost hit him with his razor blade.
"You can't win, Captain Crocodile," Robin exclaimed. Then Captain Crocodile grinned and said, "this is my kingdom! My destiny!"
Then Robin stood up and continued to fight him. Suddenly, Marian came jumping in and blasted Captain Crocodile off with a swipe from his sword. Then she picked up one of the pies and threw it at his face, but the two jumped out of the road as the tent came running through and ran over poor Captain Crocodile.
Then the Sheriff jumped in fright as the tent came after him, chasing him everywhere and then the tent picked up the throne and caused the Sheriff to be forced to sit on it, but Little John and the Sheriff noticed they were heading right for one of the tower entrances to the field. Little John immediately jumped out of there and left the Sheriff to take the hit.
Hathi and another one of the elephant guards, who were at the top of the tower, jumped in fright as the tent came right at them. Then they calmed down as the tent missed and thought they were safe. Suddenly, it came back and knocked them all down in a smash. Hathi was about to blow his trumpet until he was blasted off by Lady Kluck.
"Stop the girl," Prince John yelled frustratedly, unaware that Skippy appeared behind him in the bushes and fired one of his arrows at his bum. He yelped in pain as it hit. Then Lady Kluck comes out and whacks him in the head with her golden arrow and shouts as she runs. "Take it, you scurvy knave!"
"Get the fat one," Prince John ordered.
Lady Kluck saw all of the rhino guards coming after her, like it was some sort of American football game. Then she charged at them head on and punched them to the left, but she punched them to the right. Then they all tried to tackle her down, but she narrowly missed as she jumped on her feathers and flew above them. The crowd cheered for Lady Kluck as she continued to blast the rhino guards here and there. She dodged them left and she dodged them right, earning herself more cheers from the applauding crowd. Then one of the rhino guards managed to catch a hold of her feathers, causing her to fall forward. Another one of the rhino guards was about to catch her, but missed as he tripped over his own spectacle show and hit a rock face on.
Lady Kluck landed on her feet and headed to the edge of the forest, but she yelled out. "Long live King Richard!"
Then Little John dragged her to the forest before they could hit by some of the blasts coming from more of the rhino guards.
"Hiss? You're never there if I need you," Prince John exclaimed as he looked for Sir Hiss. Suddenly, he heard laughter coming from behind the barrel he was hiding behind of. He listened carefully and swore that he recognized the laughter as Sir Hiss's.
He blasted off the lid and slowly came out a drunk Sir Hiss smirking madly and swaying side-to-side from the side effects of being drunk.
"Oh, there you are, old boy. PJ, you don't believe it, but the stork is really Robin Hood," Sir Hiss said happily.
Then Prince John asked frustratedly. "Robin Hood?"
Sir Hiss nodded happily, but was suddenly caught by his neck by Prince John as he shrieked in frustration, but he threw him against a pole and tied him to it by his sharp claws and said bitterly, "get out of there while you can," he growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across Sherwood Forest. Later that night, Marian and Robin enjoyed a romantic walk through the forest. As they walked, the two of them spoke about everything that had been happened with each other and wedding plans. They both thought it would be best to wait until Richard returned and then they would get married. Marian, at all, didn't mind waiting until then.
Love
It seems like only yesterday
You were just a child at play
Now you're all grown up inside of me
Oh, how fast these moments flee
Once we watched a lazy world go past
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, and if it's gone
Love goes on and on
The two of them stopped near a creek, but Robin pulled out a ring that his father gave him before he died. Tod had the ring engraved with Marian's name and said that if he really liked her, gave her the ring. He never got the chance to where Marian left for London, but now he did so and he placed it on her engagement finger. Marian grinned at it and they kissed each other lovingly.
Love will live
Love will last
Love goes on and on and on
Once we watched a lazy world go past
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, but if it's gone
Love goes on and on!
Then Robin proceeded to take Marian to their hideout. He led her through a cave that was behind a waterfall and as they came out, they were at their campsite. Then the two hugged each other as Marian said, "I hope it never ends."
Suddenly, the two turned around and heard Friar Tuck exclaim happily. "Surprise! Long live Robin Hood!"
Then Sexton and Beulah came out and yelled out in unison. "And long live Maid Marian!"
Suddenly, all the citizens of Nottingham came out and cheered for Robin and Marian, earning grins from the two lovebirds.
Then Lady Kluck exclaimed. "And down with this scurvy Prince John!"
Then everyone began to dance as Little John played a guitar and more music came. Alan was on another guitar, Chinese Cat was on the drums and Scat Cat was on a trumpet.
Little John: Oh, the world will sing of an English king
A thousand years from now
And not for long, he passed some laws
Or had that lofty brow
While bonny good King Richard leads
The great crusade he's on
We'll have to slave it off
For that good-for-nothing John
Beulah had a dance as Robin and Marian began to have a dance with Otto, though it was difficult since he yet had a broken leg. Little John danced along with the children around him.
Incredible as he is enough
Wherever the history books are kept
They'll call him the phony king of England
All: A pox on the phony king of England!
Little John opened some curtains to reveal a puppet version of Prince John. The fake crown fell off and Friar Tuck came up to fix it. The audience laughed and booed at the puppet prince. Another puppet came up on Otto's hand that represented Sir Hiss.
Little John: He sits alone on a giant throne
Pretending he's the king
A little tyke who's rather like
A puppet on a string
Puppet Prince John began to hit puppet Sir Hiss and then puppet Sir Hiss caught the stick and began to hit puppet Prince John. Puppet Prince John came back up and began sucking his thumb, causing everyone to burst out laughing again.
And he throws a frustrated tantrum
If he cannot have his road
And then he calls for Mum while he's sucking his thumb
You see, he doesn't want to play
Too late to be known as John the First
He's sure to be known as John the worst
Then puppet Sir Hiss hit puppet Prince John again, incidentally this time fully destroying it. Otto and Friar Tuck came up and looked at each other, but then grinned as the audience laughed at their mistake.
A pox on that phony king of England!
Then Lady Kluck began dancing with Little John. Mr. Owl and Mrs. Owl danced with each other, along with Alan-a-Dale. Marian and Robin danced with each other.
While he taxes up to pieces
And he robs us of our bread
King Richard's crown keeps slipping down
Around that pointed head
Ah! But while there is a merry man
In Robin's wily pack
We'll find a fashion to make him pay
And steal our money back
The moment before he knows we're there
Old Rob will snatch his underwear
Everyone laughed at Robin smugly got into the puppet Prince John costume and bowed, tipping the fake crown to everyone.
The breezy and uneasy king of England
The sniveling, groveling
Measly, weasly
Blabbering, jabbering
Gibbering, jabbering
Blundering, plundering
Wheeling-dealing
Prince John, that phony king of England
Yes!
And the people of Nottingham continued to enjoy this moment of happiness and cheer, unaware that it was coming to an end very soon.
The next day, the Sheriff came into the castle with a bag complete with collected taxes he was singing a song that the entire town was singing about Prince John, he had to admit it was pretty catchy. Sir Hiss began to laugh a little about the song as he came in, to give him the money.
Sheriff: And he throws a frustrated tantrum
If he cannot have his road
He calls for Mum and sucks his thumb
And doesn't want to play
No use to be known John the First
He's sure to be known as John the worst
Then both of them laughed and then Sir Hiss said, "that's PJ drinking tea. Let me try."
Then Sir Hiss cleared his throat and began to sing the song, unaware that Prince John had heard them and opened the door to listen and man, was he getting frustrated.
Sir Hiss: No use to be known as John the First
He's sure to be known as John the worst
Then Sir Hiss stopped and gulped in fear as he noticed Prince John standing there. Then he started saying in an effort to get on Prince John's good side. "The famous! Wonderful! Merciful..."
But he was cut off by the Sheriff, who frowned as he said, "oh, you're all wrong, Hiss. The whispering, growling, weeping..."
"ENOUGH," Prince John roared in frustration and then threw a glass jug of wine at the Sheriff's head, but missed as the Sheriff ducked down out of the road, causing it to hit the wall and break.
"But father, this is very popular. The entire village is singing it," the Sheriff explained in fear.
Prince John frowned and walked up to the Sheriff as he exclaimed, "oh, yes, are they? Well, they'll sing another song. Double the taxes! Triple the taxes! Squeeze each last drop out of these foolish, musical pheasants!"
A few days later, it was a stormy night in Nottingham and facts were not looking real at all. Almost, the entire town was in jail, because of the high rises in taxes. Even Mother Rabbit, along with the children, which devastated Robin greatly.
"Man, oh, man! That Prince John sure confirmed his threat, and his desperate subjects paid a high price for his humiliation. Trust me. Taxes, taxes, taxes. While he taxed the heart and soul out of the poor people of Nottingham, and if you couldn't pay your taxes, you're sentenced to prison. Yes, I'm in here as well, Nottingham was in serious danger," Alan sighed mournfully, looking out of the window of the jail cell.
Alan-a-Dale: Every town, has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups, outnumber the downs
But not in Nottingham
Mrs. Owl was shivering from the cold of the jail cell. Mr. Owl wrapped a ragged blanket around her in an effort to try and keep her family warm. Mother Rabbit and Sis had a shackle around her neck and all the children from the orphanage had chains on their feet. The two women were doing their best to keep the children fed.
I'm inclined to believe
If we weren't so down, we'd up and leave
We'd up and fly if we had wings for flying
Can't you see the tears I'm weeping?
The farmer was chewing on some bread. Martin looked at the bread hungrily and then Teresa broke her bread in half and gave it to Martin. He gave her a thankful grin and then split his half with Timmy and Cynthia. Otto was lying down, resting his broken leg. A cat named Gideon was feeding him some soup in an effort to keep his strength up.
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not in Nottingham
Outside the jail cell, some raccoons and squirrels were returning from the work camp with a ball chain attached to them. That night at the church, Friar Tuck began to ring the church bell and Sexton was playing the organ, which was what he usually did every Sunday as he was not playing his piano.
"Friar Tuck, I don't think anyone will come," Sexton said mournfully.
"You're right, Sexton, but perhaps the church bells will bring some comfort to these poor people. We must do our best to perpetuate their hopes alive," Friar Tuck said as he finished ringing the bell.
Then Beulah walked in, sweeping the floor and said, "oh, how could that tyrant Prince John have any hope? Do you tax the hearts and souls out of the poor people?"
Friar Tuck agreed mournfully and looked inside the poor box. Then he said, "yes, these poor people. Look, our poor box is like our church. No one's there."
Then Beulah had a thought and went to her bedroom. She pulled out a box that had a one pound coin and brought it to Friar Tuck and said, "Friar Tuck, we saved this. Although it's not many, ask the poor to get it."
"Have you the last fact? Oh, little sister, no one can offer more," Friar Tuck said, grinning and then put the coin in the poor box, "bless you both."
Sexton laughed a little and said, "oh, we are just saving it for a rainy day."
Friar Tuck laughed at that pun and said, "well, it's raining now. The situation won't get worse."
Suddenly, they all heard the Sheriff exclaim as he walked in. "Well, it seems I arrived just in time!"
Sexton frowned and whispered frustratedly. "Why does that big-bellied bully want to be here?!"
Beulah silenced Sexton for his outburst, concerned she might get lost. Then they all gasped in shock as the Sheriff opened the poor box and took the coin out, grinning at it.
"Now wait a moment, Sheriff! That's the poor box," Friar Tuck exclaimed in shock.
"It sure is and I'll bring it to poor Prince John. Everything will help," the Sheriff said, pocketing the money in his pocket.
Then Beulah demanded in frustration. "Ohh! You put this back!"
The Sheriff ignored her and said, "and His Majesty also blesses you, little sister."
"You are a hooligan," Friar Tuck yelled, waving his fist at the Sheriff.
"Now don't worry, Friar, I'm just performing my duty," the Sheriff said in defiance.
"Do you collect taxes for this arrogant, greedy, fearless, no-bad Prince John," Friar Tuck said frustratedly.
"Listen, Friar, you're very persuasive and you want to speak about your neck as a noose for a hand," the Sheriff threatened.
Then Friar Tuck got really mad and exclaimed, "LEAVE ME OUT OF MY CHURCH!!"
Then he began pushing him outside while yelling out. "GET OUT! SHOO!! SHOO!!!"
Then Beulah gasped and said in concern. "Oh, heavens me."
Then Sexton went to the door to watch the fight. Friar Tuck began attacking the Sheriff with a stick and sword while the Sheriff did his best to block the hits he was throwing.
"DO YOU WANT TAXES?! I'LL GIVE YOU TAXES," Friar Tuck yelled in fury as he continued to attack the Sheriff.
"GIVE IT TO HIM! GIVE IT TO HIM!! GIVE IT TO HIM, FRIAR," Sexton shouts encouragingly.
The Sheriff eventually managed to slice Friar Tuck's stick in half, but Friar Tuck continued to attack. Hearing the frustrated lion shout his name, the Sheriff grinned as Friar Tuck fought in his hood.
Then the Sheriff pulled out a heavy handcuff and exclaimed as he put them on. "You are arrested for high treason to the crown!"
With the handcuff on, Friar Tuck stopped fighting, looked down mournfully and was silently taken away by the Sheriff and Trigger. "Oh, dear," Beulah gasped and then began to weep. Sexton pulled his friend into a comforting embrace as they watched him being taken away.
Alan-a-Dale: Every town, has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups, outnumber the downs
But not in Nottingham!
The rain continued to pour down. Inside the castle, Prince John sat in front of the fire, frowning in complete frustration. Prince John and Sir Hiss were surrounded by mountains of money from the taxes, but it didn't seem to make the prince any happier.
Then Sir Hiss decided to try and break the silence. "Teacher, if I can make an opinion, you're not your ordinary cheerful and gentle self today."
But Prince John didn't respond and just continued to get even more angrier, but Sir Hiss said, "Master, the taxes are pouring out and the prison is complete. We have good news, sire. Friar Tuck is in jail."
Then Prince John jumped up and shrieked. "Friar Tuck! I want Robin Hood, you idiot!"
Sir Hiss flinched in fear as he came right in his face and continued, "oh, if I can hold my hands, I'll give you all my gold."
Then he stopped and his eyes widened in realization, but he stepped back and asked in a more calm manner. "Did you say Friar Tuck?"
"Yes, I did so," Sir Hiss responded hesitantly.
Then Prince John thought of something and grinned as he said, "hello! I'm going to use that fat monk as bait to lock in Robin Hood. I'm going to be led by a gallows in the town square, isn't it?"
Sir Hiss stood there in shock and said, "but, brother, are you putting your jaws on the investigation? People of the church!"
"Yes, my reluctant reptile. And if our obscure hero tries to save a fat priest, my men will be ready," Prince John said and then laughed evilly, frightening Sir Hiss even more.
The next day, the Sheriff, Trigger and Nutsy were stuffing the gallows. The Sheriff prepped the nooses, because the rope was a combination by a ring of fire. After finishing the rope, the Sheriff grinned in satisfaction.
"Well, Trigger, everything's ready and all set," the Sheriff said.
"Yes! It's one of the prettiest scaffolding ever made, Sheriff," Trigger said.
Then Nutsy flew down and stood by the lever as he asked, "Sheriff, don't you think we should test the ship door over there?"
He pulled the lever and suddenly, the Sheriff fell right through the trapdoor hole. He came out of it and frowned at Nutsy in annoyance and said, "I'm sorry, now I know why your mum calls you Nutsy."
Then Robin walked up to the refreshment stand in his blind beggar disguise and said, "charity, charity for the poor! Can I hear the sheriff's melody?"
The Sheriff chuckled as he went back to work. Then Robin tapped the stand with his stick and asked, "what's going on out there?"
"We're going to hang Friar Tuck," the Sheriff responded.
Robin gasped and was about to blow his cover as he went back into character and asked, "hang Friar Tuck?"
"You could be better at dawn, perhaps double-crossing," Nutsy responded and then Trigger silenced him and said, "dummy, you idiot."
"Isn't it double hanging, right? Who will be the other one who gets the rope," Robin questioned in his head.
Then Trigger flew in front of him and pointed his crossbow at him as he said, "Sheriff, he's getting too old bird noisy."
"Oh, I didn't mean anything. But, uh…if Robin Hood appeared, was there no problem," Robin asked.
Then Nutsy laughed while saying, "well, what have you done, Sheriff? He guessed it."
"Nutsy! Button your beak," Trigger shouts while frowning at him.
"Oh, no need to worry. The Sheriff is too cunning, too clever, too smart for someone like him," Robin said.
The Sheriff grinned in appreciation and said, "have you heard that, Nutsy? Because he's blind, he certainly knows a good guy, says I."
As Robin walked off, Trigger said suspiciously. "Sheriff, I felt that Snoopy's old nose knew too many."
"Oh, shut up, Trigger. He's just a harmless old blind beggar," the Sheriff said, brushing him off, but Trigger continued to look at Robin in suspicion.
As soon as Robin got round the corner where Little John was waiting for him, he removed his disguise. "Rob, we can't let them cling to Friar Tuck."
"A jailbreak tonight. This is the only chance he has," Robin said as he continued to remove his disguise.
"A jailbreak? There is no fashion to catch him," Little John exclaimed.
"We must, Johnny! Or Friar Tuck dies at dawn," Robin said.
Little John nodded and said, "there he is. Let's go."
And then, they ran off to create a plan for the jailbreak.
It was almost three in the morning. Robin and Little John climbed up to the wall and looked around the castle. There were guards posted at the front door of the palace and on the balconies. Then Robin indicated to Little John to the entrance of the jail where a sleeping Sheriff was sleeping was sitting in front of while Trigger and Nutsy paced back and forth, guarding the gate. Then they both sneaked silently inside and then swiftly tiptoed into the royal moat, narrowly avoiding Trigger who stopped for a second thinking he heard something, but shrugged it off and continued keeping to look out.
Then Nutsy came up to the wall that separated the castle part from the moat, but just as Little John was about to catch him as his back was turned, Nutsy exclaimed upset, "ONE O'CLOCK AND ALL'S WELL!!"
The giant clock chimed, indicating that it was actually three and not one. The Sheriff awakened and looked at the clock. He moaned and said, "Nutsy, you better put your brains in front of a few hours."
"Yes, sir. Uh, does that mean adding or subtracting," Nutsy asked.
"Oh, let's forget it," the Sheriff responded, knowing that Nutsy was dumb and didn't understand what he just said, where Nutsy just returned to his post with a dumb grin on his face.
"Nutsy, how can I sleep with you and shout 'WHAT'S THE USE?!' all the time here," the Sheriff asked sarcastically.
Then Trigger walked up and said, "Sheriff, all is not well."
Then the Sheriff got hesitant as Trigger pointed his crossbow right at him as he continued, "I have a feeling in my legs are going to be a jailbreak every moment."
The the Sheriff pushed the bow away and said, "furthermore, Trigger. Point that peashooter the other road!"
"Don't worry anyone, Sheriff. The security's on old Betsy," Trigger said as he patted his crossbow, but then he incidentally hit the trigger and fired a blast straight at the Sheriff, who just managed to turn back and allowed the blast to hit the wall.
He stood up frustrated and hit Trigger on the head while exclaiming. "What the hell are you trying to do? You are a birdbrain!"
"Just do my duty, Sheriff," Trigger responded while rubbing his head. Then the Sheriff shook his head and muttered, "you and your itchy trigger finger."
Meanwhile, Nutsy was back at the wall and was about to make another announcement, until Little John tapped him on the head which made him look up. But before he could shout, Little John caught him by the mouth and pulled him over the wall. Unfortunately, Trigger and the Sheriff heard Nutsy moan as he was taken.
"Hey, have you heard this," Trigger asked in a whisper.
"It did, Trigger. There's something funny going on here. C'mon, you cover me," the Sheriff said.
They began to silently walk to the wall. The Sheriff suddenly froze in place as the tip of Trigger's bow just touched him.
The Sheriff got hesitant and asked, "wait a moment, is the security of an old Betsy?"
"You bet it is, Sheriff," Trigger confirmed. Then the Sheriff said, "that's what I'm scared of, you go first."
Then Trigger did so what he was warned and walked in front of the Sheriff. They stopped at the entrance of the moat where Robin was and activated a watch on his wrist that would make him look like Nutsy. Nutsy was tied to the tree with gagged ropes.
The Sheriff pulled out his own sword and demanded. "Alright, you in there! Come out with your hands up!"
"Just watch this show, partner," Robin whispered. Then Little John whispered back. "Be careful, Rob."
Then Robin came out in his disguise, facing the Sheriff and Trigger. Then he exclaimed, making his voice sound like Nutsy's. "Jehoshaphat! Sheriff, put this peashooter down!"
Then the Sheriff moaned in annoyance and said as he put his sword away. "Oh, shucks, Trigger. It's just Nutsy," he turned to Trigger and commanded, "and criminally, get back to your patrol on the double! Git!"
Then he tried to kick Trigger, but he dodged and said as he headed back to his post. "Hang on! We're coming!"
As the Sheriff and Robin walked back, Robin turned back to Little John and winked at him to be ready for the next phase of the plan. The Sheriff yawned and sat back down on his stool, but Robin saw the keys hanging on his belt.
"Why don't you just sit down here? A little cozy-like fashion," Robin suggested.
"Well, thank you, Nutsy," the Sheriff responded sleepily.
As the Sheriff slept, Robin loosened the belt and gently pulled the set of keys off. Then he walked over to the door and silently unlocked the door, but he motioned for Little John to come over. Little John turned back and walked over. He went into the dungeon and caught Robin's keys, but unfortunately, he incidentally kicked the door hard. Although it didn't awaken the Sheriff, it alarmed Trigger.
"WAIT A MOMENT," Trigger exclaimed and fired his bow, which awakened the Sheriff and he just managed to dodge the blast.
"I HEARD IT! I HEARD IT, SHERIFF!! THE DOOR!!! THE DOOR," Trigger yelled as he ran over to them, but Robin stuck out the staff part of a spear and made Trigger trip over and land in front of a very annoyed Sheriff.
"Now for the last time, no more false alarms," the Sheriff demanded and then kicked Trigger off the ground.
Then Robin whispered to Little John. "Now, you release Friar Tuck and the others and I'm entering the Royal Treasury."
Little John nodded and then the two left to do their jobs. Little John walked up the stairs. He stopped as he saw a sign on a door of a jail cell that read "Sentenced to Death for Treason". He looked in through the window and saw Friar Tuck chained to the wall in the corner by his wrists. As the door opened, the light awakened him.
"Oh, Little John," Friar Tuck exclaimed happily. Little John silenced him and said in a whisper. "Csendes, we're blasting out of here."
"Thank heavens," Friar Tuck said as he was unchained by Little John. Then he rubbed his wrists and said, "my prayers have been responded."
Then they both went to the other cell and unlocked it to reveal everyone asleep. They all awakened to the sound of the door opening and Little John unchained Alan. Friar Tuck unchained Otto and helped him to his feet, but Little John unchained Mr. Owl and Mrs. Owl. Then Friar Tuck unchained Mother Rabbit and Sis, along with the other children. They continued to unlock more of the prisoners.
As soon as Skippy was unchained, he caught his bow and arrows. "I'm ready, where's the bad guy?"
Friar Tuck chuckled silently and stopped him and said, "take it easy, son."
Then Alan gestured silently that he could see Robin on the side of Prince John's balcony. Robin had set his bows and arrows on his back. He looked around to make sure no guards saw him and then turned back. He flew up and landed silently on the balcony. He looked inside to see Prince John asleep, along with Sir Hiss who was sleeping on a bed at the end of his one, surrounding the two of them was all the taxes Prince John had collected from the citizens of Nottingham and two of the bags was being held by Prince John as he slept.
Robin tied some rope to an arrow and fired it through the dungeon window, but Little John looped the rope through a chain hole and fired it back, which attached to the top of Prince John's bed. Prince John suddenly sprung up from a fitful sleep and then fell back asleep, but Robin began to attach the bags on rope, while Alan pulled on the rope to send the money bags to the dungeon. Friar Tuck began to untie the bags off and handed them out to everyone.
"Praise the Lord! And transfer the tax rebate," Friar Tuck said, laughing as he continued to pass the bags of money around.
"C'mon, follow me," Little John whispered and they all started heading downstairs.
Little John opened the door, but then gasped as some coins began to fall out at one of the bags and landed on top of the Sheriff, awakening him. He was about to yell as he was cut off as Little John caught him and dragged him inside. Trigger heard the noise and began walking back to investigate, but Little John transformed into the Sheriff's robes and sat down on the stool just as Trigger arrived.
"Sheriff, don't give me a damn lie, but I yet have a feeling that..." Trigger began to say, but he was cut off as Little John caught him by the throat, who then tied and gagged him with chains.
"Friar, get going, hurry up," Little John said and then gestured for them to start walking.
The giant clock chimed and the sun began to rise. It was now almost dawn and Robin only had two bags left to catch. He gently pulled them out from Prince John. But unfortunately, Prince John's fitful lamenting in his sleep awakened Sir Hiss, who then saw Robin running out onto the balcony. Robin jumped and began to sidestep across.
"PRINCE JOHN, WAKE UP," Sir Hiss exclaimed, "THERE'S A JAILBREAK IN THE CASTLE!!"
Prince John awakened and gasped at the sight, but he caught hold of the rope at the edge of the balcony, stopping the bags from moving. Then Alan, Father Rabbit and Toby's father began to pull the rope harder.
"GUARDS, GUARDS, MY GOLD," Prince John shrieked.
Then the wolf archers began to fire their arrows at Robin, who narrowly dodged. The others managed to pull the rope hard enough to bring the rest of the bags in and caused Prince John to fall onto the ground.
Then he gasped at the sight of all the prisoners running out of the dungeon, carrying bags of money. Prince John runs over and shouts as the last of the prisoners escape. "GUARDS, TO THE DUNGEON!!"
Then some of the rhino guards came charging right at him, however, they weren't stopping. Then Prince John shouts. "RHINOS, HALT! STOP!! DETAIN!!!"
But that didn't stop them as they all barreled right through the dungeon, taking Prince John along with them.
"EVERYONE, THIS WAY," Robin exclaimed as they all began to run off from the castle.
The wolf archers continued to fire their arrows at them. Otto managed to shield himself from some of the blast with his crutch. Sis dodged blasts as she carried some of the children in her arms. As three of the wolf archers continued to chase them, Robin and Skippy fired their arrows at them and pinned them to a post by their uniforms. Then they continued to run to the castle gates. Alan shielded some mice with his lute. Mr. Owl dragged Mrs. Owl behind him. Captain Crocodile was about to hit them with an axe, until Friar Tuck just managed to put them in a wheelbarrow and push them out of the road and narrowly dodging the incoming axe.
As an entire bunch of rhino guards came charging at them, Robin and Little John released a dozen barrels of wine from a carriage, causing them to smash and knock out the guards. Then everyone got on the back of them, but Robin put Skippy on the cart and said, "that's all of them! Get started!"
Then he ran over and dropped the drawbridge down. Little John came to the front of the wagon and began to pull it as he exclaimed, "this is no hay ride. Let's move it out from here!"
"On to Sherwood Forest," Friar Tuck exclaimed as he pushed the carriage from behind.
Then Mother Rabbit gasped and shrieked. "STOP! MY BABY!!"
"Mummy, Mummy, wait for me," Tagalong said as she ran.
Robin ran back and caught Tagalong, but he sprinted for the gates yet holding onto Tagalong. Then Captain Crocodile cut the rope holding the gates up, causing the gates to close, keeping Robin trapped.
He turned around and saw the Sheriff carrying his sword, exclaiming. "We have him now!"
Little John came back. Robin swiftly passed Tagalong to Little John, who phased her through the gates and said, "keep moving! Don't worry about me."
Robin swiftly climbed up the gates, avoiding some blasts coming from the rhino guards. Then he caught hold of some rope and swung down, knocking the Sheriff and a few of the men down in one kick, but Robin just managed to land on the edge of the wall and jumped back to Prince John's balcony while dodging more blasts coming from the guards below. One of the blasts managed to hit him in the shoulder, giving him some big scratches.
The Sheriff ran up to Prince John's room past the stairs, carrying a fire torch and exclaimed, "this time we have him for sure!"
Robin tore off a piece of curtain and wrapped it around his wounded shoulder, but he ran back into the room, but gasped as he stood face-to-face with the Sheriff. The Sheriff raised the torch and brought it down for a strike. Unfortunately, he missed and incidentally set the curtain on fire, which swiftly spread around the room. Robin picked up a chair and shielded himself against more of the Sheriff's strikes as the fire continued to spread, but Robin pulled the rug from underneath the Sheriff and tripped him over.
Then Robin ran through the curtains and up the stairs to the attic. The fire continued to spread swiftly. Then he climbed outside and onto the roof, but it wasn't long until the fire spread to there as well and trapped him at the top of the roof.
Prince John came out and demanded, "SHOOT HIM!!"
Down below, Little John and Skippy watched from the edge of the forest and were starting to get frightened for Robin. Then Robin saw no other option and jumped into the river below.
"MURDER HIM!! MURDER HIM," Prince John demanded.
Then the guards switched to regular bullets and arrows and fired at them at Robin, who dove underwater. They all stopped firing and watched in anticipation. Prince John grinned as he didn't submerge yet.
"C'mon, Rob! C'mon," Little John said.
Skippy started to tear up and said, "he just has to make it."
Suddenly, out of the water, a large piece of Robin's hat emerged with an arrow sticking in it. Blood could be seen on the edges.
"No! No! No," Little John said at the same time, it looked like Robin didn't make it.
"Yes, he's done with it! Farewell, Robin Hood," Prince John exclaimed in victory. Sir Hiss grinned and continued to look down at the water.
Little John looked down and Skippy began to weep for his brother. He had no idea how he was gonna warn Maid Marian.
"He has to make it. Isn't he, Little John," Skippy asked.
Little John remained silent and then bent down to hug a now weeping Skippy. Skippy turned back to the water and then stopped weeping as he saw a bamboo stick moving strangely towards the shore.
"Hey, what's that? Little John, look at that," Skippy exclaimed as he dragged Little John to the edge of the river.
Skippy noticed it. Little John knelt down to take a look as it stopped and then suddenly was squirted in the face with water. As he wiped his face off, they both grinned as they saw Robin emerge out of the water. His shirt was torn, but he was very much alive.
"Robin, you're alive," Skippy exclaimed happily.
Little John chuckled and said, "man, did you worry me, Rob. I thought you were far away."
"Ah, not Robin Hood! He could've sworn twice as far, right, Mr. Robin Hood, sir," Skippy said as he jumped into Robin Hood's arms.
Robin rubbed his neck in embarrassment, but Sir Hiss noticed and said to Prince John. "Look, Dad! He's done it! He got away again!"
Prince John looked down and gasped at the sight, but Robin and Skippy yelled in unison. "A chicken pox on the fake king of England! Oo-de-lally!"
Suddenly, Prince John snapped out of it, frightened out of his wits. He grew more and more frustrated, transforming into a cobra. Then he began to attack Sir Hiss in his madness. Sir Hiss slithered all around the castle, dodging Prince John's attacks as Prince John shrieked. "YOU'RE EATING MY SNAKE'S CLOTHING!!"
"HEEELLLPPP, HE'S GONE STARK RAVING MAD," Sir Hiss yelled through the halls of the burning castle.
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the castle. A few weeks later, all of Nottingham was back to its normal self for King Richard, who had eventually returned and all the citizens were no longer poor. Alan walked around the now beautiful town and stopped past the tree with the poster of Robin, which now read "Pardoned by Order of King Richard".
Alan chuckled as he strummed his lute and said, "here I thought we'd never gotten rid of these two villains. But lucky for us, people. King Richard came back and learned to correct everything."
Then he gestured to where the Sheriff, Sir Hiss and Prince John in prison uniforms and they were hammering rocks, under the watchful eye of Trigger and Nutsy. As Prince John broke a rock in half, the piece of it landed right on his foot and crushed it. He yelped and held his foot in pain while Sir Hiss merely laughed at his misfortune.
Suddenly, church bells began to chime, but Alan began to run while exclaiming. "Hey, we better go to church, sounds like someone is catching up!"
Someone indeed was getting married. As the church doors opened, Robin and Marian came out as husband and wife.
"LONG LIVE ROBIN HOOD," the crowd exclaimed.
Marian gave Robin a kiss on the cheek as they headed towards the carriage. Everyone threw confetti at the wedded couple. Sexton and Beulah threw rice from the roof of the church. Then Friar Tuck stood at the doorway and then King Richard himself, grinning proudly at the happy couple.
"LONG LIVE KING RICHARD," the crowd cheered.
"Ah, Friar Tuck, it looks like that I now have an outlaw for an in-law," King Richard said, causing the two to go into a laughing fit.
As Marian and Robin came into the carriage, Skippy began to climb up to the front seat of the carriage.
"Hey, Skippy, how are you doing," Skippy asked.
"Well, Robin Hood gets children where someone has to keep an eye on facts," Skippy responded.
Little John laughed as Skippy sat down and then began to drive the carriage forward. Marian and Robin waved to everyone as they drove past. Lady Kluck was weeping tears of joy and exclaimed, "oh, I've never been so happy!"
Then Marian threw her bouquet of flowers, which was caught by Sis. The citizens continued to wave at them. Mother Rabbit gave Robin a proud grin. All the citizens were no longer in rags. With King Richard back, they could eventually be happy once again.
Back at the rock pile, Nutsy exclaimed, "hey, here comes the bride, Trigger! Put your guns up!"
Trigger stood in attention, but incidentally allowed an arrow from his crossbow to be fired, which bounced around everywhere. Prince John, Sir Hiss and the Sheriff narrowly dodged the arrow until eventually, it just hit the heart on the sign that was on the back of the carriage that read "Just Married".
Alan laughed and said, "well, people, that's the fashion what really happened."
Everyone: Love goes on and on
Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally!
Golly, what a day!
Oo-de-lally! Oo-de-lally!
What a daaaaaaayyy!!!
Executive ProducersDENNIS DESHAZERSHERYL STAMPS LEACH
Senior ProducerJIM ROWLEY
ProducersJEFF GITTLEMARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB
DirectorBRUCE DECK
WriterMARK S. BERNTHAL
Production DesignerJESS NELSON
Musical DirectorBOB SINGLETON
Lyricists/ComposersSTEPHEN BATES BALTESLORY LAZARUS
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Cast:Voice of Barney... BOB WESTBarney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNERVoice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSONBaby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERSVoice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, IITosha... HOPE CERVANTESStella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICEROJason... KURT DYKHUIZENKathy... LAUREN KING
Cast:Juan... MICHAEL KROSTCarlos... COREY LOPEZMin... PIA MANALOKenneth... NATHAN REGANJulie... SUSANNAH WETZEL
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Stage ManagerTERRIE DAVIS MANNING
Lighting DesignerSTEVEN BRILL
EditorMCKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID M. BOOTHE
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA O. ALBERTSON
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
Video EngineerBINK WILLIAMS
Camera OperatorsLARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMANTOM COX BRUCE HARMON
Production AudioRONALD G. BALENTINE
Boom OperatorsJAMES JOHNSONDAVID SMITH
Lighting DirectorCASEY COOK
Key GripBUZ CANNON
Lighting Board OperatorTODD DAVIS
Grip/ElectricJAMES EDWARDS
Construction SupervisorCHARLES BAILEY
Craft Shop SupervisorRAY HENRY
Art/Craft CoordinatorAMY ATHERTON
Set DresserAGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS
DraftspersonCHRISTOPHER MCCRAY
Craft/Prop ArtistMARK BROGAN
Props/Special EffectsDAVID COBB
CarpentersTY M. BURNSDANNY SMITH
Scenic PainterE. (BILL) SLETTE
Swing CrewCARMELO GOMEZ
Costume Shop ManagerGEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST
Costume TechnicianD.J. SEGLER
Costume SewingNATALIE SERGI-SAARISUSIE THENNES
Make-Up DesignerJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Hair StylistDEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING
Costume/Wardrobe AssistantsBRIAN N. BLEVINSJANET BUSH CHRISTINE STOLP
Field ProducerSANDY JANTZEN
Post VideotapeDUDLEY ASAFF
Dialogue EditorDENICE CROWELL
Post Production Audio CRAIG CHASTAIN
Production Office ManagerSUE SHINN
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Production CoordinatorsJULIE HUTCHINGSKELLY MAHER
Production AccountantDEBBIE COTTLE
Production SecretaryAUSTIN GRAY
Asst. to Performance DirectorDAVID VOSS
Production AssistantsBRADEN MCDONALDJOEL ZOCH
Barney Music DepartmentJILL HANCE CHARLES KINGJONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH
For Singleton Productions, Inc.BRADFORD COLEMAN LARRY HARONMIKE PIETZSCH
Educational Research StaffPATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed.KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed.JOY STARR
Children's TeacherSANDRA GILPIN
Children's SupervisorMARY EVANS
Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends®were originally developed by Sheryl Leach,Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help fromSingleton Productions, Inc.
"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)
Special Thanks toTom Rennen of Intelligent Light Digital ImagingHelping Protect the Earth and Keeping it Clean and Green
Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J.Costumes byIRENE COREY DESIGNASSOCIATES
Produced byTHE LYONS GROUP ANDCONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutives in ChargeLARRY RIFKINSHARON BLAIR
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
BARNEY & FRIENDS • Our Earth, Our HomeCopyright 1973 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.