2 The Shooting Match in Nottingham Town

CHAPTER 2 The Shooting Match in Nottingham Town The Sheriff of Nottingham had tried to catch Robin Hood, but Robin roamed freely through Sherwood Forest, and the people laughed at the sheriff. He vowed to hang Robin Hood from the highest tree in Nottingham. The sheriff knew that no man would go after Robin alone. He himself feared Sherwood Forest. Then it came to him in a

诺丁汉郡长试图抓住罗宾汉，但罗宾汉在舍伍德森林里自由地游荡，人们嘲笑郡长。 他发誓要把罗宾汉吊死在诺丁汉最高的树上。 警长知道没有人会单独去追罗宾。 他自己也害怕舍伍德森林。 然后他突然意识到

flash. He would set a trap. The sheriff would host a shooting match in Nottingham town and offer a fine prize. "When Robin Hood and his rogues come to the match,he will be in my grasp," the sheriff thought. Robin soon heard the news. "Ho, fellows. The Sheriff of Nottingham has announced a shooting match in Nottingham town. The best archer will win a bright golden arrow. I want to win. The prize is so rich, and our sweet sheriff himself will present it. Get ready, lads!" Young David of Duncaster jumped to his feet. "Robin, I have just come from the Blue Boar Inn. People say the match is a trap." Robin did not fear the sheriff. "We will meet sneakiness with sneakiness," he said. He told his men to wear disguises. Some would dress in the robes of a friar. Others would don the tattered clothes of a beggar. Each

闪光。他要设一个圈套。 郡长将在诺丁汉镇举办一场射击比赛，并提供一笔丰厚的奖金。 “当罗宾汉和他的流氓们来比赛的时候，他就在我的手里了，”警长想。 罗宾很快就听到了这个消息。 “唔,同伴。诺丁汉郡长宣布在诺丁汉镇举行一场射击比赛。 最好的弓箭手将赢得一支明亮的金箭。 我想赢。奖品很丰厚，我们可爱的警长会亲自颁奖。 准备好，小伙子们！”年轻的邓卡斯特的大卫跳了起来。 “罗宾，我刚从蓝野猪旅馆回来。 人们说这场比赛是个陷阱。” 罗宾并不害怕警长。 “我们将以其人之道还治其人之身，”他说。 他叫他的人乔装打扮。 有些人会穿着修士的长袍。 其他人则会穿上乞丐的破烂衣服。 每一个

man would hide a sword beneath his costume. "How do you like my plan, merry men?" Robin cried out. Everyone in Nottinghamshire attended the contest. The archers gathered in a tent near the range. The sheriff and his wife took their seats above it. Then the silver bugles announced the beginning of the match. The sheriff leaned forward, searching for Robin Hood. He had never seen Robin, but he knew that Robin and his men wore Lincoln green. No one was dressed in Lincoln green. "He may still be here. He will be among the ten in round two, or I don't know him at all," the sheriff thought. The archers shot the first round. Never before had anyone in Nottingham seen such shooting. Only three arrows missed the center ring of the target. At the last shot, the crowd shouted, "Hurrah!"

男人会在衣服下面藏一把剑。 “伙计们，你们觉得我的计划怎么样？”罗宾叫道。 诺丁汉郡的每个人都参加了比赛。 弓箭手们聚集在靶场附近的一个帐篷里。 警长和他的妻子在上面坐了下来。 接着，银色的号角宣布比赛开始了。 警长身体前倾，寻找罗宾汉。 他从未见过罗宾，但他知道罗宾和他的手下穿着林肯绿。 没有人穿林肯绿。 “他可能还在这里。他会进入第二轮的十人之列，否则我根本就不认识他了，”警长想。 弓箭手打了第一枪。 诺丁汉从来没有人见过这样的枪击事件。 只有三支箭没有射中目标的中心环。 在最后一枪时，人群高喊：“万岁！”

The ten men who had shot best remained on the range. Six were famous throughout the land. Two others were from merry Yorkshire. A stranger in blue said he came from London town. The last man was dressed all in red. He wore a patch over his right eye. The second round began. As each man took aim, the crowd fell silent. When the last man shot, everyone again shouted and clapped. Now three men remained. One was Gilbert o' the Red Cap, another was the stranger in scarlet, and the third was Adam o' the Dell. People called out, "Hey for Gilbert o' the Red Cap!" or "Ho for Adam o' the Dell!" No one shouted for the stranger in scarlet. Gilbert shot first. His arrow flew straight and struck just a finger's breadth from the center of the target. The crowd shouted,

射得最好的十个人留在靶场上。 其中有六个在全国都很有名。 另外两个人来自快乐的约克郡。 一个穿蓝衣服的陌生人说他来自伦敦镇。 最后一个人穿着一身红衣服。 他的右眼戴着眼罩。 第二轮开始了。当每个人都瞄准时，人群安静了下来。 当最后一个人开枪时，每个人又喊又拍。 现在剩下三个人。一个是戴红帽的吉尔伯特，另一个是穿猩红衣服的陌生人，第三个是小山谷的亚当。 人们喊着：“嗨，红帽的吉尔伯特！”或者“嗨，山谷的亚当！”没有人为那个穿猩红衣服的陌生人喊叫。 吉尔伯特先开枪。他的箭直飞，射中了距离目标中心只有一指之宽的地方。 人群喊道：

"Gilbert! Gilbert!" The sheriff clapped his hands, saying, "Now that was a fine shot!" Next came the stranger in scarlet. He pulled his bowstring back and shot quickly. The arrow sped through the air and struck the target just barely closer to the center than Gilbert's arrow had. The sheriff's jaw dropped. "By all the saints in Heaven! That was an amazing shot!" Adam o' the Dell drew his bow carefully. His arrow struck the target close beside the stranger's. Once more, all three men shot. Adam o' the Dell's arrow struck farthest from the center. Again, the stranger dressed in scarlet shot the best. All the men took a short rest, and then Gilbert readied to shoot again. He aimed carefully, and his arrow struck the target almost exactly in the center. "Well done, Gilbert!" shouted the sheriff.

“吉尔伯特!吉尔伯特!”警长拍着手说：“这一枪射得真准！”接着是那个穿猩红衣服的陌生人。 他拉开弓弦，迅速射击。 箭在空中疾驰，射中了比吉尔伯特的箭离靶心更近一点的地方。 警长的下巴掉了下来。 “以天上诸圣徒的名义起誓！”这是一个惊人的镜头！”戴尔的亚当小心地拉弓。 他的箭射中了陌生人旁边的靶子。 三个人又开了一枪。 戴尔亚当的箭射得离中心最远。 穿猩红衣服的陌生人又一次射得最好。 所有的人都休息了一会儿，然后吉尔伯特准备再次射击。 他小心地瞄准，他的箭几乎正好射中了靶心。 “干得好，吉尔伯特！”

"I do believe the prize is yours. Now, ragged knave in scarlet, let's see you shoot better than that." The stranger drew his bow, held it for a moment, and then let his arrow fly. It struck the very center of the target, so close to Gilbert's arrow that it knocked a feather from the shaft. No one said a word, and no one clapped. Each man stared into the face of his neighbor, amazed. Adam o' the Dell shook his head and unstrung his bow. "I've shot my last arrow for the day. No one can shoot better than that stranger dressed in red." The Sheriff of Nottingham hurried up with the golden arrow. "Here, good fellow. You have won your prize fairly. What is your name?" "Men call me Jock o' Teviotdale," said the stranger in scarlet.

“我相信奖品是你的。 现在，穿猩红衣服的衣衫褴褛的无赖，让我们看看你射得比这更好。” 陌生人拉起弓，握了一会儿，然后射出了箭。 它击中了目标的正中心，离吉尔伯特的箭太近了，以至于从箭柄上打落了一根羽毛。 没有人说话，也没有人鼓掌。 每个人都惊讶地盯着邻居的脸。 戴尔的亚当摇了摇头，松开了弓。 “我射出了今天的最后一支箭。 没有人比那个穿红衣服的陌生人射得更好了。” 诺丁汉郡长拿着金箭匆匆赶来。 “喂，老兄。你公平地赢得了你的奖品。 你叫什么名字？”“人们都叫我乔克·特维奥特代尔，"穿猩红衣服的陌生人说。