The Adventures of Maid Marion Pt2
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 Marion road out from her family hall towards Sherwood hoping to catch a glimpse of this notorious bandit they called Robin Hood. Anna her handmaid accompanied her as Marion got close to the woods her called ” Careful milady lest the bandits snatch you away”. Marion heard but ignored the warning riding forwards into the edge of the forest she knew this area well she had oft played here whilst her father had ridden further in to hunt deer although he had always left in the protection of his woodsmen. Now she was alone and grown up she rode further still more curious then afraid Anna reluctantly trailing behind her warnings now desperate whispers that fell on deaf ears.      

Suddenly Marion was knocked from her saddle she steadily sat up from the forest floor slightly dazed she looked around her she saw that Anna was also unhorsed and sitting amongst the leaf litter. Marion looked around little more and saw their attackers three woodshed stood round them with bows at the ready but not drawn they were ragged and unwashed. The men dragged the women to their feet covered their heads with rough sacks and began marching them further into the forest. Marion lost all sense of direction and time as she stumbled along the muffled cries of Anna’s pleas to let them go coming from behind her the men just laughed and dragged them onwards. Finally the two women were released from the stuffy confines of the sacks their eyes slowly adjusting to the light beneath a deep forest canopy.