how do you like these apples so far, the queen of sheba asked robin hood.
i hope they bring me luck, robin hood replied respectfully.
i never heard such nonsense, the queen of sheba said, and rode away.
robin hood was left alone with his sad thoughts.
the angel returned, but his sword was no longer in flames and had cooled down.
robin hood and the angel were joined by yeti, who said, this is no joking matter.
good king richard will return and save us, robin hood replied stoutly.
times got hard.
king richard did not return, and neither did halley’s comet.
mr halley opened a general store in the desert.
it just did not seem right.
robin hood looked for an opportunity to escape.
but the angel and the queen of sheba had bigger plans.
they robbed mr halley’s safe and headed into the desert.
still, king richard did not return.
wyatt earp and ambrose bierce got a posse up and set off after the angel and the queen of sheba.
by this time robin hood had properly lost his mind.
much good it did him.
get out of that rocking chair, mr halley told robin hood, and get those hats on the shelves.
when robin hood opened the box of hats, to put them on the shelves, he found the box contained cans of peaches.
he went to find mr halley to tell him of his find.
mr halley was sitting in the rocking chair on the front porch of the general store, palavering with mr william jennings bryan
mr halley made it clear in no uncertain terms, he dd not want to be interrupted by talk of hats and cans of peaches.
robin hood went back inside the store and then out the back door and started walking into the desert.
but the angel with the flaming sword was nowhere to be seen.
a jackrabbit ran across robin’s path.
but he did not see a single black cat.
or a cloud in the sky.
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