“You’re going to be a big help to us in supplying authentic detail for the play,” Mr. Holloway assured him.
Colonel Brekenridge remarked that it was approaching the luncheon hour. He would not hear of the Cubs leaving.
Instead, he invited them all to remain for a picnic lunch.
“Pete will look after everything,” he said, chuckling at his own joke. “He likes visitors, you know.”
Billy was thrilled to think that the Cubs would remain. He flew about, issuing orders to the servants and telling them exactly what he wanted for lunch. Double tables were set up under the trees and a cloth was spread.
Although unable to join the group, Colonel Brekenridge watched from his wheel chair on the veranda.
“How does the story of Robin Hood end?” Midge asked, as the boys sat eating hamburger sandwiches. “You’ve never told us, Mr. Holloway.”
“Robin Hood had a long and merry life in Sherwood Forest,” the Den Dad responded. “If we like, we may end our story on that note. I was thinking though, that an epilogue might be added. In this, Billy could play the part of Robin Hood in his old age, and shoot the last arrow.”
“How does the epilogue go?” asked Brad.
“The story is this,” Mr. Holloway explained. “Robin Hood had left England, but as springtime returns, he craves again to roam the woodlands of his beloved Sherwood Forest.