“Do I get to be Robin Hood?” Ross demanded.
“That will be decided later,” the Cub leader replied, a trifle annoyed that the Den 1 boy should make such an issue of the role. “We’ll need a good actor for the part.”
While some of the Cubs remained to practice archery and pose for camera shots, Dan, Brad, Midge and Ross set off to explore the castle.
Long shadows extended from the forest to give the castle a shadowy, eerie appearance.
“Gosh, the place does have a spooky look,” Brad remarked, pulling at the vines which half-covered one of the lower windows.
“Let’s climb in,” proposed Ross, gaining a foothold on one of the stone blocks.
“I don’t think we should—” Dan began, but Ross cut him short.
“Oh, the place is wide open. Why shouldn’t we go in?”
Reaching his hand through the broken window pane, he unlatched the catch. The leaded window swung back on creaking hinges.
Ross climbed in and helped the others through.