The man did as he was bidden , and presently Little John opened his eyes and looked around him , all dazed and bewildered with the stun of the blow . Then they tied his hands behind him , and lifting him up set him upon the back of one of the horses , with his face to its tail and his feet strapped beneath its belly . So they took him back to the King 's Head Inn , laughing and rejoicing as they went along . But in the meantime the widow 's three sons had gotten safely away , and were hidden in the woodlands .
Человек сделал, как ему было велено, и вскоре Маленький Джон открыл глаза и огляделся, ошеломленный и сбитый с толку ударом. Затем они связали ему руки за спиной и, подняв, посадили на спину одной из лошадей, лицом к ее хвосту, а ноги привязали под брюхом. И они отвезли его обратно в гостиницу "Голова короля", смеясь и радуясь на ходу. Но тем временем трое сыновей вдовы благополучно сбежали и спрятались в лесу.
