Brown Robin - Synopsis

Synopsis

A king's daughter waits on the table at supper and she falls in love with Brown Robin. She gets her father and the porter drunk and brings Robin to her bower. They stay until morning, but he does not think he can escape. After she persuades her father to let her and her maids gather flowers in the woods, she dresses Brown Robin as one of them. They comment that he makes a sturdy lady but let him go.

In some variants, the tale ends there. In others, the porter shoots Brown Robin, and the king hangs him at his daughter's request. In still others, the daughter goes with Brown Robin, and the porter arranges her to reconcile with her father, later, and she settles money on him for it.

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