Robin stumbled across Tuck when he was searching for strawberries. Stubborn and stout Tuck wouldn’t let Robin have any strawberries, however, so they had to settle the strife over a fight using staffs. After strolling to an open space in the forest they had a strenuous fight. Robin took Tuck’s staff skills in stride and was only hit by a couple of stray swings. When one hit nearly broke the stitches in his pants, however, he knew that he would have to streamline this fight if he wanted to win. So he jumped around the next swing and tried to strangle Tuck.. Tuck stumbled around as Robin strived to hold on and then Tuck got the better of Robin and threw him into the nearby river. Robin’s winning streak was over.
When Tuck began to stride into the water to help Robin out, Robin grabbed his arm and pulled him under as well. Robin laughed and said that he hoped the water might take some of the stink of Tuck’s clothing away. Tuck laughed back.
Later as they both sat on stools Robin thanked Tuck for the exciting stimulus of the fight and asked Tuck straightforward to join him in his fight against the evil Prince John.Good King Richard was stranded in a battle on a far away strait and no one knew when he would return. Someone had to defend the kingdom.
Tuck said yes and it was the beginning of a wonderful friendship. No one had ever beaten Robin in an honest fight and no one ever would again.
