Robin Hood fic: Weaponry

Title: Weaponry
Rating: G
Word count:200
Characters/Pairings: Marian, Edward
Summary: Marian wasn’t like other girls
Disclaimer: Robin Hood is copyright to Tiger Aspect and the BBC. All Rights Reserved. No copyright infringement is intended, and no money is being made.

Note: For rh_drabblefest prompt “Marian; doll"

“Anna” had started out just like any other doll given to a young girl. A wooden head with a stick body and tiny hands and stubby feet, wrapped in cloth and dressed in a tiny smock. Strands of wool had been glued to the head and a delicate face painted on by steady hands.
By the end of the week Anna’s hair had been cut short, her dress split to the “knee” so that she could sit upon the wooden pony Marian had stolen from Robin, and grass stains were visible on her face.
Anna was a doll who Had Adventures, which involved exploring rabbit holes and swimming in the pond, and climbing trees.
When Marian’s father saw her doll lying on the table one night he sighed. A teaspoon was tucked into her belt made of plaited string – for beating evil men over the head with, Marian had explained.
A few days later Anna received a tiny bow and four blunt arrows for her arsenal because Edward knew there was no point denying Marian’s martial nature.
And a few years later, he gave Marian her first bow and arrows, and she added them to her stash of hairpin daggers.