Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.
»Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.«
»`Your brother has come,' he replied; `and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.'«
He heard a crowd of people going past, and inquired what it all meant.
They were all astounded and bewildered, and asked one another, »What can this mean?«