25 “But his auld brither was iʼ the field: and, as he cam in, he drew nar the hoose, and heard music and dancin.
“ ‘For he my son, was deid, and cam to life again; he had been tint, and is fund again!’ And they begude to be joyfuʼ.
“And, beckonin till him ane oʼ the feeʼd folk, he speirʼt what aiblins aʼ this micht mean?
“They are like bairns sittin iʼ the merkit‐place, and cryin ane to anither, and sayin, ‘We piped to ye, and ye danced‐na; we crooned a dirge to ye, and ye grat‐na.’