LAND OF MY FOREFATHERS

A CERTAIN LOCAL CHARACTER FA SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS FOR OBVIOUS

REASONS, WIS OOT IN THE INCHBROOM WIDDIES GAUN ABOOT HIS ILLEGAL

BUSINESS. THE POACHIN HAD BEEN GAUN WEEL AS HE LOOKIT INTAE HIS BAG

AND SEEIN’ A MIXED BAG O’ CONTRABAND.THIS WIS FIN HE MADE THE FATAL

MISTAKE O’  THE POACHER!. UNKNOWN TAE HIM THE LAIRDIE’S GHILLIE HAD

BEEN WATCHIN’  HIM FOR SOME TIME AND WIS NOO READY TAE POUNCE ON

HIM AND TAK HIM UP IN  FRONT O’ THE LAIRD TAE FACE THE MUSIC. CREEPIN

UP ON THE UNSUSPECTIN’  VICTIM HE LET OOT THE GHILLIE’S FAMOUS ROAR ,

“I’VE GOT YE”. WIR HERO  NEARLY DROPPIT ON THE SPOT, BUT HE KENT IT WIS

NAE EESE RUNNIN’ AND THAT  IT WIS A CLEAN COP. “RICHT MY LAD, I’VE

CATCHED YE AT LAST, I’VE WAITED FOR  THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT IT WILL

BE WORTH IT TAE SEE YER FACE FIN THE  LAIRD GITS HIS HANDS ON YE . SO

ESCORTED BY THE GHILLIE BY THE SCRUFF O’  THE NECK THEY MADE THEIR

WYE TAE THE LAIRDIE’S HOOSE. EFTER BEIN’ HAULED  INTAE THE HOOSE, THE

LAIRDIE, FA WIS NOO DANCIN ‘ WI RAGE AND GLEE AT  HAE’N AT LONG LAST

CATCHED THE LONG TERM SCOUNDREL SAT HIM DOON AND  BEGAN TAE

LECTURE HIM ABOOT STEALING OTHER FOWKS PROPERTY. EFTER THE

TIRADE WIS OWER THE BOLD LAD SPOKE UP.”AND FA SAID THEY BELONGED TAE

YOU”. THE LAIRDIE REALLY GOT ON HIS HIGH HORSE THEN,”MY FOREFATHERS

FOUGHT FOR THIS LAND AND ALL THE RIGHTS THAT GO WITH IT” HE ROARED.

AH WEEL I’LL JIST TAK YOU OOT THE BACK, AND WE CAN FAICHT FOR IT NOO”

WIS THE  QUICK RESPONSE FAE THE SCALLYWAG.