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‘What was that?’ he asked his wife. ‘Why, it’s a wee bannock,’ she replied. ‘’I could do with a bite of that bannock,’ the old man said, ‘for the supper porridge tonight wouldn’t have stuck much flesh to my ribs.’ Catch it,’ cried the old woman, ‘for I could do with a piece of it too.’ The two of them scrambled around after it, but it was too fast for them. ‘Throw your trousers over it,’ shouted the old woman. The old man grabbed his trousers and threw them over the top of the wee bannock. The wee bannock lay there on the floor, almost smothered by the old man’s trousers. They smelt of old string and Pan Drops mint sweeties, but eventually the wee bannock struggled free and ran out of the door and into the night. The old man ran after it too, but after a while he gave up and had the embarrassment of walking home wearing just his long woolly drawers and matching woolly simmet. By this time it was getting dark, and the wee bannock thought that it would have to find a safe place to sleep for the night. There was a big clump of whin bushes up ahead, so the wee bannock slipped into them to find a soft spot to rest. There, under the whin bushes, was a big hole, so the wee bannock went inside to see what was there. Mr Fox sat and watched the wee bannock as it walked towards him; for this was the fox’s home. He hadn’t eaten for two days and he was very hungry. He smiled, a big, toothy smile, and said, ‘Welcome, welcome!’ and then with one snap of his sharp teeth he bit the wee bannock in two; and that was the end of the wee bannock. Tom Muir, Orkney 44
RASHIE COAT There was once a king who had a bonny daughter who was called Rashie Coat. When Rashie Coat had grown up to be a young woman her father called her to see him and told her that it was about time that she got married, and that he had chosen a husband for her. Being a princess meant that she couldn’t marry for love, but had to marry a prince whose kingdom would be bound to her father’s own kingdom with bonds of kinship. When Rashie Coat was told that she was to be married to a stranger, and was shown a small portrait of him, she recoiled in horror. Not only was he rather ugly, but he had a bad reputation for being mean and cruel. She refused to marry him, but the king said that she had no say in the matter, and she went off weeping. Rashie Coat slipped out of the castle and went to see the hen-wife, who it was said knew magic and was very wise. When she went into the small, tumbled-down cottage she told the hen-wife about her proposed marriage to a man that she did not love. The hen-wife looked serious, thought for a while and then said, ‘Tell your father, the king, that you’ll only marry that man if you are given a coat that is made of beaten gold.’ 45
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