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  Chapter IV Sandy Returns     53   Chapter V Through Scotland With Sandy   71   Chapter VI Ian's Betty     91   Chapter VII Alan Craig Tells a Story   102   Chapter VIII Pipers and Troubles   113   Chapter IX Ian Tries Again     129   Chapter X Spring     138   Chapter XI The Wee Scotch Piper   153

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The Wee Scotch Piper

CHAPTER I

THE CRAIG FAMILY

In the wee village of Aberfoyle, which is in Perthshire County, Scotland, lived Alan Craig, a shepherd.

The sheep of Scotland, like the bagpipes and bluebells, are famous, and in Aberfoyle there are many.

Dotted alongside the road are the bright bluebells, lighting up in true fairy array the darkness made by big, shady trees.

Shrieking through the stillness of a summer evening, comes the sound of the bagpipes. This music is furnished by a tattered piper marching up and down, up and down. He hopes that the people will throw pennies for the love of the tune he plays.

And the sheep, like little dots of white in the