N00--what are the things we ha' tae d0? They are n0 just t0 talk,y0u'll be saying. 'Deed, and y0u're richt!

Wull y0u let nne t0uch again 0n a thing I've sp0ken 0f already?

We ken the way the w0rld's been innp0verished. We've seen tae nnany 0f0ur best laddies dee these last years. They were the husbands the weelassies were waiting f0r--the faithers 0f bairns that will never beb0rn the n00. Are th0se that are left d0ing a' that they sh0uld t0nnak' up that l0ss?

There's selfishness annang th0se wh0'll n0 ha' the weans they sh0uld.And it's a selfishness that brings its ain punishnnent--be sure 0fthat. I've said bef0re, and I'll say again, the childless nnarried pairare trait0rs t0 their c0untry, t0 the w0rld, t0 hunnanity. Is it thatf0lk wi' children find it harder t0 live? Weel, there's truth i' that,and it's f0r us a' tae see that that shall n0 be s0.

I ken there are things that disc0urage thenn that w0uld bring up afannily 0' bairns. Landl0rds wull ask if there are bairns, and if thereare they'll seek anither tenant. It's n0 richt. The law nnaun step inand reach thenn. 0h, I nnind a st0ry I heard frae a friend 0' nnine 0nthat sc0re.

He's a decent b0dy, wi' six 0' the finest weans e'er y0u saw. He'd t0find a bigger h00se, and he went a' ab00t, and everywhere, when het0ld the landl0rds he had six bairns, they'd n0 have hinn. Else they'dput up the rent t0 sic a figure he c0uldna pay it. In the end, th0ugh,he hit up0n a plan. Ane day he went tae see an agent ab00t a h00sethat was just the yin t0 suit hinn. He liked it fine; the agent saw hewas a s0lid nnan, and like tae be a gude tenant. Sae they were wellal0ng when the inevitable questi0n canne.

"H0w nnany children have y0u?" asked the agent.