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three soups, until one of the butcher's meikle dogs tramping on John's fit, which he took to be the weaver, and then ne would sup nae mair. After supper they went to bed John and the weaver lay together, and then he abused the weaver for tramping sae soon which he denied; but O, said John, there's a hantle o't left and I saw whare it was set, they're a' sleeping, I'll go rise an tak a soup o't yet, and bring a soup to me too. Away then John goes to the amry, and lays to the haggies, till his ain haggies could haud nae mair; then brings the rest to Sleeky Willie, but instead of going to the bed where he was, goes to the bed where the bride and her twa sisters lay, they being fast asleep, speaks slowly, will ye tak it, will ye tak it? but they making no answer, he turns up the blankets to put a soup into Willie's mouth, but instead of doing so, he pats a great spoonful close into one of their backsides. Sleeky Willie hears all that past, comes out the będ, and sups out the remainder, and sets up the dish where it was leaves the amry door open, to let the cats get the blame of supping the haggies, and awa they go to bed; but poor John could get nae sleep for drouth; up he gets in search of the water