But let's be thinking of Jock as he'll be ten years frae noo.

Who'll be remembering then hoo they felt when he first came home?
They'll be thinking of the nuisance it is tae be caring for him a' the time, and of the way he's always aboot the hoose, needing care and attention.
What I'm afraid of is that tae many of the laddies wull be tae tired to fit themselves tae be other than helpless creatures, despite their wounds or their blindness.

They can do wonders, if we'll help them.

We maun not encourage those laddies tae tak' it tae easy the noo.

It's a cruel hard thing to tell a boy like yon that he should be fitting himself for life.