If it had been took by two or three folks a-walkin', we'd 'a' heard 'em blat to each other when they seen the kid layin' there.

That means it was took by one person, all alone.

He didn't pass us, while we was workin'.

Then, unless he's took to the fields, he's a-goin' the same way we are.

An' we're due to overhaul him.