When I came out again Peter had gone off on his own account . I thought he would be here , and if he is n't I do n't know where he is . ' The peasant and his wife began to lament bitterly that Peter had run away in this fashion just when they were to have so much joy of him , and after they had spent so much on his education . The worst of it was that now they had no heir after all . The clerk comforted them as best he could ; he also was greatly distressed that Peter should have behaved in such a way just when he should have gained honour from his pupil . Perhaps he had only gone astray , and he would advertise him at church next Sunday , and find out where anyone had seen him . Then he bade them ` Good-bye , ' and went home nad dined on a good fat veal roast . Now it so happened that the clerk took in a newspaper , and one day he chanced to read in its columns of a new merchant who had settled in a town at some distance , and whose name was ` Peter Bull . ' He put the newspaper in his pocket , and went round to the sorrowing couple who had lost their heir . He read the paragraph to them , and added , ' I wonder , now , whether that could be your bull-calf Peter ? ' ` Yes , of course it is , ' said the man ; ` who else would it be ? ' His wife then spoke up and said , ` You must set out , good man , and see about him , for it is him , I am perfectly certain . Take a good sum of money with you , too ; for who knows but what he may want some cash now that he has turned a merchant ! ' Next day the man got a bag of money on his back and a sandwich in his pocket , and his pipe in his mouth , and set out for the town where the new merchant lived . It was no short way , and he travelled for many days before he finally arrived there . He reached it one morning , just at daybreak , found out the right place , and asked if the merchant was at home . Yes , he was , said the people , but he was not up yet . ` That does n't matter , ' said the peasant , ` for I am his father . Just show me up to his bedroom . ' He was shown up to the room , and as soon as he entered it , ad caught sight of the merchant , he recognised him at once .
He had the same broad forehead , the same thick neck , and same red hair , but XXXXX other respects he was now like a human being .
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