Out of all the ten or eleven , there was only one who gave his parents any trouble , and this was a big lazy boy whose name was Tiidu . Neither scoldings nor beatings nor kind words had any effect on him , and the older he grew the idler he got . He spent his winters crouching close to a warm stove , and his summers asleep under a shady tree ; and if he was not doing either of these things he was playing tunes on his flute . One day he was sitting under a bush playing so sweetly that you might easily have mistaken the notes for those of a bird , when an old man passed by . ` What trade do you wish to follow , my son ? ' he asked in a friendly voice , stopping as he did so in front of the youth . ` If I were only a rich man , and had no need to work , ' replied the boy , ' I should not follow any . I could not bear to be anybody 's servant , as all my brothers and sisters are . ' The old man laughed as he heard this answer , and said : ` But I do not exactly see where your riches are to come from if you do not work for them . Sleeping cats catch no mice . He who wishes to become rich must use either his hands or his head , and be ready to toil night and day , or else -- ' But here the youth broke in rudely : ` Be silent , old man ! I have been told all that a hundred times over ; and it runs off me like water off a duck 's back . No one will ever make a worker out of me . ' ` You have one gift , ' replied the old man , taking no notice of this speech , ` and if you would only go about and play the pipes , you would easily earn , not only your daily bread , but a little money into the bargain . Listen to me ; get yourself a set of pipes , and learn to play on them as well as you do on your flute , and wherever there are men to hear you , I promise you will never lack money . ' ` But where am I to get the pipes from ? ' asked the youth . ` Blow on your flute for a few days , ' replied the old man , ` and you will soon be able to buy your pipes . By-and-by I will come back again and see if you have taken my advice , and whether you are likely to grow rich . ' And so saying he went his way .
Tiidu stayed where he was a little longer , thinking of all the old man had told him , and the more he thought the surer he felt XXXXX the old man was right .
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