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 that the old man was right . He determined to try whether his plan would really bring luck ; but as he did not like being laughed at he resolved not to tell anyone a word about it . So next morning he left home -- and never came back ! His parents did not take his loss much to heart , but were rather glad that their useless son had for once shown a little spirit , and they hoped that time and hardship might cure Tiidu of his idle folly . For some weeks Tiidu wandered from one village to another , and proved for himself the truth of the old man 's promise . The people he met were all friendly and kind , and enjoyed his flute-playing , giving him his food in return , and even a few pence . These pence the youth hoarded carefully till he had collected enough to buy a beautiful pair of pipes . Then he felt himself indeed on the high road to riches . Nowhere could pipes be found as fine as his , or played in so masterly a manner . Tiidu 's pipes set everybody 's legs dancing . Wherever there was a marriage , a christening , or a feast of any kind , Tiidu must be there , or the evening would be a failure . In a few years he had become so noted a piper that people would travel far and wide to hear him . One day he was invited to a christening where many rich men from the neighbouring town were present , and all agreed that never in all their lives had they heard such playing as his . They crowded round him , and praised him , and pressed him to come to their homes , declaring that it was a shame not to give their friends the chance of hearing such music .
Of course all this delighted Tiidu , who accepted gladly , and left their houses laden with money and presents XXXXX every kind ; one great lord clothed him in a magnificent dress , a second hung a chain of pearls round his neck , while a third handed him a set of new pipes encrusted in silver .
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