Serious Cases

A touring English doctor went to see
a hospital in Scotland, world-renowned
for treating special patients. Finally
they took him to that ward, where patients gowned
in white, all looked most serious and glum.
They babbled what he thought a load of rot.
For, "Some hae meat and canna eat, and some
wad eat that want it!" cried a surly Scot.

Another said, "Fair fa' yer sonsie face,"
and next to him, "O what a panic's in
thy breastie!" Thinking what a sorry case
this was, the doctor grabbed his guide, "This din,
and nonsense talk, they must be mad!" he roared.
"Och, nay – it's just the Serious Burns Ward."