He's in the pasture playing jackstones with the children.

LIPA

He's a funny fellow.

PELAGUEYA

I don't see anything funny about it. He ought to be working, that's
what he ought to be doing, not playing like a baby. I don't like your
Savva.

LIPA _(lazily)_

No, Polya, he is good.

PELAGUEYA

Good? I spoke to him and told him how hard the work was for me.
"Well," he says, "if you want to be a horse, pull." What did he come
here for? I wish he'd stayed where he was.

LIPA

He came home to see his folks. Why, it's ten years since he left. He
was a mere boy then.

PELAGUEYA