Mouse in fancy dress on a box holding out her bag for treats while the ogre, standing beside a hot pot bellied stove, prepares to clobber her with his frying pan unaware that there is a giant mouse in the dark behind him about to clobber him with a massive uprooted tree.
The Scottish Word:

Forrit.

Yer surprisingly forret fur a wee moose guising in the dark in this part o the wids. Whaur’s aw yer pals?

Ye’ll be lookin for a sweet tae eat fur yer trouble ah suspect.

But dae ye ken whit I like tae eat? It’s no a sweet.

It’s a moose flattened on a pan, fried, an aw fancy dressed. Har har har.

Translate:

forrit, forret: forward, ahead, onward.

Your surprisingly forward for a small mouse trick or treating in the dark in this part of the woods. Where’s all your pals?

You’ll be looking for a sweet to eat for your trouble I suspect.

But do you know what I like to eat? It is not a sweet.

It’s a mouse flattened on a pan, fried, and all fancy dressed. Har har har.

′forɪt
The Scottish Word: forret with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

(This is a Scotstober 2024 Word.)

All of the Scotstober words illustrated for week four are available to scroll through on a single page here.

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