They heard the shepherd's voice during the forenoon, but less of him as the day passed.

Then the snow began to drift, and by evening there was a violent storm.
People came to the service in church, and the day wore on to evening, but still Glam did not come home.

There was some talk among them of going to look for him, but no search was made on account of the storm and the darkness.
"All Christmas eve Glam did not return, and in the morning men went to look for him.

They found the sheep scattered in the fens, beaten down by the storm, or up on the hills.

Thereafter they came to a place in the valley where the snow was all trampled, as if there had been a terrible struggle there, for stones and frozen earth were torn up all round about.