Thanks, Guys! For visual effect, I'll probably do an over-the-shoulder bag, with the chanter and drones coming out of the top...

Just FYI: the story in question is "Hans my Hedgehog" -- the shepard (actually swineherd) in question is a tiny person -- hedgehog from the waist up, and human from the waist down, and his trusty steed is a rooster. Should make for an interesting picture... I may give him a human face...

Here is an e-text version of the tale...

A were-hedgehog may be bizarre, but even more strange, the music he plays is described as beautiful ;-)