Squinty the Comical Pig - His Many Adventures by Richard Barnum
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"Oh, how nice!" exclaimed Twisty Tail. "I wish that had happened to me.
Did you do anything else, Squinty?" "Yes," said the comical little pig. "I saw something I thought was a potato, and it jumped away from me. It was a hoptoad." "That was funny," said Squealer. "I wish I had seen it. Did anything else happen?" "Yes," said Squinty. "I thought I saw another potato, but when I bit on it I found it was only a stone, and it hurt my teeth." "That's too bad," said Wuff-Wuff. "I am glad that did not happen to me. Tell us what else you saw." But just then Mrs. Pig grunted out: "Come, now! All you little pigs must keep quiet and go to sleep. Go to sleep at once!" So Squinty and the others cuddled closer together, snuggled down in the soft straw, and soon were fast asleep. Now and then they stirred, or grunted during the night, but they did not wake up until morning. They were running around the pen before breakfast, squealing as loudly as they could, for the farmer to come and feed them. But the farmer had his cows and horses and chickens to feed, as well as the pigs, and he did not get to the pen until last. And when he did, all the pigs were so hungry, even Mr. and Mrs. Pig, that they were squealing as hard as they could. |
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