The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-01
NOTHING LIKE STRATEGY.
How Mother of Pigs UtlIised the Wings
of y Rooster.

How n Mother of Pigs Utilised the Wings
of Rooster.
Last fall Franklin county farmer
turned a SOW, with her litter of young
pigs, into an orchard to pick up pre-
carious livelihood as best she could
from the stray fruit that might drop
from the trees. She managed to make
a pretty creditable scuffie of it between
her cleaning of the fallen fruit and her
rather persistent roofing, but there
came time when the fruit ceased to
fall with any degree of prodigality. for
the simple reason that there was none
left to drop.
Now, one day when the season was
pretty well spent, and the old SOW,
with her steady roofing and her un-
satisfied longing for the fruit that had
passed, was In much the same condi-
ton, she CHANGED to observe on the
| top-most bough of tree a big,
ripe, red apple. First she made
| u dash at the trunk of the
tree, hoping to shake the apple from
the limb, as she had done many one
during the season. But the tree was
an old one and her strength was mad
equate to move it. This, no doubt.
nonplused her to certain extent, but
she showed no outward signs of fail
ure. With n persistence worthy mo-
bier cause, she rushed fantically against
the nearest adjoining tree, thinking,
no doubt, that she might give 1t a
shake which could be transmitted from
limb to limb to its neighbor, till the
apple was finally dislodged. But it was
no go; the apple held on, though it's
twig did wave little under the poor
sow's repeated exertions.
About this time sprightly game
rooster, sporting his first plumes,
CHANGED to find his way into the or
chard, and, of course, took pos
session of it with as lordly an air as
If it had been arranged under
his immediate jurisdiction and
for his especial benefit. Mean
while the sow began to eye him a lit
tie obviously. She was familiar enough
with the feathered tribe to know
that it had the advantage of her
above her own native heath, and she
had no notion of giving away to the
rooster her information concerning the
whereabouts of the apple. Instead,
however. she set to work roofing here
and there in an apparently aimless
manner, but really and truly that she
might divert the rooster into search
ing for worms in the fresh turned soil,
SO that the coast would be clear for her
to pursue her Investigations in regard
to the apple.
Suddenly happy thought seemed to
take possession of her. Rushing back
to the tree, she called her pigs around
her, and, by sundry grunts and squeals,
which we are as yet unprepared to
translate literally, confided her design
to them. AT least l judge this to be
the case, for Immediately they, with one
accord, united with her in giving such
a startling squeal that at first the young
cock was scared within an inch of his
naughty life. 1t took all the courage
which he possessed to prevent his flee
ing ANONYMOUSLY, but he stood his
ground tremblingly, as ii he expected
every minute would be the next" as
the old woman said. Meanwhile the
racket among the hogs was unabating,
and the ROSTERS curiousity getting
the better of his trepidation, he VEN
tured n little nearer to ascertain the
cause of the commotion. This was the
cue for renewed energy on the part of
the SOW and her dutiful family.
Throwing deal more vigor into her
voice, she turned her eyes slyward, |
whereupon the pigs threw a deal |
more vigor into their twelve voices
and turned their eyes also skyward. |
This proved too much for the rooster,
so he Clipped in lively staccato, and
turned his eyes skyward. AS he did |
so, the CLEAN of the red apple loomed |
up beneath the blue, and the mystery |
was solved.
With preparatory tapping of his !
glossy wings and crow that almost |
failed to quaver, the proud cock mount
ed the bough and made his way conf
IDENTIFY through the leaves to the COW
eted apple. He clucked and gurgled |,
complacently to himself as he went,
showing in every movement with what |
contempt he held the poor hogs that |
were still gazing upward, and would |
have full benefit of his exhibition of |
superiority. When the apple was at
length reached he gave one crow, loud |
and long, to herald his victory, and |
dived his beak half-inch into it's mel |
low cheek, when, 10, the rosy red APP
Pile, with all its Consciousness, was down |
in the midst of the squealing pigs.
The old sow looked up softly as her |
teeth sunk into the apple, land she
winked her other eye."-Philadelphia
Times.
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