Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22
PIGGY WHITEFOOT'S LESSON.
BY l.. FORRESTALL.

Piggy WhitefOot lived down by the edse
of the meadow with his mother and
brothers and sisters. who all stayed at
home very quietly, but Piggy Whitefoot
would run away.
Piggy's mother told him he must stay at
home; but he only squealed when she said
this, and thought, "I know enough to take
care Of myself and I'm going out of this
stupid sty for a little run and glimpse OF
the world
Poor. foolish Piggy Whitefoot!
So one day when his mother wasn't
looking, he scrambled over the side Of the
sly and away he ran.
1t was great fun.
What was this long and sandy place in
front of him? Truly. he believed It was
road. A real road, and Piggy Whitefoot
running on it! Was ever anything so fine?
How far he could go! He didn't know
before that roads We're SO long.
All at once he saw a house. He knew
1T must be house, for his mother had
told him about houses and he was sure
they looked like this.
Then he heard a great shouting-"Piggy
Whitefoot is out! Piggy Whitefoot Is
outi'
Then the children came running toward
him, waving their hands, and one boy had
stick.
Piggy was almost frightened to death.
Some of the children were in the road IN
front of him. so he couldn't run that way,
and one boy had raced down the road and
was behind him, and he couldn't go there.
of course. and he didn't know any other
way to find his home.
So he squealed and squealed as loudly as
he knew how, and ran round and round,
and at last all out of breadth, he rushed
in at the open barn door, just where Mr.
Bates, the childrens papa, had hoped he
could go.
On he ran through the barn, away into
the corner. where he crept under some hay.
Then Piggy thought he was safe. Nobody
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STILL and by and by the people would
give up hunting for him, and when they
had gone away he would just race back to
his mother
Then wouldn't it be fun to tell his broth
ers and sisters how smart he had been and
what gay time he had been enjoying?
But that wasn't at all what happened.
Just as he was thinking how smart he
was. Mr.. Bates reached under the hay and.
taking hold of piggy's hind leg, pulled him
out.
Wasn't Piggy Whitefoot surprised?
"Now" said Mr.. Bates to the children,
eve must drive Piggy back to his mother.
So they started Piggy down the road. and
they all came on behind him.
But Piggy Whitefoot didn't wish to be
driven home. He knew his brothers would
make fun of him; he stood still and
wouldn't go.
Then Papa Bates took a whip and whipped
Piggy. but it didn't hurt much, so he didn't
move
What shall we do with this bad pig?"
said papa -
Then he whlstled for billy. Oily was the
puppy. His name was Baffy Down Dily,
but they called him Diily for short.
Papa. Knew that Oily wouldn't bite, SO he
said to him. Chase the pig. Oily. Go for
him.
very loud bark Piggy didn't like this.
but still, he,~didnt want to go home. SO he
ran round and round again. with Dilly at
his heels Papa Bates trying to make him
start down the read and the children all
laughing and clapping their hands.
Papa soon saw that something must be
done If they were to get Piggy in the sty
that night; so he brought a rope which
he tied to" one of Piggy's hind feet, and
down the road they started.
But Piggy Whitefoot was very naughty.
so papa had to lift him along little way at
a time. And it looked so funny that the
and laughed until they nearly fell off. Piggy
would a few steps. and stop short. I'M
til papa lifted him along again.
Little by little they came to the Sty; then
papa took the rope and tied two of Piggy's
feet together. and put him in with his
mother
How Piggys brothers and sisters did
laugh at the funny way in which he walked
with his feet tied together. His mother told
him she hoped he had learned lesson, and
would mind her after this.
Piggy Whitefoot didn't like this at all:
so when it was dark he began biting the
rope: he worked all night at it, pulling and
nibbling the rope until before morning he
had broken it in two.
Now you wouldn't have thought he would
try to get out of his Sty again after all his
trouble the other time; but Piggy wanted
to show his brothers and sisters that he
was smart. after all: so he scrambled over
the side of the sly more, and away
he ran.
Not up the road this time; oh, no! He
remembered what happened when he went
there, so he ran quite another way today,
out into the green meadow.
How lovely and soft the grass was. He
put his little pink nose down among the
grass roots, and overturned some of them,
and took a bite. They were so sweet. Oh.
his mother and brothers and sisters were
silly not to get any of these nice things to
eat. and race about in the big meadow.
But what was that big thing running?
1t wasn't pig, for pigs were never so
tall, and it was brown. too, and 1t had
funny things like branches growing out on
the sides of it's head, and. oh, dear, it was
running right toward him!
Piggy Whitefoot was scared. He squealed
and ran as fast as he could go. He could
hear those big feet hurrying after him.
Whatever should he do? Louder and louder
he squealed. Nearer and nearer came the
feet He looked back just once, and he
saw the big brown head down almost to
the ground and right at his heels. His
curly tail hung down as straight as
string he was so frightened; and he
rushed up to the sty squealing: Quick.
mother; oh, quick. open the door and let
me i'm"
His mother couldn't think what in the
world had happened. but she pulled and
pushed at tie door hard she could.
Piggy Whitefoot, can't move this
door an inch" she squealed. you'll have
to get in the same way you went out"
But Piggy couldn't get in the way he
went out that was the trouble
Just as his mother spoke the big brown
head caught him up on its horns and threw
him right over into the sly, as much to
say: Now, let's see If you'll mind your
mother"
TO death and he never tried to be smart
again
Papa Bates often wondered why Piggy
was so quiet ever after that day Ola
Brindle the COW, knew all about it, but
she never told.