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A Brave Pig

A Brave Pig

I lived in DC when I was young， and dad used to take us on weekend trips south into the Carolina， so that we could see what "real life" was like. He'd just drive along the road for a while， and then pull over at some farm and start talking to the people there.

Dad was chatting up a farmer's wife once， when I discovered this pig...

It was a nice pig. But it only had three legs. The right back leg was wooden！ Well， I was as curious as could be， so I asked the farmer： "Excuse me， sir. Why does your pig have a wooden leg？"

"Well， boy. That is a courageous pig. The wife and me were asleep in the house one night， when that pig came running in and woke us up. The whole place was ablaze. We just got out alive."

"And the pig got its leg burned up in the fire？"

"Nope. Pig got out just fine. Matter of fact， he even went back in and saved the kids."

"Then why does the pig have a wooden leg？"

"I told you， boy. That is a BRAVE pig！ A heroic pig！ That pig saved our lives！"

"Yes， sir. But why does he have a wooden leg？"

"Boy， a pig like that， you don't eat all in one sitting！"

一只勇敢的豬

我小的時候生活在華盛頓。到了周末，爸爸常常帶我們到南部的卡羅萊納州去玩。正是在那里我們看到了什么是“真正的生活”。爸爸會沿路開一會兒車，然后把車停在路邊，找農場里的人聊聊天。

正當爸爸和一個農婦聊天時，我發現了這只豬……

那只豬很漂亮，可只有三條腿，右后腿還是用木頭做的！我對這點很好奇。于是就問那個農民：“先生，為什么你的豬有一條木頭腿啊？”

“是這樣的，孩子。這是一只勇敢的豬。有天晚上，我和妻子正在房里睡覺時，這只豬跑進來叫醒了我們，我們才知道房子著火了。我們立刻跑了出去，才保住了性命。”

“這只豬的腿是在那場火災中燒壞的嗎？”

“不是的，它完好無損地跑了出去。實際上，它甚至還跑了回去，把我們的孩子也救了出來。”

“那為何這只豬會有一條木頭腿呢？”

“我已經告訴你了，孩子。那是只勇敢的豬！一只英勇的豬！它救了我們全家人的性命！”

“是的，先生。可是為何它有只木頭腿呢？”

“孩子，像這樣的豬，我們是不舍得一次就把它吃光的！”