The Pig with a Wooden Leg
A city man got lost and ended up at a remote farm. While asking the resident farmer for directions, his eyes widened in absolute shock as he noticed a pig walking around the yard. Incredibly, one of the pig’s four legs had been neatly replaced with a custom wooden leg.
Filled with curiosity, the city man asked, “Sir, what happened to that pig that it has a wooden leg?”
The farmer proudly beat his chest, “Oh, that is no ordinary pig, my friend! He is a hero to my family. A year ago, our wooden house had an electrical short and caught fire in the middle of the night. This very pig used his head to smash through his pen door, ran into our bedroom, and squealed at the top of
his lungs to wake us up. Thanks to him, we escaped de@th by a hair!”
The city man gasped, “That’s incredible! So his leg got burned in the fire?”
The farmer shook his head, “No. Then, six months ago, my young son accidentally slipped and fell into the deep pond. This pig jumped right in, grabbed the boy’s shirt with his mouth, and swam to the shore, saving his life!”
The city man was moved to tears. “What a truly phenomenal animal! So he injured his leg while saving the boy, right?”
The farmer looked at him with great surprise and explained, “You’re acting silly, man! A pig that is that smart, that loyal, and that wonderful… how on earth could we be heartless enough to eat him all at once? We just cut off one leg each month to make a stew!”
