His talent was this: in a manner convincing,
He was able to grunt like a flesh-and-blood pig.
He was not recognised, yet his manners[[124]] attracted.
The house was well filled; expectation ran high.
He stepped forth in a cloak with an ample cape to it;
Man muss[muss] sich drappiren, as the Germans say.
But under the mantle—what none suspected—
He’d managed to smuggle a real live pig.
And now he opened the representation;
The devil he pinched, and the pig gave voice.