The pig thought, "How can I kill that snake?" but he was so hungry he knew he should starve without corn, so he said he would try. The farmer told him to go down in the field, where the snake came gliding at night with its head reared high in air. The pig went down in the meadow, and the first creature he saw was a sheep.
"Baa!" said the sheep. That was its way of saying "How do you do?" "Who are you?"
"I'm the little Fire Pig."
"What are you doing here?"
"I've come to kill the great snake that eats the farmer's cattle."
"I'm very glad," said the sheep, "for it takes my lambs. How are you going to kill it?"
"I don't know," said the pig; "can't you help me?"
"I'll give you some of my wool."
The pig thanked the sheep, and went a little farther and met a horse. "He-ee-ee!" said the horse. That was his way of saying "How do you do?" "Who are you?"
"I am the little Fire Pig."