"Well, I'll put you back in the pen again until that boy sends for you," said the farmer, as he lifted Squinty over into the pen where his mamma and papa and brothers and sisters were.
"Why--why, it's Squinty!" cried Mrs. Pig.
"He's come back!" grunted Mr. Pig.
"Oh, I'm so glad!" said Wuff-Wuff.
"And so am I," added Twisty Tail, as she rubbed her nose against Squinty's. "Where have you been, and what happened to you?" she asked her brother.
"Oh, many things," he said. "I have learned some tricks, I have been up in a balloon, I met Slicko the jumping squirrel, Mappo, the merry monkey, and I saw Tum-Tum, the jolly circus elephant. Now I am home again."
"And which did you like best of all?" asked Mrs. Pig, when they had finished asking him questions.
"Getting back home," answered Squinty, as he took a big drink of sour milk.
And that is the story of Squinty, the comical pig. The farmer sent word to the boy that his pet was back in the pen, but the boy said he thought he did not want a pet pig any more, so Squinty, for the time being, stayed with his family.
STORIES FOR CHILDREN FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS OLD * * * * * THE KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES By Richard Barnum Large 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated Price per volume 40 cents Postpaid In all nursery literature animals have played a conspicuous part; and the reason is obvious for nothing entertains a child more than the funny antics of an animal. These stories abound in amusing incidents such as children adore and the characters are so full of life, so appealing to a child's imagination that none will be satisfied until they have met all of their favorites--Squinty, Slicko, Mappo, Tum Tum and Don. Squinty, the Comical Pig Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel Mappo, the Merry Monkey Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant Don, A Runaway Dog. |