[CHRISTMAS IN PIGLAND]
Snow covered the ground, and big fleecy flakes fluttered against the window panes of the little brick house where lived Mother Grunty and her two little pigs.
Blacky-ears, the older of Mother Grunty's children, was filling the wood box, singing at the top of his voice—
"Merry, merry Christmas now is here,—
Merry, merry Christmas, oh what cheer!"
Little-wee Pig, the younger one, was helping Mother Grunty beat eggs for frosting and had hummed "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way" until his mother did wish he would change the tune.
So, you can easily guess that the month was December and that the exact time was the day before Christmas.
"Wish I'd get a bicycle," puffed Blacky-ears excitedly, as he carefully placed the last large chunk in the wood box.