Posted on Thursday 3rd June, 2010 by Chris in Life
We now have a new addition to the family: the black piglet that I took such a liking to the other day. I have named him Kevin (as in Bacon) and am pleased to say he has already shown his mischievous nature. In fact, it was obvious even before we’d reached the checkout in our local shop.
Kevin was in the shopping basket, nestling down between a medium-sized box of All Bran and next week’s tv listings magazine. A voice from over the other side of the shop revealed the presence of a mother and child somewhere around the Pets section (a very small section, admittedly) and the freezer aisle. Presumably the child had taken a shine to one of Kevin’s siblings, because we suddenly heard an unmistakable grunt.
“Stop doing that. Put it down!” snapped mother.
Naturally, I couldn’t resist reaching for Kevin, who responded with a grunt of his own. Back came the exasperated voice of mother: “You’ve done it again!”
Although we didn’t see either child or parent, it was odds-on that a quick clout around the ear had been delivered, but there was no way either Shana or I were going to own up. We were too busy laughing our cheeky little faces off.