A Parable of Pigs

by David P. Gontar (March 2013)

Now as it happened, the debtor pig was a great gourmand, and in short order he grew to an immense size, so large that a place had to be cut out of the table to accommodate his girth.

Finally it became obvious to even the dimmest wits that the notes were worthless. As the brethren were often hungry, and having to scavenge for food and other necessities, they were producing fewer goods, and the little community was afflicted by want and deprivation. In place of happiness reigned gloom and despair.

sample this dish. Curiously, the Debtor Pig was missing. Had he been present and proceeded to jump in and consume his plates of pork, one cannot imagine what the others might have done. But, in his absence, this novel feast was given to the birds.

where everything of worth drops from the branches of trees. Other speculated that he had merely grown so large that he could no longer get about, and had rolled downhill somewhere. But no one really knew anything more than the fact that the Big Pig had gone. Thus the table was restored to its original dimensions, and the IOU notes were collected and used to heat the kitchen oven. The entire company returned gladly to its customary labors, and in no time at all everything was quite well once more.

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