Things we've noticed

Pigs are popular.

Wilbur - Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

Babe - The Sheep-pig by Dick King-Smith

Applesauce - Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle by Glenda Millard, illustrated by Stephen Michael King
Old Pig - by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Ron Brooks
Max - George Clooney's pig
The Three Little Pigs*

Nobody wants the pig to die.

Perhaps that's why it all went so badly on William Golding's island (Lord of the Flies) and George Orwell's farm (Animal Farm) - they chose the wrong path for the pigs...

So if in doubt, save your bacon.



* We do have a soft spot for the big bad wolf, especially as the little pigs have a penchant for inappropriate development.