1 Such is the natural life of a pig.
2 Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words.
3 Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
4 The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.
5 Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty.
6 He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels.
7 Almost immediately the footprints of a pig were discovered in the grass at a little distance from the knoll.
8 Four dogs guarded his bed at night, one at each corner, and a young pig named Pinkeye was given the task of tasting all his food before he ate it, lest it should be poisoned.
9 Not a pig appeared to be stirring.
10 It was a pig walking on his hind legs.
11 The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
12 He'll stand like a pig in a poke.
13 I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 14 If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, 'I'll have nothing more to do with you.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper 15 This time there could be NO mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis CarrollContext Highlight In CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper