pig and run

Malicious act of pig abandonment or gesture of unspeakable kindness to a stranger?

Some unknown person(s) put a pig, or rather the hind quarters of a pig, in the bed of my friend’s truck. This particular pig is cleverly designed to trick the average passerby into thinking that a tiny piglet is half submerged in a hole it has presumably dug in your flowerbed. Curly tail poised for the world to see.

The puzzle here is trying to understand why someone would willingly relinquish such a garden treasure. Perhaps they were looking to be kind and increase their positive karma, or maybe they were being pursued by a would-be pigknapper and decided that perhaps this fella with the truck would treat the piglet better then the knapper. Disgruntled spouse who can’t stand to have one more piece of statuary on their lawn. Who can know?

All I can say is thank you to the mystery pig gifter. Thanks to your selfless act, and my friends good humor, I now have a ridiculous pig’s bottom waiting for me each time I pull into my driveway. And I just know, if he had a mouth, he’d oink at me when I walk by.