Snorfle, New Pig on the Block

Snorfle, New Pig on the Block
by
Robin Hall


One day Cary Cherry decided to take Snorfle for a walk around the neighborhood. He put Snorfle in his new harness, hooked on the leash and set off down the street.

Snorfle was very excited. Everything was new. He loved the short grass. It tickled his nose, and it smelled wonderful. Plus it had lots of bugs. Pigs love to root in the grass for dirt and bugs, and each lawn had different grass and different bugs.

Cary and Snorfle first stopped next door to meet Suzi, Cary's special friend. Suzi's full name was Suzi Dolores Friedle Hernandez. Her great grandfather was Spanish, her grandma and grandpa were German and her mother was Jamaican. Cary thought Suzi was beautiful.

Today, Suzi was shy and ran into the house when she saw Snorfle. But Snorfle knew they would become good friends later.

The next house was owned by Colonel Elmo P. Smith who had a Pekineses named Thor. The Colonel was watering his lawn when Cary and Snorfle came by. "Good afternoon Cary, who's your new friend?" asked the Colonel. Cary said, "Colonel Smith, this is Snorfle. Snorfle, meet Colonel Smith."

The Colonel sat on the sidewalk and watched while Snorfle rooted on the wet lawn. The grass was so rich Snorfle sneezed twice then headed for the flower bed. Cary and the Colonel laughed and laughed when Snorfle got yellow pollen on his nose from the flowers and tried to rub it off in the gravel. The gravel was kind of rough, but that felt good too.

Then Colonel Smith let his dog Thor out of the house. Thor yipped at Snorfle. Snorfle butted Thor and around they went.

Next, the Colonel turned on the sprayer. Snorfle had a drink. The Colonel turned on more spray and Snorfle tried to butt the water while Thor yipped his approval. Snorfle got soaked running into the water, but it was a warm day and it felt good to be wet.

"Cary, time for dinner," shouted his mother, Merry Cherry. So Cary said goodbye to Thor and the Colonel. The Colonel said goodbye to Cary and Snorfle and home they went.

Cary's father, Red Cherry, was waiting with a towel for Snorfle. Then Red, Jerry, Cary and Merry Cherry, plus Snorfle all had dinner.

The Cherries had snow pea quiche, a salad, skim milk and ice cream for desert. Snorfle had pig chow plus some snow peas which Cary, Red, Merry and Jerry all gave him under the table.

Then the Cherries sang some songs, played Clue and they all watched Star Trek (Snorfle especially liked Whorf). Then they all went to bed.

Red dreamed about his new easy chair, Merry dreamed about Red. Cary dreamed about Suzi, Jerry dreamed about breakfast and Snorfle dreamed that a pig named Winston called to him with telepigathy to welcome him to the neighborhood and his new home at 1440 High Ridge Rd. in beautiful Lake Swenson not that far from Music Valley in the State of Grace.

The End