| 单词 | pig |
| 例句 | Lori held up the slashed pig and threw it as hard as she could at Dad, but it was empty and nearly weightless. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That was fitting; his shield and surcoat showed a pig with wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But she didn’t want to be some smelly pig. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But it sounded Congolese in the way it rolled out with equal weight on every syllable—a pig in a sack—as if no single word wanted to take over the whole sentence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s really a very innocent little pig. He doesn’t even know what’s going to happen to him around Christmastime; he has no idea that Air. Zuckerman and Lurvy are plotting to kill him.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I go in the barn where, after my eyes have adjusted to the dim light, I see a tall girl with bangs and shoulder- length soft brown hair crouched over a pig. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But Fern couldn’t eat until her pig had had a drink of milk. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Houseboats swarming with old people and young, chickens and pigs. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “There’s a pig in the next pen and he’s enormous. I’m afraid he’s much bigger than you are.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z With nothing much better to do when not out tracking down his pig, Pacheco had all the attention in the world to lavish on the robin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got on his nerves he threw them out the way he would sell a pig. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “She was so anxious to get to the pig fair that she couldn’t wait for me to drive her there.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a fair question to me, but the pig was offended and charged her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A few are nodding approval, but the majority of them are fixated on a roast pig that has just arrived at their banquet table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then she changed her desk into a pig and back again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z From numerous buildings hung great wooden images of things: a pig here, a helmet there, a fish, a jacket, a hoop, even a sheaf of wheat. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Pig bones appeared in Jomon times on offshore islands where pigs do not occur naturally, making one wonder whether Jomon people were starting to experiment with pig domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence when we domesticated social animals, such as cows and pigs, they were already afflicted by epidemic diseases just waiting to be transferred to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Past the pigs, you’d come upon the ghost tree, bleached white with wind and age. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Can a dog be like a pig and become bacon or ham?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother says that: Never buy a pig in a poke. I guess a poke is a sack.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I really need to cook the pig two different ways? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A hunter in an orange sweater is kneeling on the ground behind a pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Them people couldn’t never get themselves a pig? That don’t seem right.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Zuckerman knew that a manure pile is a good place to keep a young pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Some—not much. But oh, I was rich in promises. If the bills had ever been paid we wouldn’t need pigs. We could go to Paris tomorrow.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They use “pig” and “stink pig” for girls, and only in an angry voice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going To strike the Pinata six times, And then let my Six guests swing A broom at the pig. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z People have been killed by pigs, horses, camels, and cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a wig, you pigs! Don’t y’all know anything about hair?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For clearly their thirst for gold was insatiable; they starved for it; they lusted for it; they wanted to stuff themselves with it as if they were pigs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig squirms all over the ground, and its squeals become deeper and more anguishing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It made her happy just to be near the pig, and it made Wilbur happy to know that she was sitting there, right outside his pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’m not the one pigging out on a sundae.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was down at the branch when we got to where we could smell the pigs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go get the thing some pigs,” he said. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl from Mr. Jackson’s class was playing Fern, and she carried a blanket in her arms, meant to represent the runt pig, Wilbur. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I knew she had a pig friend, but I didn’t know it was hers.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight years earlier, policemen had raided a blind pig on Twelfth Street in Detroit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was scandalized by the filth of men’s rooms, the rank smells and pig sounds, the grunting and huffing from the stalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With the cassette over one ear, and his hand shielding the other, David yells, “Quiet, pigs!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Zuckerman pig is now being taken from his crate,” boomed the voice of the loud speaker. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There were pigs from Russia and lots of pigs from Italy, naturally. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He ran for cover, dazed, and spent the night in a bamboo pig shed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, you are in charge of acorns and I am in charge of pigs.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped up the remains of the cooked pig in a piece of sackcloth, and Denna made a few trips with the water bottle and doused the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the pigs in blankets were quite good. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That I'm being upstaged by a dead pig. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her cheeks shone pink and chubby as a baby pig’s. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells Dad the pig’s head can wait a while so that we can have a jam jar of hot tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then it would be fed to factory-farmed pigs and cattle and even other chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z That morning Dallben had given him the task of washing the oracular pig. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The feral pig is considered a “pest animal,” and as such is not subject to protections afforded, say, a deer, or a person. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z After that, I or Mary Toy, one, had to take the pig and feed it some cow’s milk with a baby bottle so it wouldn’t starve to death. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She swallowed hard, wishing someone would take the pig away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z At the same time, he looks for pig tracks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how does he—a good Jew— know what pigs smell like cooking?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig was already dead—Calista said the zookeepers probably put him in frozen, like a giant pig pop—and that was a good thing for him, I bet, because he was getting swallowed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "Maybe you should get leeched too. There's leeches in the Neck as big as pigs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pens contained thousands of pigs and cattle, and as Raizel and I headed deeper into the complex, the air grew muggy with their earthy animal odors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Arwyl is stubborn as pig iron. There is no bending him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The twins stood with the pig swinging between them, dropping black gouts on the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, I think you’re a pig! And I’m not going to be mean to Tom just because you don’t like him. Besides, everyone thinks you’re awful.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “My husband’s aunt says that you visit the prison at her direction, bringing tablescraps not good enough for pigs. She declared that forgiving and caring for the enemy is doing the Lord’s work.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ride the pig?” he asked her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "She made me give a courtier a pig nose! In front of everyone in the game room." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Just as the pig wrenched the statue loose from its pedestal, I let go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All said they had never seen such a pig before in their lives. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “She lives alone and she loves her pig. Stands to reason. She’s very grateful to us.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So he ordered the slaughter of a half-dozen pigs and a flock of ducks and arranged for the most luxurious long-life robe to be made for himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, I got somebody to guard the house. Don’t worry about that. It definitely ain’t gon’ be no crooked pig who may have been behind this.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m sort of sedentary myself, I guess,” said the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Nearly broke his neck last summer when he decided to see if pigs might be able to fly. He and one of Elmer’s weaner pigs took a nosedive off the barn.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “It may not be too steep. I read a well-researched book about three pigs who followed cattle drovers across prairies and over mountains on a trek to Montana.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He would then lead the herd into an open area of the forest where he would change back into human form, then trap and shoot the pigs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The pig marketers said this improved their muscle tone; the pigs were curious, they liked to have something to think about. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He anxiously awaits their return, praying they will be overflowing with grains and smoked meats and leading calves and pigs to be slaughtered. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We found her pigging out at an overturned hot dog stand while the owner was curled up on the sidewalk, sucking his thumb. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Once in the middle of the night Laura woke up and heard the pig squealing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a simple snapshot of the pig hanging from the tree. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And then she considered his plans for the water in the spring, and Tuck’s voice saying, “They’d all come running like pigs to slops.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The tribe must be sitting round the gutted pig, watching the fat ooze and burn among the ashes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “She’s certainly a great deal of pig,” agreed the bard, “though very handsome, I must say.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z After four days she had been indistinguishable from the pigs, filthy, foul-smelling—and starving. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs lay, bloated bags of fat, sensuously enjoying the shadows under the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard from there stood wooden pens holding sheep and pigs and cows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Over thirty folks gutted like pigs and the place burned down in a blue flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now and then, you can even spot a wild pig in the road! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Fleeces clean, the sheep swam to the bank and scrambled out of the water, nimble as goats and hungry as pigs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d slop the pigs and fill the trough for the cows and horses, then I’d hop over the corral fence, loop around the barn and step through Grandma’s side door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They sit in the back seat—my brother no longer gets carsick—and talk in pig Latin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We never butchered or sold a hog that didn’t belong to us or marked a pig following a sow that didn’t wear our mark. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re pig’s guts,” she said without looking up from her darning. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Since that day, the wild pigs have distrusted all humans, and whenever they see a person in the forest, they think he or she is there to avenge the hunter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Pignati and I went into the room with all the pigs, and I started lifting the bigger ones to see what country they were made in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” he muses, “there are no tracks because Crystal’s a little pig and Alice is carrying her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fireball will feast on most mammals, though it prefers pigs and humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a high-pitched squeal, you know, like a pig.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Nobody could eat him,” said I. “But from then on Campbell Junior got fatter and fatter, and it’s all on account of Aunt Loma havin’ so much milk from gettin’ started good with that pig.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When Pa came back he had both a bear and a pig in the wagon. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And scalding the pigs in huge tubs of boiling water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Wilbur was a very young pig—not much more than a baby, really. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We were within sight of where the two blast furnaces and the nine open hearths had been—where the “pig iron,” a product of iron ore, was melted into steel. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z "I'm worse than a pig thief," he said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Rhyming words took their form from children's books—the smallest pig in the litter, the hounds pursuing the fox, the flat-bottomed boats on the Cam by Grantchester meadow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Boys flung themselves wildly from the pig track and scrabbled in the creepers, screaming. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z What happened after the third pig cooked the wolf in the pot? The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “I’m a pig!” cried Avery, tossing handfuls of straw into the air. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z When the doorbell rings, I run to get it, thinking it’s the butcher delivering the roast pig wrapped in foil. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Would he think we had forsaken; him and deliberately ripped his wife’s clothes—viciously broken the pigs? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead they ate all the surviving pigs, then the dogs, and then turned to spearing lizards. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Have you two been pigging out in the Great Hall all this time? I’ve been looking for you; I want to show you something really funny.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She, on the other hand, shuddered from the certainty that the deep moan was a first indication of the fearful pig tail and she begged God to let the child die in her womb. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We could hear the animals scream their deaths—the roosters, the pigs, a last great roar from the ox. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Mrs. Henning gossiping on her front stoop and dogs barking at a pig running loose in the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He isn’t as big as that pig next door,” remarked one bystander, “but he’s cleaner. That’s what I like.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z One time she couldn’t quite make herself eat what looked like a fried egg afloat in pig fat and gristle, so Farmer slurped it down for her. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z To avoid making noise and alarming him, we arranged for the pig to do our work for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The other pig spun around to face Striker and was hit in the stomach several times as he ran backward to get away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant most days, I could see the pigs, some as big as miniature ponies, arriving on the back of huge livestock trucks, their pink and whiskered noses sticking through the metal crates. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It almost made me long for the flying pig. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z With a pig under the building and the dogs barking and racing in and out, the school day ended. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Walowick shot a pig and cut the sucker up,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another farmer “raises hogs and for fully nine months after the broadcast of poisons, he could raise no young pigs. The litters were born dead or they died after birth.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighbourhood. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I watched the baron’s piggish face chew open-mouthed on the sacrificial pig. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unload your pig, please!” said the loud speaker. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z On his black T-shirt was a dead white pig with flies buzzing around it and the words OFF THE PIG in white letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Henry and Pa were jolly, and there would be spare-ribs for dinner, and Pa had promised Laura and Mary the bladder and the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered Shin food, lodging, and five yuan a day— about sixty cents—if he was willing to tend pigs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The pattering of pig's trotters died away in the distance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Around the perimeter were rows of shops easily identified by the crests over their doors: a cleaver and a pig for the butcher, an anvil for the blacksmith, crossed wooden peels for the baker. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We seize hold of them—no doubt about it, two real young pigs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig stopped its rooting and looked up at them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The pig told all its companions what it had seen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Bando and I climbed the steep gorge to the top, searching every cave and ledge along the ascent, and found no sign of her or her pig, no clues to say that they were here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We shared our outdoor play space with chickens and pigs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Now every time the pig is filled, you can go to the bank yourself and make a deposit. And every penny in the account will go to help pay for your college education.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Could a few pigs truly wreak this much destruction? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the fall, some years, there was a lot of pigs and hogs for butchering. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The shot went wild, far over the heads of the rioting pigs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He talked while he worked, mostly about the dishes he could make from the different parts of the pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the autumn the four sows had all littered about simultaneously, producing thirty-one young pigs between them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Also on board were two pigs purchased by McNeish for future pork roasts, as well as the rats and mice that stow away on any ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As he walked toward the East Door, he couldn’t stop picturing Winston in a dark corner of the barn, gnawing on raw pigs’ feet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He stared at me like I’d just spoken in pig Latin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Arsenic-contaminated environments have also caused sickness and death among horses, cows, goats, pigs, deer, fishes, and bees; despite this record arsenical sprays and dusts are widely used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he Googled “feral pig,” from which he learned that wild pigs were so widely disliked that the state of Tennessee pretty much allowed you to shoot one whenever you came across it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z You’d think a pig would leave a beaten trail in this wetland, but Crystal hasn’t or, at least, I can’t find it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited till one of the pigs came trotting under my limb. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother always loved anything that normally grows or lives out of doors— anything—lizards, trees, cows, caterpillars, birds, flowers, crickets, toads, ants, pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z However, regular dog eating has been a last resort of meat-deprived human societies: the Aztecs had no other domestic mammal, and the Polynesians and ancient Chinese had only pigs and dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The thunder god fell to the earth, and the villagers could see that it was a blue pig or bear with horns and fleshy wings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed no longer, but took his heartache home, and found the robust suitors there at work, skinning goats and roasting pigs in the courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sheep killed hedges, snipped valleys bare, and their pigs nosed up the very roots of what might have grown. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z More interestingly, the reconstructed language had words for “pig,” “dog,” and “rice,” which must therefore have been part of Proto-Austronesian culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and held it against her cheek. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And if you asked him to, he could geld a pony or castrate a pig with the same kind of delicate authoritative finesse Michelangelo must have used carving his Pietd. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This causes severe pain whenever the pig tries to sniff. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was mad at myself for getting into this and I was mad at that Cuban detective for being a pig. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The sixty — the pig — was hungry, angry that they had hit our man, our leader. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt guessed he was the only one there who’d actually feasted on roast pheasant and suckling pig. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And a moment later, out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z ‘She was the dearest pig,’ said the woman—‘would come for a whisde like a dog. My children taught her to play “dead pig.” Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “How would a pig know Alice wanted her to find waterfalls?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A similar report came from another, who said that out of 37 litters that might have numbered as many as 250 young, only 31 little pigs survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The main course was essence of brandied pig, and you need a lot of it to serve five hundred people. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Roasting the pig’s tail was such fun that it was hard to play fair, taking turns. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not funny. We don’t want North Korean Communist pigs here!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Like a goat or a bunch of clothes. It wasn’t like there was a set thing you had to trade to get a pig, man. That’s ignorant.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Almost immediately the footprints of a pig were discovered in the grass at a little distance from the knoll. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He had a tantrum whenever he saw any of the peasants giving their children only bread and feeding milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea that either pigs or old market-women could be so interesting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no mention of a pig, no mention at all.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At these gatherings, the host serves roast pig, duck, beef, sweet cakes, and beautiful candies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So smart, so morally upright, but she talked too much, in a voice that came from too far down in her chest, and she was homely as a pig head three, like her father. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you must not run away. If you do, the Nazis will burn down the farm and feed us to the pigs.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A pig's tail that was never allowed to be seen by any woman and that cost him his life when a butcher friend did him the favor of chopping it off with his cleaver. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The squealing of the pig and the scent of his blood made the hogs beneath me go nearly wild with anger. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And right then you’d hear gunfire behind you and your nuts would fly up into your throat and you’d be squealing pig squeals. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Unbelievable tales about being a child and watching his father slaughter and gut pigs from “the rooter to the tooter.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “A pig has more royal blood than you do.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z How I rolled in the dirt like a pig! The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s awfully steep for a pig,” I say, “but I’m no expert on pigs.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, I was hungry enough to eat a pig, a rabbit—heck, I’d have eaten a muskrat when things got really bad—but Mom still refused to serve it in the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not the common sense of a quill pig ’mongst the lot of them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Wilbur had just been named "some pig," and he was getting all kinds of attention from the Zuckermans and the whole town. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z "That bloated pig at White Harbor for one, and them Umbers and Karstarks too. You'll need men. Free me and I'm yours." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Mist’ Starks, de pig feets is all gone!” he called out. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z For me, Nochebuena meant the smell of onions and garlic cooking while my parents prepared the roasted pig. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “My dear Mow, I don’t know what you are talking about” “I am sorry, Pellinore, I thought you was drawin* a pig with your eyes shut” Sir Palomides thought it was time to interfere. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on the New Year they did eat but a fish they caught themselves in the lake and a pig they killed from the farm. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I tried eating a little bit of bacon today because Edmond particularly asked me to but it tasted like pig and I gagged. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then tall woodcutters entered to split up logs for the hearth fire, the water carriers returned; and on their heels arrived the swineherd, driving three fat pigs, chosen among his pens. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Malachy makes faces at them and wants to throw coal at them but I tell him if he throws coal there’s less for the pig and we’ll never get our dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I was trying to bring to the table wild pig, wild mushrooms, fresh local fruit, and garden-picked vegetables all at the same time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The chickens were fidgety, the cows were skittish, and the pigs were sullen and glum. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “A pig?” inquired the King, who was beginning to feel they must be driving at something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I finished with the first pig and dropped it to the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama thinks you eat like a pig, Daddy. She’s just trying to help you develop good table manners,” Karen said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbits would freeze, eyes glowing red; the pigs would squeal. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby woke up most mornings feeling like a stuck pig. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z All sorts of crops grew here: corn, but also fruits and other vegetables, as well as oats, hay, and alfalfa to feed the pigs, cattle, chickens, and horses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z My pig’s place in the forest would soon be taken by another pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Mammie’s right. The hog show’s up there on that farm. Lots of kids. Nice kids. They like pigs.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid a hand on the pig and drew his knife. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "In Pentos, I make them with pork," the old woman said, "but all my pigs died on the Dothraki sea. These are made of horsemeat, Khaleesi, but I spice them the same." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’m beginning to like that pig,” I say. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I could show her proofs of Mr. Muhammad’s teachings of such things as that the filthy pig is only a large rodent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This time Robert and Maurice acted the two parts; and Maurice's acting of the pig's efforts to avoid the advancing spear was so funny that the boys cried with laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In particular, a tribal big-man’s role in dividing the meat of pigs slaughtered for feasts points to the role of chiefs in collecting and redistributing food and goods—now reconstrued as tribute—in chiefdoms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I explained the circle of chickens and cows and pigs and grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "One day you'll be king! And you still don't know the alphabet from pig tracks!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The crisp-skinned pork, sliced from the roasted pig on the spit, smelled delicious, but she knew it was not for her, not with her remaining teeth loose and her gums sore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One pig was down; another seemed to stagger. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The only amusement then was castrating pigs and bulls, cockfights, hopscotch, and the incredible tales of old Pedro Garcia, may he rest in peace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bear was reaching into the pen to grab the pig, and the pig was running and squealing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Catch a squealing pig out of the bunch, and you’ve got a battle on your hands. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom was purple and panting loudly; the pig puffed a little; chicken feathers were scattered across the lawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Salatin reached down deep where his pigs were happily rooting and brought a handful of fresh compost right up to my nose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She handed me a bowl into which the pig’s guts spilled like syrup, quivering pink, blue, and yellow, warm and musky, alive, hard to imagine as solid, piquant, brown sausages. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They quickly found that of ten cell lines thought to be from nine different species—including dog, pig, and duck—all but one were actually from primates. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And he lugs them out, yards of them, with mustard greens, and racks of pigs' ears, and pork chops and black-eyed peas with dull accusing eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Once tied down and paid, he was exceeding pleased with the whole proceedings, and merrily instructed us where we might find his cattle and pigs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The pig’s head was down; its little pink eyes hardly noticed the man in its path; it assumed that Bloom would move. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I sat there, a herd of wild pigs came running. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mother couldn’t prepare a meal fit for pigs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the two of them was a depiction of the Hero Twins fighting a large bird, a large pig, a large rock, and a large human. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I watch Patrick Thomas from over her shoulder as he pushes his finger to his nose to make it look like a pig’s snout. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Together they took on the butcher, his oldest son, the butcher’s wife, armed with boiling water she had prepared for scalding pigs, her mother, and a passer-by. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother once told me a story about a notorious hunter of wild pigs who used magic to transform himself into a wild boar. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But why does he not wish it, the pig, the son of Set the Devil? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Then Striker turned back to the other pig and stabbed him again with long deep thrusts in the chest area. —jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast, 1981 Lo, the poor guard! Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a mental note that she is now wearing a sundress and her fuzzy pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then she glanced with distaste at Nettle, and at last pointed along the street to where a pig was nosing around in the gutter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One girl, Magdalena Nogueras, who at sixteen was caught stealing a pig and a wrench from her neighbor, went on to become a principal actress with the National Theater Company of Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It howled like ten pigs being gelded, rolling and thrashing in the rain-swollen mud, weeping a black river of itself, viscous fluid pumping over the blades’ rusted handle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Ma Charles said, “My Henry and I had pigs. A pen full. Remember, son?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He had prepared a lesson on raising pigs, but he had mistakenly brought the handouts 1 62 titled “The Close-Planting System of Rice Growing.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a slaughtering of so many cows, pigs, and chickens for the endless parties that the ground in the courtyard turned black and muddy with so much blood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I felt on the verge of crying, thinking of the broken pigs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in" Ralph watched them, envious and resentful. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The butcher takes the pig’s head off a shelf and when Malachy says, Ooh, look at the dead dog, the butcher and Mam burst out laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Neighboring diners dug into the pig, cutting pieces off it with careless abandon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She d want to take the dog and the pig along. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He grinned the way a man grins at a pig when he’s deciding whether to buy it—admiring it and imagining how good it will taste or how much money it will make him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I chickened out, afraid that to offer words of thanks for the pig and the mushrooms and the forests and the garden would come off sounding corny. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And humans had the cassava roots all to themselves, since pigs, porcupines, and other animals wouldn’t touch them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “With any of them your children will come out with the tail of a pig.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mam says the pig’s head isn’t right for Christmas and he says ’tis more than the Holy Family had in that cold stable in Bethlehem long ago. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One day during his trickery, a small pig saw the hunter biting a plant that enabled him to return to his human form. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Modern pigs are derived from independent sequences of domestication in China, western Eurasia, and possibly other areas as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Cows, pigs, dogs, cats, and chickens have thrived, while their wild ancestors have almost disappeared. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I have magic, mud-worm. Enough to turn you and your gorilla into pig droppings.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You should have died rather than help those filthy Communist pigs!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z At the door of a cottage I saw a little girl about to throw a mess of cold porridge into a pig trough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The laughing girl, the girl who chopped wood and danced in the dirt and talked to pigs and carried dressers and grew enough vegetables to feed a city would leave? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Time for us to go home,” he said to the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z First I made a list of all the things I liked, and they were all things from Bybanks— the trees, the cows, the chickens, the pigs, the fields, the swimming hole. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Homer,” she said to her husband, “I am going to give that pig a buttermilk bath.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I asked the guard what they were, and he said, "Them's pigs 'n' chickens." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I was in the garden on Saturday when the Mexican family drove up in a truck with a dead pig in the back. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A second pig moved out from the back part of the cave that I couldn’t quite see. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a cool night, but carrying the heavy sack has us grunting and sweating like pigs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he continued to search fruitlessly for his pig. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grownups going to think? Going off hunting pigs letting fires out and now!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The room was very dark though I could make out the shapes of pigs all around me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Fresh baby pig is very griping to the bowels. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reading one of Leslie’s books, and the adventures of an assistant pig keeper were far more important to him than Brenda’s sauce. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z A boy and a girl about my age are leaning on the fence, chatting, and I look down on the prettiest, cleanest pigs I’ve ever seen. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Patricia ate all the pig’s feet when we turned our backs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They built a fire, put a heavy metal spit through the pig, and began to roast it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Still unaccustomed to thinking like a pig, we had agreed that raccoons had been at work on some farmer’s crop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z And though no one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Once upon a time there were three little pigs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, Tess had traded five Notes for a bucket of pygmy pig's blood from the back alley of a kitchen. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think there’s something wrong with that pig of yours. He hasn’t touched his food.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Uncle Carlos pigs out on at least three slices. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The pig weighed exactly as much as I did. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pig is my brother, not the man. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bull, there’s nothing in this road, not even a pig. Are you sure we’re going the right way?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Having recognized the Gribley odor, this clever pig now knows something else about me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now remember, you got to get enough for the pig to pay coach fare for everyone.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I am thinking she means dishes, until I realize she is talking about Alice’s pig. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty boring hanging around the tavern day after day, making fires and chopping wood and cleaning up and looking after the chickens and Old Pru and the pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled his wine cup and watched a serving man carve into the pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z While her proud parents watched, Shirley lovingly deposited the coins in the china pig. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel -— Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They take care of the Army’s guard dogs, as well as Army horses, Army cows, Army sheep, Army pigs, Army mules, Army rabbits, Army mice, and Army monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You children be quiet till we get the pig unloaded,” said Mrs. Arable. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Supposedly, he had a great-great-grandfather who had stolen a pig from a one-legged Gypsy, and she put a curse on him and all his descendants. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Look at my little Penny pig,” Mom says, laughing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The pigs had their heads down, eating acorns. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Archaeology provides us with direct evidence of culture in the form of pottery, pig and fish bones, and so on. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Definitely not ones who like pigs and pink. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z No one in Macún died, but many lost their belongings, poultry, pigs, milk cows, vegetable gardens, kiosks for selling fried codfish fritters, and shops where rusty old cars received one more chance at the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They went charging down Park Avenue, and I imagined they would keep looking for flying pigs until someone deactivated them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z ‘I grew up on a farm,’ he said, ‘but I never knew you could teach a pig tricks. Help yourself to more bread?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Striker pulled up beside the pig and hung about ten inches of that knife into his belly and gutted him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the black cypress tree by the bunkhouse was as repulsive as the water-tub was dear; for to this tree all the pigs came, sooner or later, to be slaughtered. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My brilliant plan was to climb the rope and get on the pig's back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He got to his feet and began to carve the pig with his long knife. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally I sighted a handful of scrawny cattle, goats and pigs grazing on stubbles of dry brush. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mean the live kind; these were phony pigs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Then Laura and Mary took turns holding the pig’s tail over the coals. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z No swimming hole, no barn, no cows, no chickens, no pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But the instant she stopped sailing it was as if she’d turned into a fat pig. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A half-dozen black puppies and the odd pig or two skulked among the benches, while women in ragged deerskins passed horns of beer, stirred the fire, and chopped carrots and onions into a kettle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Today, for instance, Americans tend to get most of their animal protein from cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens, with game such as venison just a rare delicacy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The animals reassured him on this point immediately, and no more was said about the pigs sleeping in the farmhouse beds. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I got the fowl in and most of the pigs. Cept Bubba. He young but getting big, Mr. Henry. Big and mean...” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had supervised the roasting, now he was going to show us how you cut up a pig. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs would be on the run by the time I was ready to shoot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah! The doc said a pig would really get her milk goin’.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I’m sure he thought it a worthy trade. That pig was massive.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “My aunt told me pigs is the dirtiest animal. She said we ain’t supposed to eat ’em ’cause it’ll make humans dirty too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And they ate better than they had in years, for no landlord would serve the King anything less than his finest offerings, even if that meant butchering a tenant farmer’s last suckling pig. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She reported it, although years later Abramov said that the interpreter confused the word “pork” for “pigs” and that Bobby was referring to the food he was eating at a restaurant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mother came to the rescue by handing her the pig. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But no warm mash appeared, and on the following Sunday it was announced that from now onwards all barley would be reserved for the pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z For the time being, the young pigs were given their instruction by Napoleon himself in the farmhouse kitchen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Red and crispy roasted pig, brown and golden duck, steaming dumplings, plump fried shrimp, and all kinds of sweet cakes! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Black rats and a pig root around in a ravine where the children play. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I don’t want to eat the poor pig. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Behind the turtle, I drew Tobias as a big ugly pig in clothing that’s too tight, with a mean expression on his piggy face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail of a pig. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "You can keep my pig as a wedding present." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Okay, we could hunt one day, maybe some duck, maybe the pig, but first you need license and learn to shoot.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Candy answers the door in a dress and her pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They would give the strangers whatever weapons or pigs or cattle they’d saved from destruction, and the strangers would give them an outbuilding, the worst of their food, and some straw. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They sipped sangria at the bar of a Spanish restaurant, a grinning pig’s head presiding over their conversation. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z No, they wouldn’t complain, says Mam, but they’d never eat the pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But the worst thing he did, some researchers say, was entirely without malice—he brought pigs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "Sander," said Mr. Pope, "see if you can hunt up a change of clothing for Widge. He looks as though he's been wrestling pigs." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The neighbor found him in his barn the following morning and made a deal with the farmer to trade Dutchy for a pig. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No one stirred in the farmhouse before noon on the following day, and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The worst thing in the world is to go into a lavatory after a man that had a feed of pig’s feet and a night of pints. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z ‘Well, it’s the only pig ball I have. So don’t ask for an encore.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jack squatted back and frowned at the pig. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The pig farm was as good as it got for Shin at Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Polynesian food producers variously intensified production of pigs, dogs, and chickens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was glad to see them there because I’d read about kids their age being rounded up and fed from troughs like pigs. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "What is the difference between a pig sty and the sixth grade?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course I can count And I can read too, you double-chinned pig. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “The slowest pigs in Trofimovsk!” said Ivanov through his rotten teeth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That “teaches” the pigs to avoid being bitten. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They will drop germ bombs to wither the sugarcane fields, blacken the rivers, blind horses and pigs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Two tiny stuffed pigs rest on the pillows. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had seen wild pigs and they were huge, all of them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “No, no, Pellinore. Not a pig. Get pigs out of your head right away. This thing makes a noise like hounds.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is the sort of farm machinery I like,” Joel told me one afternoon as we watched his pigs do their work. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Schiem and I chatted about nothing in particular until the pig was crispy and crackling on the outside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I felt as sorry for him as I had felt for a litter of helpless pigs bom in our backyard sty in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z However, he was certain now that if they did not capture the pig, they would never get home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His brow was dotted with beads of sweat, his pig’s eyes shining above his fat cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Old Rit had probably killed her pig, and was cooking it for the Christmas dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We had used a block and tackle and two hooks to raise the pig by its rear ankles. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z After hunting here for years, Angelo knows there are three groups of pigs sharing the oak forest in northern California where he took me hunting. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The whole book was about Charlotte saving the runt pig Wilbur, and then she goes and dies. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “That’s what I want to do. Sell butter and cheese and feed the milk to pigs.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The information includes details about the exact hfpe of cow or pig, what kind of feed it was given, what drugs, if amj, when it was slaughtered, and more. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Next was the southeast corner, where shabbily built wooden fences held in several cows, goats, sheep, and pigs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "Gods, how did we come to this? You here, and me killed by a pig. We won a throne together . . ." I failed you, Robert, Ned thought. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At ten o’clock we throw the bones of the sucking pigs outside the door. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been built as a shelter for pigs about to be butchered. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “All them pigs gone, and it was a hungry winter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I come upon holes in the ground that could have been made by none other than a pig. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But I kept a piece of ear from every pig I marked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he pointed the gun up and to the right, because he just couldn't bring himself to shoot at the pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe any lady would nurse a pig,” said Dunse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Digging in our trash bins. Burning the bread. My mother hitting me. Taking the bread out for the pig but then giving it to you instead.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Across the brush fence were other brush houses, and the smoke came from them too, and the sound of breakfast, but those were other songs, their pigs were other pigs, their wives were not Juana. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Crate your pig, please, Mr. Zuckerman, and report to the judges’ booth promptly!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z More than two dozen full-grown sows, plus the young pigs and the boar with the grey, bristling back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You mean she put a pig up to her tits and let it suck?” asked Smiley. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Slopping pigs couldn’t be that much harder than serving in the front room, and it would be better than falling ill or dying. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most often we had already shot and hung the pigs to drain the blood before they would come over to help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z First, his career would not be with the animals; second, he’d never again eat something that came out of a pig. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “She and Hendrik brought him to me. Hanni thought I could bring the love of people to him, like I did to Crystal, my pig.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z After the pigs had been slaughtered and fresh pork was for sale in the market, another wave of British officers moved in and set up their camp beds in the second-floor drawing room. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And the pig, hearing a familiar call from the corner of the lot, had come grunting from his sanctuary and gone in the direction of the call. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And our dog, Bell, and two horses and lots of chickens, cows, and pigs. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z We both raised pigs, and when it was slaughtering time we would get together and help each other. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks demurely, head down, red-gloved hands clasped in front, with short little steps like a trained pig’s, on its hind legs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig, he was sure, was keeping out of sight in the bushes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Home, where he could cradle the new baby pigs in the barn, climb the trees at the edge of the woods, throw snowballs at the posts of the clothesline. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Bourgeois pigs, always wasting time. You won’t need that hat,” he scoffed. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z One of them, a stringy woman with a nose like a pig’s, stepped forward. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I keep listening, my picture of Alice and her pig taking on new dimensions. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But if the animal then emerges and stands there plainly in view, there is no longer any question of collecting evidence; its coming into view doesn’t provide me with more evidence that it’s a pig. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Sure, Dad,” he'd be able to say, "here's yer money. I kept it on me in case the pigs raided our house, like.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It’s kind of funny to picture Candy as a cavewoman wearing those pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were pigs as well: the biggest, blackest boars that any of the ironbom had ever seen and plenty of squealing piglets in the brush, bold creatures that had no fear of man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No,” said Samuel, “but you can make a very fast pig.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z China had developed intensive agriculture based on millets in the north and rice in the south, and with domestic pigs, chickens, and water buffalo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to the pig?” asked Lee Roy as we crested a hill. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A few moments before, the pig had been crouched at the roots of a tree. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As the lesson went on, it seemed like all Crazy Kelvin wanted was to get us to call the police “the pigs.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Amadi stood outside, beside the wheelbarrows and pigs and people and chickens that went past, because his broad-shouldered form could not fit in the shed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, at any rate it’s not a pig, and you don’t have to buy it. If you guess what it is, then you may have it for your dinner.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The python had his jaws stretched wide, way way past his eyeballs, and the pig was already halfway down. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Sam, I’m not as young as you are. I just have to get a good meal before I can think like a pig and a girl again.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed to find her pig mask pretty funny. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For a second appetizer, I asked Angelo to bring a block of the pate he’d made from the liver of my pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The innkeeper had taken a seat during Jerome's story, and now he says, "That Bartholomew is a pig. The abbot's going to let him keep teaching the children?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer—except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “So part of what I told wasn’t no pig tale.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Cutting marks in a pig’s ear is bloody work, and the scared pig kicks and squeals like he’s dying; but he’s not really hurt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After the pigs were scalded in the big iron tripod kettle and their skins were scraped and white, Jody had to go to the water-tub to sit in the grass until his heart grew quiet. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb the fence and continue walking south and a bit east, searching for pig tracks among the rushes and trees along the swamp stream. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were touchy about the pig on their plates and the “pigs,” as Crazy Kelvin called them, in police cars. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima finally hauled Nailer up, groaning, her muscles flexing as she dragged him up like a dead pig, then left him lying on the carbon-fiber decking while she and Lucky Girl went below. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They named the property Marianna Farm, combining Marian’s name and her mother’s, and stocked the place with a collection of farm animals that included horses and cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Quentyn saw one mount a dog, as the other hopped onto a pig ... only to slide right off again, to a smattering of laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They might pass off pig blood as their own. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Stepping outside during a tornado, or even a storm on the outskirts of a tornado, is a pig idiot thing to do that noreal Oklahoman would do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Well, help me catch this pig, will you?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A new business emerged—cattle, pigs, and chickens started being stuffed full of corn in large factory-type operations called feedlots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On a regular farm there may be cows, pigs, and chickens; fields of grain; orchards filled with fruit—many different kinds of foods to eat or sell. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Mam says she has a pain in her back, that I’ll have to carry the pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t like it a bit when I started out to catch and mark all the pigs that our sows had raised that year. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z People who had journeyed to see Wilbur when he was “some pig” came back again to see him now that he was “terrific.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z "It doesn't matter to me. A pig is a pig." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Wild California pig would be the main course. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Snouts! Like pigs! It’s this other reality, where she looks like a supermodel but she’s the ugly one. Get it?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She nodded, and he thought she said, “My pig will always remind me of you.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Why didn’t we like the thick fatty pig skin that she would deep-fry so long that it tasted like rubber? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The midwife chased Joan’s husband, her young son, two pigs, and a pigeon out of the cottage, bade Alyce wait for her in the yard, and slammed the cottage door. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t want to live on a planet where everyone looks like a pig.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The bear had just killed the pig and was picking it up to eat it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a few days later than this that the pigs came upon a case of whisky in the cellars of the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Angelo, my hunting tutor, has taught me how to read the ground for signs of pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His most vivid memory of those years was getting busted for barbecuing stolen pig intestines. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z J.T. and I—we’ll pig out on Bagel Bites and frozen cheese pizza—and we can put away a whole bag of spicy nacho chips between us. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The impasse was broken by the pig, which decided, simply, to leave; choosing for its line of departure a path which passed directly between Bloom’s legs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you be my dark-eyed Prince Gallant and protect me from pigs? Sing to me? Whisk me away to tall trees ” she trailed off to nothing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I passed around the bottle of brand while the pig cooked over the fire, smoking and dripping fat onto the coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And he bought three pigs and a flock of fowls to feed on the grains spilled from the harvests. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Fourth Aunt picked up her sons, one under each arm, and hid in the pig house, where they slept that night in cotton clothes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to put a little roast pig on the grave of my father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no need to gobble your grapefruit like a pig,” Fred told a woman professor from Columbia University, who had arrived late and was trying to catch up with the rest of us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an odd, honking sort of sound, like a pig or a horse, but yet not like either. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When somebody sent word to Mr. Farnam, why, he just walked into the depot and led her back home to her pigs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Keep telling him,” he said calmly, and then went back to feeding the pigs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed the curtains open, and there was Norton holding a large white pig, which he brought down suddenly on a table edge, knocking its head off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z A giant boar’s head came first in order, then pasties and whole suckling pigs, pigeons and geese roasted with feathers on. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a way round every difficulty. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Penny col-lected her dog and pig and led them both below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three of something: three pigs, three bears, three brothers, three soldiers, three billy goats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Other times, it makes you look like a pig. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Go play by yourself! I don’t play with pigs.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t gone on and on about “racist pigs,” Fern would have never asked herself, “What’s wrong with this picture?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few streets the newspaper is gone altogether and everyone can see the pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “First you don’t want any. Now you want to gobble them all up like a pig.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Blanca and Alba were sitting with the journalists and guardsmen, eating roast pig with their fingers and drinking mouthfuls of red wine straight from a bottle that was being passed from hand to hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "You want a pig," said Roger, "Like in a real hunt." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Their African equivalents—such as the African buffalo, zebra, bush pig, rhino, and hippopotamus—have never been domesticated, not even in modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "I would rather spend my days chained to a vile wolf or a stinking pig or a marsh-goblin," she told him flatly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a pig in a sty.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If the casualties were limited to their own kind there would be no problem, but the slaughter of cows, pigs, farmers, dogs, and highway signs makes autumn a dangerous season in which to travel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no baboons or porcupines or wild pigs to ravage it, as there had been at the other place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up their residence there. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Finally she consented to take a pickled pig foot on him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The demigods scattered as the winged lady pig swooped down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z First came the three dogs, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Fighting pigs is brave, but it is not brave to scream so loud. It hurts Strong Belwas in the ears.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now that the harvest was in, Luke thought Dad might be bored without the pigs to take care of. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z We climbed the fence, where the pigs were grunting and snuffing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you want a pig to ride as well?” asked Kasporio. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a barn where the cows and pigs were kept, and there was a greenhouse filled with blooming flowers and growing vegetables. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z To market to market to buy a fat pig! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This could steamroll into something as unmanageable as Pacheco’s pig. Any fool can see that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He wondered it a pig would agree, and grimaced at nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her older boys always seemed to find trouble—throwing stones at the pigs, falling out of trees, or tormenting the baby. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On the pig farm, that passive blankness returned. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Sealed away on the pig farm, Shin heard nothing about the street trading, corruption, and extralegal intercity travel that would—in less than two years' time—help him escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The pigs ran in panic, moving every which way at once, and then the blam! of Angelo’s shot directly behind made me jump. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Carry him up a mountain and sing the pig lullaby to him? Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They were hungry and cold and living in an abandoned shack in the woods not far from the pig farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “So much trouble teaching you good manners and you end up living like a pig.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Nearby, a small girl pulled carrots from a garden, naked in the rain, while two women tied a pig for slaughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s a completely different thing to climb a rope attached to a moving pig's wing while you’re flying at a hundred miles an hour. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the pig farmer’s kitchen over the next month, Shin finally found plenty to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was mixed every day into the pigs’ mash. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I’d rather raise pigs than some nasty girls. Least I can slaughter them!” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Dugout sailing canoes and pipes, yes; forges and pigs, no. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The pigs stopped and started charging at the bottom of the tree. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Burkhart said that Lawson had nothing to do with the explosion, explaining, “You have got the wrong pig by the tail.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, my daddy fine’ly got on the telephone and rung up a hospital doctor over in Athens and ast what to do. It was the doctor said get a pig.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z First he skated just in that hall leading from the dining room to the doorway with the curtains where all the pigs were. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Cows mooed, sheep bleated, pigs squealed all around him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I would huddle, listening to their noise in the darkness, my eyebrows lifted, my lips pursed, the hair on the back of my neck standing up like pigs’ bristles. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There were miniature lions, pigs, dragons, hydras, even a teeny Minotaur in a little Minotaur diaper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “But first I have brought you a pig in a sack.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lurvy arrived with breakfast, there was the handsome pig, and over him, woven neatly in block letters, was the word TERRIFIC. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I nodded in the direction of the scattered pigs that were meandering through the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z "You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one. Do all of you see?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m right. Near the town is a waterfall and lots of acres for a pig to forage.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The news of the wonderful pig spread clear up into the hills, and farmers came rattling down in buggies and buckboards, to stand hour after hour at Wilbur’s pen admiring the miraculous animal. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I reasoned that a pig’s organs included the lungs, heart and liver, so if Mrs. Cullinan was walking around without those essentials, it explained why she drank alcohol out of unmarked bottles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As they passed underneath me, one of the biggest pigs stopped and sniffed the air in all directions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The pigs appeared completely at ease in their chairs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Well you needn’t be bothered by having a kid with you any longer then. I’m off. I’ve had enough of this place. And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly, stuck-up, obstinate pig!” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Chickpeas with pig’s feet and white rice was one of my favorite dishes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, we can’t give a prize to a dead pig,” said the loud speaker. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her about the Bronx Zoo, and the python and the pig. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Angelo made a shallow cut across the pig’s belly and began to gently work the hide loose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Lurvy shaved and got a haircut; and his principal farm duty was to feed the pig while people looked on. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The name meant “earth pig,” and the book said that a “sharp blow with a stout stick” was all it took to kill one, if that was what you wanted to do. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was shooting an apple out of their roast pig’s mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “A finer pig there never was. He’d been ailing for a time, so I do suppose it was right to put him down.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And Dear Imam, are we allowed to pray in a barn if there are pigs nearby? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We saw no pigs that morning, and around noon, we met back at the cars as planned. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "The lady did not ask your views, dwarf," snapped Kurleket, a great fat oaf with short-cropped hair and a pig's face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tendril was polished on the underside; pigs, passing through the loop, brushed it with their bristly hide. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “She looks like a wonderful pig,” Eilonwy said, scratching Hen Wen behind the ears. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z After the meal—cold fish with avocado sauce, roast suckling pig in brandy, and chocolate mousse—they dismissed the waiters and bolted the doors to the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we haven’t even had the pigs in a blanket yet.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When he heard that the price was only six dollars, he said he would buy the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Mam sends me to Grandma to see if we can borrow a pot for the pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The pig was punishing me for trying to defy him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Myra's father got down on his hands and knees and closely examined each pig, tail to snout. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to be away from that area before dawn, since I feared that if I stayed I might run into the wild pigs again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It sways In the tree In the yard, This paper pig Bloated with Candies, this Pinata my father Bought and hung On a low branch. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For the stock I used bones from both my pig and from a grass-fed steer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “What did I do wrong?” asked the pig, when he recovered from his bump. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z At the same moment, I realized I had once again bitten my cheek in the exact same place and that it was bleeding like a stuck pig. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the white pig was the first to discover an important variety Taran had overlooked. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z There was a slaughterhouse on the farm where fifty or so pigs were butchered twice a year, exclusively for guards and their families. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A herd of pigs came squealing out of the greenery behind the savage and rushed away into the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z George’s job was to paint the pig trough. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And I’d never believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, but I swear that python was eating a pig. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Alone in the village, all is quiet except for the muffled grunts of pigs and cackles of chicken. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So I had a good excuse for hunting pigs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pa shot the bear, and there was no way of knowing where the pig came from nor whose pig it was. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, a very beat-up Hermes statue leaped onto the pig's head and started banging it mercilessly with a caduceus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Come on, you little pig’s whelp, you miserable mangy little runt! Spring at me! Just try it! You’ll never make the arena, you weakling! Come on, coward, what are you waiting for?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The white pig, undisturbed, sat on her haunches and looked cheerful. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z When they were gone, I climbed down, and all of a sudden a couple of enormous pigs came running at me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Old pig’s eyes, I thought, shrewd and wily. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a sow, not a boar, and under a patina of mud it was the pink of a domestic pig, not the brown bristle of a wild one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We set the pigs down on the carpet in front of us and gave them each a last look. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Who was to say the skin- changer would not make his own pig army? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But they left me alone with her, and the pig sat right there on top of the dresser as she slept. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Shank’s got more guts than I’ve fried up from every pig and cow in the last year.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There is the pig that ate the acorns, and the man preparing the pig to be eaten. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A server took away the remains of the pig and replaced it with a heaping pile of crescent-shaped, fried chebureki. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Johnson had the pig, the big sixty, the heavy ’chine. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s been letting his pigs graze all over. Even if there is a trail, we’d never find it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Cats too. The odd potbellied pig. Ferrets, chickens.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those people in them fancy new houses won’t be able to stand pig smell. So we can’t raise hogs no more.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Stranger thought he was the stupidest, laziest pig he had ever met, and told him so at least once a day. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother smells of wild pig and fish,” I say. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was so easy to lead one’s country in various directions, as if she was a pig on a string, why had he failed to lead her into chivalry, into justice and into peace? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave us an earful about how Kelvin always said “racist pigs,” but he let the policeman pat him on the back like he was the policeman’s dog. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they raised sail she had locked herself in her cabin with her dog and her pig, but at night they could hear her weeping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But having caught the pig, Nettle thought it was fair dos to crack open a bottle now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We have a cow named Old Pru, and a horse named Grey, and some chickens, ducks and geese; and the old sow and six young pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Since neither pigs nor chickens can be harnessed to pull carts, highlanders remained without sources of power other than human muscle power, and also failed to evolve epidemic diseases to repel the eventual European invaders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to eat the pig tails, but like chicken necks, they are mostly bone and little meat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Of chitterlings of pigs were made Its beautiful rafters, Splendid the beams and the pillars Of marvellous pork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnson went off and started looking at a pig that was tied in back of one of the huts. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Célina’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Those yields in turn supported intensive pig production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With scribbles on paper that are not worth the scratch of a pig’s snout. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “No, this is your pig, Michael, you killed it, there’s no doubt in my mind. You got yourself a big one. That’s some very nice prosciutto!” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even those few Australians got to see only a fraction of Macassan culture and technology, rather than a full Macassan society with rice fields, pigs, villages, and workshops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You have had your fun raising a baby pig, but Wilbur is not a baby any longer and he has got to be sold.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “That would only serve to remind them we have a nice plump pig.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But that would not have been true for his pigs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Slowly then, without intending any long sermon, I told him about my days at the pig plant. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon’s perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sweating like a pig at the front of the slaughterhouse waiting line. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “It’s not unattractive to the pig,” I answer. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The manual continues: “Look on the ground for hedgehogs . . . porcupines . . . mice . . . wild pigs; in the trees for bats, squirrels, rats, and monkeys ...” Anyone for mouse pie, bat stew, porcupine soup, or squirrel souffle? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our pig is completely out of the ordinary.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Under the surviving oil palms we grow maize, yams, and soybeans, and raise pigs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "You cut a pig's throat to let the blood out," said Jack, "otherwise you can't eat the meat" "Why didn't you.?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "But I shall! Next time! I've got to get a barb on this spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out" "We need shelters." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "But we'll have time enough for - that. You'll be wanting to sleep beneath my roof, belike, and eat me out of pigs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She tells me sit down and have some pig’s head and I force it into my mouth and I’m so stuffed I have to lie on the bed with my belly sticking out a mile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She oinked several times and pushed the nearest piles carefully out of her way before rolling onto her back and rocking back and forth, a pig gleefully wallowing in mud. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The pig is a graft between a rat, a cat and a dog, Mr. Muhammad taught us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "I was talking about smoke! Don't you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Pretty the pig and Penny the girl, he thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Horse-drawn wagons clattered up and down the cobblestone street, bringing in more fresh vegetables, squawking chickens, and squealing pigs. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “This pig stole money from one of our foxes. He beat her up, too, so she wouldn’t talk.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Made me feel dumber than a pig with half a brain. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Having such an important pig was going to mean plenty of extra work, he could see that. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The first narrator described the Arables’ farm and told the audience about the baby pig who was moments from execution. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Where were all the hedgehogs, porcupines, pangolins, mice, and wild pigs we had heard about? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It trapped cows and pigs and sheep and drowned them in its muddy brown water and carried them to the sea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s terrible. Most of the boys are awful and all they talk about is hunting and killing pigs. I’ve never been so hungry for bacon in my life.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Lombard was so surprised and disoriented that he likely would have kneeled to a pig farmer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He beat her because of me, because he thought I was the daughter of the fat, ugly pig man. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The hook wrapped around the base of the pig’s wing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z What maintained its constancy or fidelity: What kept elephants from morphing into pigs, or kangaroos into beavers? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I like this one,” says Sarah, pointing at the pig with quasi-St. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They worked diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground, and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The Ludingtons had a farm with disgusting pigs and dogs that bit. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilbur was what farmers call a spring pig, which simply means that he was born in springtime. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I am proud to serve Lord Gwydion, and there is a chance to win much honor, more than by washing pigs and weeding gardens!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z By the time the pig was done, I was hardly aware of it at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He gave a brief wave, and without any further word headed off, the bell on his walking stick clanking as he walked and his pigs trailing in a loose mob behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My reading glasses are on the coffee table, and ain't none of these pigs willing to go fetch 'em for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She taught Elya a special song to sing to the pig. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And the shelves had pigs all over them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Following the pig through the trees, we spotted a man downstream with a half dozen large sows milling around him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Your toes are like the little pigs which went to market.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they had lost their homes, the peasants tried to console themselves, but at least they had their goats and their black, low-slung Creole pigs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There, round the long table, sat half a dozen farmers and half a dozen of the more eminent pigs, Napoleon himself occupying the seat of honour at the head of the table. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “That’s not what I mean. Look ...” I pointed to where the pigs had rooted around in the dirt and leaves, going after some choice morsel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The door banged open and Herman E. Calloway stood there huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf, only with his belly it looked like he’d already eaten the three little pigs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The Iowa pigs turned out to be more delicate and more expensive to house and feed than the Creole pigs, and in the end, most didn’t survive in their new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Many patients brought Doktè Paul a pig or a chicken as a present, had their photos taken with him, or wrote him thank-you notes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Besides tending pigs, he hunted with the farmer for wild boar in the surrounding mountains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The slops ran creamily down around the pig’s eyes and ears. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z When he turned his back on them, Harry saw a curly pig’s tail poking through a hole in his trousers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Your Uncle Homer sometimes raises a pig. And if Wilbur goes there to live, you can walk down the road and visit him as often as you like.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I saw a pig stagger and fall, then struggle drunkenly to its feet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs — the litters were small and the young survived only a few days. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When the count reached forty-six and I couldn’t seem to locate any new bunches of hogs, Mama and I decided that was all the pigs the sows had raised that year. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think she’ll ever start thinking about something besides pigs and sheep and geese and spiders?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The pig was not on the old sewing machine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Many meetings were held in the big barn, and the pigs occupied themselves with planning out the work of the coming season. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z These houses ranged from palaces filled with gold and velvet to the crummiest cribs where the stench would drive a pig away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Donal was off, carrying the metal box of pig remains, and the smell gradually followed him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I swear I didn’t know when I opened my mouth that I would say what I said, but it changed the subject all right: “Y’all want to hear about Aunt Loma nursin’ a pig?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Bud said, “They say Pacheco’s alright. He’s like his pig used to be, indestructible.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z China’s first revolutionaries domesticated rice, millet and pigs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been hearing things about that pig,” said Dr. Dorian, opening his eyes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Boys, if you are not serious about hunting the feral pig, then I can just leave you here. We're on the trail of a hog,” he whispered urgently. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Yet for a long time the pig had led a charmed life, nonchalantly absorbing high-powered lead lumps in its thick haunches, or else—it being also a rather swift pig—escaping on the run unscathed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cooks were serving the meat course: five suckling pigs, skin seared and crackling, a different fruit in every mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Death was what happened to the runt pigs who got stepped on by their stronger brothers and sisters. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Eurasia’s native cows, sheep, goats, horses, and pigs were among the world’s few large wild animal species to pass all those tests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At this hour, no people were around the pigpen, so the rat and the spider and the pig were by themselves. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The chief stopped by the pig, turned and held up his hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She’d previously met a couple of pigs, but she never made friends with one. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I was eager to open them, excited to show my family my pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Some of my best friends are greased pigs, bottle nose. Oops! Missed me again, you old butterfingers, you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I remember that when I left home with the state man, my mother said one thing: “Don’t let them feed him any pig.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It’s especially cruel to pen up young pigs, for they are very playful and love to run and chase each other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Explain to me why you’re so sure this pig is a blessing.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “And then I suppose that three little pigs with wings flew down and gave you a toffee apple each?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His clothing—the gift of the pig farmer—was made locally and attracted little attention. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Alice has been talking to this pig for months, and she wasn’t a piglet when they met. Maybe we’re just not on their course.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they would move on to the next pen where the bigger pig lay. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Oh . . . Say, I’ve got a couple of pig tails left. You want me to put them in with the beans?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A very big pig was very close by. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For the next ten months, Shin stayed where the pig farmer had left him, tending cattle in mountain pastures and sleeping on a ranch-house floor with two surly Chinese cowhands. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day and people do not have skeletons in their cupboards. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I would not leave our farm, our maple tree, our swimming hole, our pigs, our chickens, our hayloft. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Between pigs and human beings there was not, and there need not be, any clash of interests whatever. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Inside the flat a fruity voice was reading out a list of figures which had something to do with the production of pig iron. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In one speech,*for instance, he accused an enemy in short order of being a “monster, ” “funeral pyre of the commonwealth,” “butcher,” “scoundrel,” “most foul and inhuman monster,” and “gelded pig.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Dressing the pig meant get- | ting much closer to it than I really wanted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Later, he toiled on the prison farm, where he tended pigs and other animals the way he had during his early days on the frontier. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They had been standing over the fire with a spitted pig, a yearling. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Based on the sixty cents a day he had earned at the pig farm, Shin’s expectation was that he’d be paid at least twice as much. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They lived in the same one-roomed hut with their families, few chickens, litter of pigs, or with a cow possibly called Crumbocke—most dreadful and insanitary! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They swarmed around the trough of mush like so many small pigs. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My pig was green and Bobby Gene’s was blue. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking that the coast was clear, then, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They’d backed up under the bank, with the pigs behind them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, Jean-Pierre offered me some cuts from his pig, so I had some meat for my meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They would sacrifice a pig to the gods that I had returned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom was about halfway to his feet when the pig knocked him down and steamrolled right over him again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She stayed here for a few days with her pig,” he says. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In camp she had to admit the pork was good until she befriended one of the pigs. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That first night I couldn’t sleep at all, me and By had to share a bed and we both were sweating like two pigs. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And some, afraid for their daughters or their pigs, told him to move on, to get going, just not to stop near their place if he knew what was good for him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Kat takes charge of the sucking pigs, the carrots, the peas, and the cauliflower. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t the type who would get a crazy idea like just checking out and coming back to us and his pigs because he didn’t feel like spending another night in the hospital. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He pointed to one of the sows trotting over to the patch of ground where he’d dressed the pig. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Any children will be born with the tail of a pig.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z John took extra long coming back, and I could hear him getting his roller skates out of the closet in the back room where all the pigs were. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Blackjack speeding along next to us, darting back and forth to avoid the pig’s wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was hotter than last time, so Angelo felt the pigs would be keeping to the shadier parts of the property. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “The pig took off like a bird,” Bando says, studying the last footprint. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And in a few days’ time the pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer’s honour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The bar’ hogs weren’t any more vicious than the boars, but they’d hang with the sows and help them protect the pigs and shoats, when generally the boars pulled off to range alone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z There were glass pigs and clay pigs and marble pigs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They roared and popped their teeth and dared me or Old Yeller to try to catch one of the squealing pigs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the same four pigs as had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Well,” said her father, “he’s a runt. Tell your Uncle Homer you’ve got a pig you’ll sell for six dollars, and see what he says.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine that the delicious sausages I’d had just the day before were encased in the small intestines of a pig. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then they took a detour down a side road in order to get round the pig and chase it back the way it had come. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The bike made a racket, but Angelo claimed it didn’t bother the pigs and would allow us to cover a lot more ground than we could on foot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They faced outward around the ring, their rumps to the center where all the squealing pigs were gathered. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z And so can dogs and cats and pigs and oh! so many others. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z At the King’s Coffee House a suckling pig was so crisp and brown it was fairly bursting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are we going to do in the morning, kill a pig?” he asked softly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The butcher says, Are you a bit of an expert, missus, on the Jews and the pig. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The first settlers kept pigs and herded sheep on the hillsides, scratching out a living on small farms in the valleys. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “But I’m not terrific, Charlotte. I’m just about average for a pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The world looked stepped on and drenched, but my sisters ran out squealing like the first free pigs off the ark, eager to see what the flood had left us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Penny huddled in her cabin with her dog and her pig, and Tyrion brought her food, limping on his bandaged calf and sniffing at the wound by night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After wiggling around a hit, he slipped down, crawled under the table, and started grunting like a pig. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z So, when he said “pig meat” as Nel and Sula passed, they guarded their eyes lest someone see their delight. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Smarter than pigs, cats, and dragons all rolled together,” he said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There are many varieties of food on the table: red cookies, red candies, red roasted pigs, and red noodles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I gnawed on the meat around the pig’s feet and sucked the bones until the salty, slippery membrane slid out and swished around my tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, I forgot to show you my pigs!” he exclaimed, the gleam returning to his eyes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Just as the tree took in the sunlight and the pig ate the acorns, the man is taking his nourishment from that natural cycle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then one evening at the pig pen he said without warning, “I saw Mother Dear.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking for all the world as he had seventeen years ago when he had called her pig meat He was twenty-one then, she twelve. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I won’t hush. The noise you was makin’ was like pigs.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel enabled him to get from the barn to his hiding place under the pig trough without coming out into the open. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Like when someone’s been slopping pigs or digging around sewer lines. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Four of them are dead in there! Stupid pigs,” he said to another guard. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Why Eurasia’s pigs, but not American peccaries or Africa’s three species of true wild pigs? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They had much better lives than the pigs, I thought. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I knew and could picture the very oaks and pines that had nourished the pigs and the mushrooms that were nourishing us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pig followed reluctantly; but as Doli set off once again, she lagged behind, and it was all Taran could do to urge her forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z There are delicious smells in the room, cabbage, potatoes, and the pig’s head, but when Dad lifts the head from the pot to a plate Malachy says, Oh, the poor pig. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “A pig mask. Okay. So let me guess, someone blew your house down?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A thing that was difficult to determine was the attitude of the pigs towards Moses. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Riley was a nice pig, for a boar, sir. I rode him sometimes, and he didn’t mind.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had ever done such a thing, Momma would have switched my behind for having the manners of a pig. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I only distribute pigs to early risers,” said Mr. Arable. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Papa announced that it was time to carve the pig. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He eats a small slice of the pig’s cheek and a leaf of cabbage and leaves the rest on his plate for Malachy and me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s the pig that’s unusual. It says so, right there in the middle of the web.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The plant specialized in pork products, and for eight hours a day I stood on a quarter-mile assembly line—more properly, a disassembly line—removing blood clots from the necks of dead pigs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled better than you’d probably expect, as ranging pigs keep themselves cleaner than those kept penned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The proper wine for essence of brandied pig was in readiness behind the double door that led eventually to the wine cellar. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The flap of skin grew larger as we worked our way down the body and then slowly pulled it down over the pig’s shoulders. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Bleating won’t save you, you good-for-nothing animal. No one can hear you. This whole wing of the house is empty because you are in it! They don’t even put pigs down here!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently the tumult died down.The four pigs waited, trembling, w'ith guilt written on every line of their countenances. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “She talks to that pig,” I answer, looking Bando right straight in the eye. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "That grove is witch-work," he said, looking at Beowulf as though he expected him to be turned into a pig any minute. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z A few dogs and several children were playing in the glow of the flames, waiting for the shiny pink suckling pig to be served. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, ‘cots, nuts, got a few berries. They’s a place for alfalfa and plenty water to flood it. They’s a pig pen—” “An’ rabbits, George.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “You pig!” cried Maria, who had Furball ensconced in a bag slung over her shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, after we got them penned, there was still the dangerous job of catching the pigs away from the old ones. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z On her way back to the cottage, laden with newly washed clothes to spread in the sun, the midwife tripped over Walter the Blacksmith’s second-best pig and fell, left leg twisted beneath her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Good food and regular hours were showing results: Wilbur was a pig any man would be proud of. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z No pig ever had truer friends, and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They did not adopt pigs, of which there were few or none on the islands, and which they would in any case have been unable to feed without agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was a farm boy who carried squealing pigs around like they were already thin slices of bacon. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Fern couldn’t take her eyes off the tiny pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The smell of unfamiliar food in the air now, fish caught from the nearby river, pig knuckles, hominy grits, fried baloney, black-eyed peas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene pointed at a blue rubber circle on the belly of his pig. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Pig balls were large colored balls; the pigs rolled them around with their snouts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have liked to bring myself back as a boy for my parents to welcome with chickens and pigs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been my shot, my pig, but I hadn’t taken it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And because the pig, with Pacheco gimping crazily after it, had become such a familiar sight all over town, sayings had grown out of the situation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When one of us fell off the board, we would roll in the sweet-smelling grass, and one of the pigs would come over to investigate where the kukuing was coming from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Anybody who don’t know or care if it’s Sunday has to be common as pigs’ tracks.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Is this why you left Lady Dustin and your fat pig wife? So you could come down here and tell me to be quiet?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mother thought I was safe at Gwynedd, slopping the pigs and hoeing the fields. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even Lurvy, who wasn’t particularly interested in beauty, noticed the web when he came with the pig’s breakfast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He streaked down the slant, crossed the draw, and had the tail-end pig caught by the hind leg before the others knew he was after them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z We staked out a wallow deep in the woods, and then a clearing of ferns, but saw no signs of pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We could have held a luau on that bus, with a roast pig and hula dancers, and he would have been none the wiser. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The wild pig was delicious both ways, with a nutty sweetness to it that tasted nothing like store-bought pork. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He kicked the pig in the snout with his back hooves and went into a steep dive. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I wanted to be back in Bybanks, Kentucky, in the hills and the trees, near the cows and chickens and pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "We spread round. I crept, on hands and knees. The spears fell out because they hadn't barbs on. The pig ran away and made an awful noise." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But even better fun than a balloon was the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z So then he took the noses off the young pigs which we are going to have to supper, and used those. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I like her in her 4-H Club green shirt and trousers even if she does like pigs, or hogs, as they call them here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, after it had already sailed quietly out of sight, he realized that his yard was being invaded by Pacheco’s pig. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d take the bald-headed witches who turn children into mice—and The Odyssey, with the Cyclops and the enchantress who transforms his warriors into pigs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Tables sagged under the weight of venison, roast pig, smoked fish, and every kind of vegetable and desirable fruit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It should have been crowded with playing children, chickens and pigs, but was quiet save for the noises made by a tired woman hanging out laundry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His ratty home under the pig trough was too chilly, so he fixed himself a cozy nest in the barn behind the grain bins. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z One let out a sound reminiscent of a squalling baby; the other sounded uncannily like a stuck pig. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She can’t go very fast or far with a pig, and—a pig can be easily tracked. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Have chickens, cows, and pigs traded one set of predators for another? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For a while, the coins that jingled ever more loudly in the pig drowned out the taunts of the Terrible Threesome. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z We could catch most of the pigs we needed to mark and castrate without ever getting in reach of the old hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs head hung down with gaping neck and seemed to search for something on the ground. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her pink stuffed pigs live in the trash can. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The pig proposition was full of holes, and Will was able to put his finger in the holes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The cook smiled through his beard and sat up straighten “Shank’s got more guts than I’ve fried up from every pig and cow in the last year.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z In a flash, they’re pressing their noses against the steamed window of the cruiser to make twin pig snouts. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As we passed from the barn, we heard the muffled and frightened moo of the cow, the frantic squealing of pigs, and the rustle and cackle of hens and roosters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “You shovel like a disznó. A pig. You cannot toss the ground aside like an old rag. Then it will not help you later. Use a hoe, there by the shed.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The pig was a sow weighing perhaps a hundred pounds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pigs were in ecstasies over Napoleon’s cunning. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Maybe some seedlings had not been planted into their underwater beds properly, or perhaps our pig was eating the wrong kind of garbage, or maybe one of our chickens was dirtying our doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess they realized the pig wasn’t after them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She reached for a loaf of bread, but a server swept it out of the way to make room for a new dish: a huge platter with a suckling pig on it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Some of the graves had offerings of food as well: tortillas, bowls of chili, bottles of soda, fruit, and whole herds of tiny donkeys, horses, and pigs made out of pastry or sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be easy to reach beneath that undercut bank and rope a pig, but I believed it could be done. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The dance floor begins to get crowded once everyone is full of pig meat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My father had memories of eating potato, breadfruit, and avocado peels that he was supposed to be feeding to his mother’s pigs. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The white pig was continually grunting and chuckling to herself, and whenever she saw Taran, she would raise her wide, cheeky face so that he could scratch under her chin. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Will Mr. Homer Zuckerman bring his famous pig to the judges’ booth in front of the grandstand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He believes Circe really did turn Odysseus’s crew into pigs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The beast laughed again, "A paper pig is more mighty than the Green Tiger! I will take you, but leave the other for him — pathetic dog that he is." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The smell of wet cow and pig manure permeated my pores. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I think of the moment I sent the arrow flying into the apple in the pig's mouth when I was so enraged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But wherever you might look, no pigs now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You fascists like fish, don’t you? You pigs disgust me.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Now she decorating her brother with it like he a pig in a sty and I see that old disgust Miss Leefolt got for her own daughter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z All the boys of the island, except Piggy, Ralph, Simon, and the two tending the pig, were grouped on the turf. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Besides his captives, Ser Gregor was bringing back a dozen pigs, a cage of chickens, a scrawny milk cow, and nine wagons of salt fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He takes the plate that holds the pig’s head and puts it on the floor under the table. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t find them complaining if someone offered them a nice fat pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The one where the cows and pigs have slept the years?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Herbie said another thing he immediately wished he hadn’t: “Isn’t that pig big enough to slaughter?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even an intelligent pig would not be much good on a long hike,” I say. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They came away from the hotel and turned inland again, back toward the old lady and her pig. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I felt calmer and clearer than I expected to as I took aim at the shoulder of the grayish pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pig was the boar who'd killed him, Sansa knew, but in some verses it almost sounded as if he were singing about the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looks at me and the pig’s head and tells Mam it’s a disgraceful thing to let a boy carry an object like that through the streets of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “That’s exactly why I think a pig would be of help to Alice. The pig—what did you say her name was?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I remember something else about pigs from that book.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s a hint: What did the cows and pigs and chickens eat before they became cuts of meat? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She hops down from the table, landing silently in her pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After the pigs had gone and I had surveyed the terrain to my satisfaction, I climbed down and continued walking. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Holding the pig by the ankle, I could still feel her warmth beneath the bristly skin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We took handfuls of sediment from homemade African beer, which has a strong scent much favored by pigs, and placed it upwind of the pig. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where are you going, pig’s son? Did I say I was finished?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There were two little calves in the barnyard, and seven little pigs with the mother hog in the pigpen. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I kneeled down and pressed the palm of my hand against the pig’s belly above the nipples. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z This was the picture I took of Angelo cleaning my pig when I needed to break away. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z So the boy—Jacob—creeps around back, where he finds the pig’s trough. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind the house, under the breadfruit tree, there was a pigsty, now empty, the mud the pigs loved to bathe in dried into dusty ridges. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "I cut the pig's throat," said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He leveled the gun, planted it tight against his exceedingly sore shoulder, turned off the safety, and took aim at the running pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Colin had no desire to shoot pigs—or anything else, for that matter. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of chasing after the pig, we become tired and let it go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a big, burly brute with pig eyes, a massive gut, and an unkempt black beard that reminded her of Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven, and a number of the pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Tell your pa that he must keep his pig in the pen,” he called to one child. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were five pigs, three sows, and a couple of bar’ hogs, all but the pigs wearing our mark. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew would be quiet, but would look sad all the time, the way he looked every time anyone mentioned the pigs they couldn't keep anymore. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling pretty relaxed when Richard and I set off to look for another pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Once we were as stuffed as pigs, we went back to the museum to watch a private screening of Schindler's List. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They argued about where to sketch hay bales, the pig trough, and Templeton’s nest, and whether they needed to paint the Arables’ kitchen at all. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But I also had another reason—I like pork, and since moving to California I’d often heard how tasty wild pigs are. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “And,’ added Digory, “if you think I’m such a mean pig as to go off and leave Polly—and the Cabby—and the horse—in a place like this, you’re well mistaken.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z From her spot on the floor, Bridge could make out some blue sky and the back end of a large pink pig. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There are a few trucks, freely loaned about in good weather to any valley farmer who must take his pigs or calves to market. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time a Jackboot came to her, he said, “You stinking sow! You smell like a pig farm!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Patrick blocks the driver’s-side door, him and his rowdy group of friends already oinking like pigs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Even the pigs quit grunting at him and the chickens kept out of his way.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time. The twins got knocked over-" "We hit the pig." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The ham seemed to remind the printer’s boy of the gossip and her pig. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'd sooner come to grips with that pig. Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the pig’s head comes a narrow river of blood, spreading out toward the bottom of the frame. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He noticed that something was wrong with the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Zack was out of breath with running; his pig eyes were gloating. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For each letter he drew a picture of some creature, a hawk or a pig, and printed its name below the letter. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “What is the date of your birth? Are you a spring pig?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The pig was so aroused by the scent that he came out of the kraal, following a trail we had laid, gradually made his way to us, wheezing and snorting and eating the sediment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than our typical roasted pig and black beans, Airs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There they were, four pigs milling beneath an oak tree, eating acorns off the forest floor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The trash and garbage had been swept away; dead animals—cats, dogs, birds, and pigs—had been removed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In late 1998, a few months before Shin was assigned to the pig farm, the World Food Program conducted a nutrition survey of children, which covered seventy percent of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He felt the point of his spear with his thumb and grinned without amusement Whoever tried that would be stuck, squealing like a pig. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Scientists agree that higher animals—mammals like cows or pigs or apes—feel pain pretty much as we do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Zuckerman got through and rubbed him dry, he was the cleanest, prettiest pig you ever saw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Would you eat the congealed blood of a dead pig?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if he had smelled like a penned pig, I couldn’t really hold it against him, as I had no doubt smelled worse at various points in my life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Matthew held the letter at arm's length, the way Luke had seen him hold dead baby pigs when they had to be carried out of the barn. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Papi tied the squealing pig by its legs and, with the help of one of the men, turned it over and carried it to the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When we kill an animal, especially a big mammal like a pig, it can’t help reminding us of our own death. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Voices shrieked out of the blinding lights: “Move! Move! All you filthy sons of Abraham! All you stinking Zionists! All you dirty Jewish pigs! Line up! Line up!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I’ve heard people make jokes about trying to hold a greased pig, but I’m telling you, holding on to a seal in the water is harder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We could have hunted for deer or turkey or duck, but I felt more comfortable going for wild pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z If pigs can be happy, these were the happiest pigs I’d ever seen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I recovered from my disgust enough to help Angelo finish dressing my pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “My friend, you are a total and complete pig. And I’m just having a good time.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “We killed all the animals that were there,” de la O said, “the chickens, the water buffalo, the pigs. We did them all up.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “She was leading her pig on a leash.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z An entire pig, trussed and cooked, its mouth open and stuffed with some kind of fruit. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats still turning on spits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Along with the shouts of men and women, every dog in the city was barking alarm, pigs squealed underfoot, and occasionally a musket would fire, which led to shouted oaths and yelps. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bush pigs can be dangerous too, but only if you threaten them or their young. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z We spent the first part of the morning going to all of Angelo’s pig spots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Uncomfortable with this lopsided, wild-eyed man, Herbie said, “Excuse me, sir, but I really am afraid your pig is eating my books.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They fed us nothing but turnips and pig’s milk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act-you know, pretend to knock me over and all that." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I spent the afternoon chopping a field’s worth of cabbage while a half pig roasted in the pit dug by the men in the flower garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A small pig with runny nose trots by my foot, snuffling some old orange peel. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, as you approached, you’d find his prize pigs hobbled out on the prairie like most folks do horses or cows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I looked from the dead, bloody pig to the big, happy grin on the man’s face—my face. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As we came into the village proper, dogs, pigs, and children approached us with a snuffling curiosity. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He would make his way toward the same spot from another direction, in the hopes of driving some pigs toward me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Each group visits a slightly different set of good pig places. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Soon some of the boys were rushing down the slope for more wood while Jack hacked the pig. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then suddenly he saw that he was under the black cypress, under the very singletree where the pigs were hung. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The buildings are flat and ugly, and the pens, crammed with panicked, lowing cattle and filthy, snuffing pigs, butt right up against the tracks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Braising the pig leg at 250 degrees would take half the day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re a good little pig, and radiant you shall be. I’m in this thing pretty deep now—I might as well go the limit.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Chase and Fulton like to use her when they’re hunting. She doesn’t do a lick of good—poor Princess cares more about her curls than tracking pigs—but they enjoy it.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The problem with the police is not that they are fascist pigs but that our country is ruled by majoritarian pigs. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z According to Dr. Hueper, horses, cows, goats, and pigs, which of course fed on this vegetation, showed loss of hair and thickening of the skin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "Those are two of the finest pigs I have ever seen," he said at last. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She knew about harvesting tobacco and butchering a pig, but she’d never heard the words cervix or biopsy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It really is a whole pig cooking inside a huge metal box covered with a sheet full of coals. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In vain I study the three spotted pigs to see which one is sad. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To a Haitian, every pig was a bank account—it could be bartered for food, shelter, medicine, even school tuition for a child. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He did not have a gun, though; a fact which the pig instinctively understood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can scrub your house clean, care for cows and pigs, work your garden, and carry just about anything.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been thrashed and bitten. The book says that’s how pigs kill snakes.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen’s Chinese astrological sign was a cow; Ralph’s, a pig; Theresa’s, a dog. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the pigs cannot find food or even find their way around without sniffing, this mutilation makes them completely dependent on their human owners. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Fabian doesn’t give a pig’s nose about my business or what I’m saying. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But underneath it all she could not conceive that the boy the gypsies took away was the same lout who would eat half a suckling pig for lunch and whose flatulence withered the flowers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then Kat and Kropp seize the masterpiece—the big dish with the brown, roasted sucking pigs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not yet in the business of slaughtering buffalo, pigs, and other dangerous prey. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well lass,” replied a voice within, “give it her if she’s a beggar. T’ pig doesn’t want it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z First my uncle died of the scurvy and we got his pigs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Who saved the three little pigs from the big bad wolf? I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Moss was eight, and his father took him to watch the judging of the animals, and Moss remembered crying because they were all too rough with the pigs and the sheep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Wild California pig was the main course, but which cut and how to prepare it? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There's pigs," he said. "There's food; and bathing water in that little stream along there-and everything. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I can see you understand them. Counters, measurers, theory-makers. All pigs eat cheese. Old Snaggle is a pig. If Snaggle is sick and refuses to eat, try cheese. Games, games, games!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I wanted to be a pig in my own filth. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she has called Vinny a goat, a pig, and a rooster. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to believe that he was the runt of the litter. You’ll get some extra good ham and bacon, Homer, when it comes time to kill that pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Even pig was starting to sound good again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I see my wilderness home muddy with wallows and stippled with pig bristles. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the writing's a smiley pig in a chef’s hat carrying a platter of sausages. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “The slob was pigging out on Big Macs and fries for forty miles.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The owner lured Roux away with a shriveled pig’s ear, which is apparently a canine delicacy? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was not at all like Market Day, with its sounds of laughter, conversation, and commerce: good-natured bargaining, the squealing of pigs, the motherly cluck of hens with their cheep ing broods. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He came like a pig to the trough if a pig had a mouth so wide that you could put your head in it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Scraps, sir. The mistress normally feeds them to the pigs, but she’s a good soul and told me to bring them for the prisoners,” I lied. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in the “Pork Chair,” a pink upholstered armchair with carved wooden pig hooves for feet. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We have guns and the pigs have snouts. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It was the face of Mrs. Van Hopper in the restaurant the day before, her small pig’s eyes darting to the neighbouring table, her fork, heaped high with ravioli, pausing in mid-air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” I answer, thinking how easy it will be to find pig prints and pig droppings. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Isaiah hopped onto his hands and knees to oink like a pig once more, to laughter and even more applause. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z If I don’t keep an eye on them, they start giving their milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was the end of the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see her ordering the Ludington pigs to march in a straight line, or replanting their corn fields in orderly rows. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He said no more and was soon asleep, grunting like a pig. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sure she’s going there that we should go directly to it without losing any more time following pig tracks.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “No fatback. No salt pork. No pig of any kind in my kitchen.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mouse had finished all of her chowder except for a cube of potato and a coin of carrot, which Miss Maggie saved for the pigs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He circled around and around, muttering that we were disgusting pigs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The agent braked, but the pig stood pat, challenging the automobile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can take care of the pigs, but not the fields.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They kept to themselves as much as possible, gardening, raising chickens and pigs and goats and even some sheep, only going down the slope to the village out of necessity. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Without looking for thanks or praise, he quietly added his earnings to the pig, which we named Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Government officials in Port-au-Prince told the peasants that their pigs would be replaced with pigs purchased in the United States, from Iowa farmers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He almost drooled at this pig, but walked on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen here, you pig!” she thundered as she latched the door and grabbed a switch from behind it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley tried to remember how pig latin worked. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “A buttermilk bath. My grandmother used to bathe her pig with buttermilk when it got dirty—I just remembered.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z So when the pig was done, the spit no longer to be turned, the table garnished, everyone sat down to feast on all the savory flesh he craved. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Run!” commanded Mrs. Arable, taking the pig from Fern and slipping a doughnut into her hand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z These are vestiges: the banker’s table, or the pig’s trotter, or the criminal’s finger leave a vestige, a track or a trace. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There were pigs that had Made in Japan on them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In a few months, the corn grew long, hiding that whole field that used to be for our pigs. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “My little niece calls him Wilbur. She’s a rather queer child—full of notions. She raised the pig on a bottle and I bought him from her when he was a month old.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Blast, he’s as slippery as a greased pig.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They are discussing how there are pigs on the island. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He changed into a pig and grunted and squealed and snorted till she laughed at him, and then he changed into a squirrel and darted through the branches beside her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mild anesthetic, a stimulant, and a vascular constrictor, which is why I hadn’t bled like a stuck pig when they’d whipped me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But even he was curious the hot July day when the letter arrived about the pigs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The enemies’ horses would thunder up into the clearing, leaping the pig-fences, sending the cows and the pigs away mooing and squealing, and the two bands of men would charge. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z So I figured Roger was going to run me over with a farm tractor or combine or grain truck or runaway pig. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z On the beach the hungry dogs and the hungry pigs of the town searched endlessly for any dead fish or sea bird that might have floated in on a rising tide. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Without waiting for orders from the pig, the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Dogs, Iambs, and little pigs suddenly disappeared under waves of heavy goo, and some s.orytellers said you could actually hear the landscape burp contentedly sifter such a meal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He got in front of the pig, which now had a metal Hermes on its back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "You made me give Astrid Pompadour a pig nose. I think that was rather ugly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I caught a thief! Stealing from the pig’s trough!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The lawyer stopped; the pig skidded to a halt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the pig cutting board and looked at Aaron. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Jack went very red as he hacked and pulled at the pig. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Two nights before we moved to Tyhalarha, we decided to steal a pig. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The beautiful snow is melting, turning everything into pig heaven, what with all the mud puddles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then there was a creature bounding along the pig track toward him, with tusks gleaming and an intimidating grunt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After we left an island, there were always fewer chickens and goats and pigs than thered been when we Indians got there. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A virus makes copies of itself inside a cell until eventually the cell gets pigged with virus and pops, and the viruses spill out of the broken cell. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw smoke and could smell the pigs that had been roasting on a spit most of the day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She let herself down on a dragline until she hung in the air just in front of the big pig’s snout. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I prayed Mr. Kennel would ring the bell, so I could walk across the yard without everyone staring at me like they were watching a two-headed pig at the country fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea an old lady was peeking in the window and saw me tip the pig over and slide out one nickel, two, three at most. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then came quails in honey, a saddle of lamb, goose livers drowned in wine, buttered parsnips, and suckling pig. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize pig. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the view of Ramenofsky and Patricia Galloway, an anthropologist at the University of Texas, the source of contagion was very likely not De Soto’s army but its ambulatory meat locker: his three hundred pigs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The girl deserves better than a pig, he thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On I ran, right through a family of feral black pigs foraging for pecans, scattering them indignantly in my wake. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But in his own there was even a leg of pork which he had bought from his neighbor Ching when he killed his pig that looked as though it were sickening for a disease. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Tom did not tell him, and he left Will to “think it over,” knowing that the verdict would be against the pigs and the acorns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “There is to be no more cow manure thrown down into that pigpen. I have a terrific pig. I want that pig to have clean, bright straw every day for his bedding. Understand?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There were blue, black, yellow, orange, striped, green, and rainbow-colored pigs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z We make the polish out of anything we can find, like old pig grease and palm smear. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I splash water on my face and scrub until most of the pig's blood and mud have come off. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And heavier than a pig dipped in mud. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A platoon of large passenger tricycles wheels migrants from the bus stop to the riverbank, swerving along the main, rutted, dirt road to avoid pigs and trash burning in the middle of the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Herbie picked up a rock, but instead of running away the pig charged, and the volunteer had to run for his life, leaping high into the cottonwood that lay across his splintered outhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clear now the pig could see them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Ted was in his third year in pre-med, his choice, he told me, ever since he dissected a fetal pig in the sixth grade. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "All the same you need an army-for hunting. Hunting pigs-" "Yes. There are pigs on the island." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Turner closed the gate and, leaning over the fence, dropped the noose over the pigs head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He sailed to Florida with six hundred soldiers, two hundred horses, and three hundred pigs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Animals began to emerge—mostly pigs and dogs, but rats, too. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s a long walk from Union Cross to Barrack Hill and when I get home my family are up in Italy and well into their pig’s head and cabbage and floury white potatoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She is wearing a red hat, and her tail curls like a pig’s. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z When a small fly blundered into the web, just beyond the word “pig,” Charlotte dropped quickly down, rolled the fly up, and carried it out of the way. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “You all must be the dumbest unhung Negroes on earth. What they telling you in them schools? You say ‘Hi’ to pigs and sheep when you want ’em to move. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pigs seemed comfortable enough, and in fact were putting on weight if anything. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z There were probably more than five rabbits in the litter when Fiver was born, but his name, Hrairoo, means “Little Thousand”—i.e., the little one of a lot or, as they say of pigs, “the runt.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There, cuddled in the haymow, were Grommet, the smith’s lardy daughter, and the pockmarked pig boy from the manor. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are going to kill your first pig today,” Angelo shouted over the roar of the engine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Rondon not only helped brand the cattle but also deftly hunted the jaguars that preyed on them, and the wild pigs that destroyed the crops. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Of course, Ripred ate like a pig, and he would probably expect them to feed him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Coal wives bring pig knuckles and cheese; they pass around Werner’s acceptance letter; the ones who can read, read it aloud to the ones who cannot, and Jutta comes home to a crowded, exhilarated room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The drove of pigs started up; and at a range of only ten yards the wooden spears with fire-hardened points flew toward the chosen pig. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes. We had pigs a-plenty, but someone left the pen open.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In many New Guinean societies, the wealth of a person has traditionally been determined by the number of pigs he or she owns. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Although rice was the most important Yayoi crop, 27 other crops new to Japan plus unquestionably domesticated pigs were grown as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The pigs were too far back under me for a good throw. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how I looked at it, I felt regret about killing that pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The farmer’s wife—her name was Elzbieta—fed me with the pigs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The pig thrashed briefly, attempting to lift her head, then gave it up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The Congolese pirogues are made of a dense wood that sinks like pig iron when given half a chance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re used to make pork sausages. Our neighbors cook meat in spices and then they stuff them into the pig guts. We had some yesterday, remember?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Also, Hassan had a girlfriend and they were all preparing for a pig hunt—so, then again, things weren't entirely normal. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z No kind of crazy breakthroughs, just variations on a theme: pigs with brain maps that resemble St. Louis, my couple for Noelle joined by the sweeping bridge, a family of metropolises. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I followed the pigs with the barrel of my gun, trying to get one of them in my sight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z None of them was bound in leather, because Meggie didn't like to think of a calf or a pig losing its skin for her books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A few days after the Rude boys left him smeared on the road, Finn wandered among the tents, stopping to look at this sheep, that pig, this dog, that rabbit. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Beetle had been to fairs, but only to beg a turnip or some pig bones for a stew, and never had her belly been full enough for her to lift her head and look around. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometime in the eighties they invented pig balls, for pigs who were being fattened in pens. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The makeshift table was soon overflowing with food—oatmeal cookies, cheese grits, hot biscuits and honey, a sweet potato pie, Apple Brown Betty, black-eyed peas, fried chicken, corn pudding, pulled pork, and pickled pigs’ feet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to keep you from cutting up your pretty hands the next time you have to save a girl from a pig.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tyrion sketched a courtly bow, and refrained from pointing out that one of the pigs was really a dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pig, although tiny, had a good appetite and caught on quickly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps. I’m an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year. Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the...” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If they had half the wits of their pig, they would have fled King’s Landing the night Joff died, before Cersei could assign them some share of blame in her son s death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fern chuckled softly, and her eyes grew wide with love for the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Two huge pigs are asleep in their pen, and two sheep are rooting around in the weeds by the tree where they’re tied. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your parents knew you were special so they saved up for a couple years, bought you a pair of shoes, and sewed the pig blanket into a shirt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She nursed that pig a week or more, I don’t remember how long.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I think of her in a sweatsuit, sea-green as well, working out in some gym or other, sweating like a pig. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Flying pigs are faster, but way more dangerous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I just took a bath, and I’m sweating like a pig,” he commented. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “I can’t help you very much,” she goes on, “but I can tell you this, she and the pig were walking across my fallow field, toward your mountain. I thought they were going home.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him 6 pesos and told him to go to her house, the one with a pig leashed on the patio, for dinner. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Eight years after our camping trip, I still can’t believe how good I told that tale about Aunt Loma nursing a pig, not to mention the one about sticking a pin in her rubber busts. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The smell of the roasting pig drifted out and called to everyone, gardeners or not. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ugly pig, dirty pig,” fooling the gods jealous of human joy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll toss you back alone among the pigs, for your own dogs to eat, if bright Apollo nods and the gods are kind!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pig walking on his hind legs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Chinese sites with the earliest evidence of crops also contained bones of domestic pigs, dogs, and chickens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If you count all the chickens, pigs, and fish, there are hundreds of millions of food animals raised on factory farms every year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names and lunched with them in dark crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Almost at once Jack found the dung and scattered roots that told of pig and soon the track was fresh. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s squeal was the same as a pig that was on the wrong end of a dull knife. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Mama sold our pigs, leaving the chickens as our only animals. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Angelo wanted to take my picture, so he posed me behind my pig, one hand cradling the rifle across my chest, the other resting on the animal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As soon as the cows head out to pasture in the spring, several dozen pigs come in and hunt for the corn in the manure pile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pig grunts expressively, and I scratch the bristly head. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The gutted carcass of a pig swung from the stake, swinging heavily as the twins toiled over the uneven ground. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But, amazingly, the pig stopped dead in its tracks, turned ninety degrees, and ran. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The ones too young and too small to bring a decent price were going to an auction for feeder pigs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Schiem collared a young pig and carried it off a ways, where he killed and dressed it using a long knife from his bag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’d seen bulls ride cows, horses hump mares, pigs rolling in mud, their bodies connected under the female’s tail. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Very soon, the meadows were full of milking cows and the sties were full of pigs and the chicken-run was full of chickens. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She had brought one toy animal with her from the other side—a blue-and-gold stuffed pig. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “The West Branch will take us right through Delhi. Would you want to go through Delhi with a pig on a leash if you were Alice?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we got to a curve, Mr. Weaver applied the brakes, and the steel wheels of the locomotive and our man-trip squealed like a thousand tortured pigs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Declaring the pig nearly done, Schiem brought out a round farmer’s loaf and shared it three ways. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One might initially wonder how a linguist, studying only modern languages whose unwritten ancestral forms remain unknown, could ever figure out whether Austronesians living on Taiwan 6,000 years ago had pigs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The great yellow rolls of his flesh doubled over his breasts and over his belly and in the mountains of his cheeks his eyes were small and sunken as a pig’s eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Last time I trade a pig for a bicycle,” he mumbled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Sarah changed the words of the pig lullaby so that they rhymed, and every night she sang it to little Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z With serious face and a high-held, final flick he split each side in half, quartering the pig. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The few domesticates that remained to Native Americans were not likely sources of crowd diseases, compared with cows and pigs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mam puts the head in the pot, just covered with water, and while the pig is boiling away Dad takes Malachy and me to Mass at the Redemptorist church. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Although I passed my childhood on the same mountain that my father had passed his, slopping pigs in the same iron trough, I know very little about his boyhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Spiders don’t get big as pigs. You know what this is.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But instead of being on a table the pigs were arranged on a long black container, and as I started to realize what it was the fingers propelling my legs tightened and moved me closer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In an explosion of dirt and pebbles, the pig burst from under the fence, heaving Taran into the air. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I searched the forest for more food and to find a way out, I feared coming in contact with wild animals like leopards, lions, and wild pigs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “But I’m afraid in 1766 there was no theatre here at all, only a cobblestoned street overrun with pigs and bales of hay. We weren’t built for another fifty-five years!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Christmas Day and ye don’t have a fire for yeer pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z One year his father had won a pig in a shooting match and raised it to a hog. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood why you had to hunt pigs early in the day when they were active. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Good. That’s what we do here along with crops, and pigs, and such things.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked T. P. into the trough where the pigs ate and T. P. lay there. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire was so intense that piles of pig iron melted like wax left in the sun, granite blocks split in two, and limestone and marble turned to powder and blew away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Now, as he spread his cloak on the ground, the white pig grunted with pleasure, waddled over, and hunkered down beside him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In front of the gate they met a large crowd gathered in amiable conversation around a bonfire on which a pig was roasting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what the pig in the pen says when his brother gets knifed for dinner.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Let them know that here lived men and not pigs.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Like pigs in heat, they came for the women. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She was still thinking about the pig when the teacher said: “Fern, what is the capital of Pennsylvania?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He said up the steps, “Why don’t you come down and we’ll order pizza from that new delivery place and pig out?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Cal said, “I just sat behind a post and drank like a pig.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Ralph joked that he was the real dog and also the pig. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With brown mud covering our faces, hair, and clothes, we laugh and roll in the sludge like pigs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s so special about”—she wrinkles her nose at it— “pig fat?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z How at work one morning, standing on the pig line, 1 felt something break open in my chest. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like Alice and her pig. She can get that pig to do anything with a stern bit of pig talk.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z See the concrete bam where workers live, the small church with tall voodoo drums for calling spirit, the wash flapping, women roasting peanuts, men slapping dominoes, pigs running here and there. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep on like this,” he cried, “and you’ll have no chance at all. First a gwythaint delays us, now a pig!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He wrote in one of his secret notebooks “Children have an uncommon pleasure in hiding themselves & skulking about in shrubbery. When other people are about: this is analogous to young pigs hiding themselves.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from the regular work of the farm, and the rebuilding of the windmill, there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs, which was started in March. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Or slaughtering the pigs for bacon,” Jasper agreed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And lastly I talked about all the many things I’d learned from Angelo—things about mushrooms and pigs, about nature and the arts of cooking and eating well, and so much else besides. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Had a brand of animal cleverness, the kind you see in pigs sometimes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Edith,” he said, trying to keep his voice steady, “I think you had best be told that we have a very unusual pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “There’s a pungency left by a pig that nothing can wash out or cover up.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tsetse flies carried a sickness that killed cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and donkeys. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you even look at my sister, I will cut you into ten thousand pieces, you lying, stinking, filthy little pig.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I ate the fried pig skins, danced, screamed and drank the extra-sweet and sticky Coca-Cola with the nearest approach to abandonment I had ever experienced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the pig is roasting on a spit right in the living room, dripping delicious grease all over the carpet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Only a few of De Soto’s pigs would have had to wander off to contaminate the forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I reached back under and picked up the first pig, slick as a whistle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard that pigs get sick to their stomachs while eating at the same table with Dad,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig had been caught early before it lost flesh and the leg was a large one and O-lan had salted it thoroughly and hung it to dry. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Yeller held onto his pig until I thought for a second they had him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wishing to call attention to himself, the agent gave the horn a brief beep, then drove right up to the pig, which snorted desultorily, refusing to move on. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This means pigs have been rooting here overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z That is, he went back to the keg but came back without the pig foot. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Mom breezed out of the kitchen holding up a cracked wooden board, cut in the shape of a pig. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He pursed his lips and shook his head sadly, as if he pitied the poor souls who were unwilling to push their bodies to the limit in search of the feral pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z "He is a pig, and a hopeless craven as well, if what you say is true." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If I find a few buckets of pig food, that’s a bit more evidence, and the noises and smell may provide better evidence still. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “If I were her, I would not go down through a farm with a pig on a leash.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She sniffed Vega’s plate, frowned a little and said, “Sorry, I don’t eat pig.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He had never seen anything that looked less like a pig. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The pig swooped over an office building, and Hermes plowed into a water tower on the roof, blasting water and wood everywhere. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing-room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They marched past the cypress, where a singletree hung from a limb to butcher the pigs on, and past the black iron kettle, so it was not a pig killing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “And they eat pigs and are cannibals,” added the imam for good measure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The mysterious decanter had been found outside the service door to the del Valle house on the same day and at the same time that the roast pig was delivered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate suckling pig that night, and pigeon pie, and turnips soaking in butter, and afterward the cook had promised honeycombs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Saturday before Christmas, we go shopping in the open air mercado for roasted pig, avocados, guava paste, and ripe plantains for pIátanos maduros, the different merchants calling out their wares from their stands. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “So what’s first? Milk cows or slaughter some poor little pigs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Shin and several other classmates picked her up and carried her home to a pig farm not far from the school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His mother was yelling, "Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature! Why not? No one decent will buy burned bread!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She flew along the river walk, past the small kitchen, and through the pig yard, her hurried footsteps lost beneath the squealing of the hogs in their pens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “He said keep it as long as I like. When he wants it back he’s gonna holler—” On another day early in Herbie’s stay, a huge pig wandered into the Goldfarb yard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wife collects pigs. I got her started on it when I gave her one to remind her of me—before we got married.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “It was normal to beat prisoners,” he said, explaining that his instructors taught him never to smile and to think of inmates as “dogs and pigs.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z What you can have now, missus, is black pudding and tripe or a sheep’s head or a nice pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had a cat, a beaver, a possum, a snapping turtle, and a pig that he got after my parents had a pig roast in our backyard. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Pa said the bear was standing up on its hind legs, holding the pig in its paws just as though they were hands. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I pumped my rifle, but it was already too late: The other pigs were gone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I leaned forward, ready to grab that same wrist, to shut the pig down cold, hard, and fast. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Yet Angelo insisted—he had fired at a different pig, a black one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the afternoons we made pigs of ourselves at tea where we had our pick of all kinds of dainty sandwiches, scones, macaroons, chocolate bonbons, and gooey tarts. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If this were true, Columbus would have reached China, garlic would disempower magnets, and pigs could fly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And I even figured out why Wilbur is one terrific pig for Ben. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He took the best of the pigs — I’d have chosen the same, in his place. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z After all, part of the stench was from the waste in the pig’s intestines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The evidence includes ground stone tools, pottery, bones of domestic pigs, and crop remains. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I still had my arms wrapped around the pig from behind, but I told Angelo I wanted to take a picture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Get in front of the pig. Taunt him!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I spent the rest of the afternoon hunting alone, walking the ridge, searching the shadows for signs of pig, looking and listening as hard as I could to will another animal out of the woods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In early December our landlord fenced in a corner of the yard and led a squealing pig into the enclosure. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “A pig is a pig,” said the stranger, “and a pig-boy is a pig-boy. Run and tell your master I am here,” he ordered. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The smell from the thick mounds of excrement beneath the terrified pigs and the high-pitched squeals of terror as they awaited death made Kira feel dizzy and nauseated. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I even saw a pig, snuffling up what had fallen to the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In Mqhekezweni there was a tribesman with an ornery old pig. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look! We've killed a pig we stole up on them we got in a circle." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "A whipping boy is supposed to yowl like a stuck pig! We dress you up fancy and feed you royal, don't we? It's no fun if you don't bawl!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “I fell off the Woody pig and bit my tongue. What could possibly be worse than that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sheep, chickens, pigs, and horses are gone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In one house, a pig and two chickens scurry about. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We batted and struck and clubbed and raked, and as we did, one by one the lechuzas flew off our weapons, hit the barn walls, and fell to the ground, squealing like stuck pigs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was sort of a funny song, all about Robert fighting with a pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Darling,” Lillian said, “have I ever told you that you eat like a pig?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess not. Don’t care if I do. Serve me right, selfish pig, to let you go, and stay writing rubbish myself!” muttered Jo, as she went to consult Hannah. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The only room we didn’t touch was the one with the pigs in it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a pig sty up there that has your name on it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And when, some days afterwards, it was announced that from now on the pigs would get up an hour later in the mornings than the other animals, no complaint was made about that either. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It looked like a cross between a vampire pig and a black bear—an absolutely massive animal with thick, matted fur and teeth that extended below its mouth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “You would have shot me, you little pig, wouldn’t you?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Mukumbu used the word “policeman,” while Crazy Kelvin, who filled in for Sister Pat, preferred to say “the racist pig.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Just vegetable gardens, which the women took care of, and chickens and pigs that the children took care of. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I started to watch how much food the two kids put on their fork every time so I wouldn’t look like a pig. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z China’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z As summarized in Table 9.3, the era of big mammal domestication began with the sheep, goat, and pig and ended with camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The pigs and venison steaks, ginger pies and cornbread cakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The second pig turned, giving me a shot at its flank. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When I asked Angelo why he hunted wild pig he didn’t hesitate. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z One side of the space was for her animals, her cow, pigs, goose, and general storage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “He’s as smooth as they come. He’s some pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Shelves lined each wall, some bare, others stacked with Wonder Bread, rice, toilet paper, and pigs’ feet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Tally pushed her way through the drunken dancers, out the other side of the procession, and ran down a side street toward Garbo Mansion, wearing the face of a pig. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But still, neither pigs nor dogs produced any food by their own labour; and there were very many of them, and their appetites were always good. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I knew what the smell was, but despite what the Jackboots said, there were really no pigs, and therefore no pig flop, in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Looking at his friends’ and cousins’ children he thought not only of pigs but also of “savages,” as the English called native people. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Spending time with these people had made Charles think of ways that pigs, children, primitive peoples, Englishmen all were related. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t invite you. Wait!” he cried as Maria started to get up.“I do want to see you. I guess—I guess—I was a pig at the birthday party.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the pig man was fat and ugly, and I didn’t look anything like him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried telling Mrs. Mears that pigs are social, intelligent creatures. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “How long you wait for your crunchings and munchings,” Gwydion said, “depends on how quickly you tell us what we want to know. Have you seen a white pig this morning?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She then lavishly smeared my face, arms and legs with a mixture of pig’s fat and vaseline. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Following Homo sapiens, domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep are the second, third and fourth most widespread large mammals in the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Skeezie: I was thinking of the pig of book and movie fame actually. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “That must be why I stay off pigs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He entered a world of clamor, smoke, and steam, refulgent with the scents of murdered cattle and pigs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They said that’s what happens when you let yourself get used by fascist pigs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z That was probably because the pig’s internal organs looked exactly like human organs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “What is detestable in a pig is more detestable in a boy.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He went to the corral and marked the animals and plants: cow, goat, pig, hen, cassava, caladium, banana. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Pennfield Middle School is just down the street from Hatfield Quality Meats, a pig slaughterhouse, which my school bus passed every morning and afternoon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Behind us, a ten-ton pig tank was knocking down pine trees and crushing boulders under its hooves as it chased us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He made a comment in English, not caring that the interpreter could hear and understand it—something to the effect that he was fed up “with these Russian pigs.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Pacheco’s pig in certain ways had become just such a scapegoat, taking up some of the slack created by the Abuelo’s demise. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The only living things I had met were monkeys, snakes, wild pigs, and deer, none of which I could have a conversation with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Or changing the Government so that farmers were allowed to raise pigs or use hydroponics, and ordinary people, not just Barons, could have better lives. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She could forget the poor pig of a man who lived next door. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a huge pig was standing in the middle of the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, when Mr. Zuckerman went to milk the cows and clean out the tie-ups, he was still thinking about what a wondrous pig he owned. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Templeton seized the string, passed it around the end of the pig’s tail, and tied two half hitches. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Hello, Crystal,” I say and pat the pig with the nose spots, hoping I’m right. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got near us, we captured the poor pig, slaughtered it, and then built a fire and ate roast pork underneath the stars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig stomped around and tore down half an acre of trees, belching a cloud of noxious gas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I could build a smoke house like the one gran’pa had, an’ when we kill a pig we can smoke the bacon and the hams, and make sausage an’ all like that. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dog and pig included in lot,” the auctioneer announced. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That included baking a wild yeast bread and cooking a wild pig two different ways. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I wonder about Dutchy—if he’s sleeping in a barn with animals, eating only pig slops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On July 22, a group of friends gathered in Detroit at a “blind pig,” an unlicensed bar, to drink and welcome two black servicemen back from Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Things just have to become different, that’s all. And those cottages wouldn’t make the right kind of difference. The whole plan is as destructive as Pacheco’s pig.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Now listen. We might go later to the castle rock. But now I'm going to get more of the biguns away from the conch and all that We'll kill a pig and give a feast." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The pigs had set aside the harness-room as a headquarters for themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The trees were broad and widely spaced; sheep and pigs grazed on the swards among them, and on my rare free afternoon, I had walked there without fear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He never saw the scalpel going in and he never saw it coming out, but he felt it all right and he screamed like a stuck pig. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The white pig, usually eager for a bath, now squealed nervously and rolled on her back in the mud. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z All orders were now issued through Squealer or one of the other pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Said the Yankees would hang you by your heels and split you down the middle like a dang pig. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The New Guineans readily integrated Austronesian chickens, dogs, and especially pigs into their food-producing economies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The National Guard patrols a Detroit street after police raided a blind pig, setting off riots, 1967. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After the execution, it may have been the reason his secondary school teacher made sure he had food, put a stop to the hazing, and assigned him to an easy job on the pig farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One of the Fair Folk opened the gate and the white pig burst out, wriggling and squealing. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Olive laughed, clapping as the bird shredded a pig knuckle with her talons. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I once had an uncle who bought pigs’ intestines in Ville Rose to sell at the market in the city. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Dis bad rabbit, pig fella, ’e go fight me. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the locker were a few cattle and sheep and pigs and horses hanging from iron hooks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And I know I'm a pig for thinking it, but I really wanted to make out with Megan again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In fact, most people pigged out just before they turned, knowing it would all be sucked away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “All right, I’ll bawl you out: How dare you say I nursed a pig!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z |
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