ABY IS NOTA PIG

Written and Illustrated byDennis Fudge

ABY IS NOT A PIG

Written and Illustrated byDennis Fudge

Dedicated toRhiannon

Just because she asked

The characters and events depicted in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to any person or animal living or dead is merely coincidental. This book does not indicate by any means that all ducks are bad or all cows are lazy; only a few are. If any person or animal is offended please accept the author’s sincere apologies. No animals were harmed in the making of this book.

Aby is a pig. She lived in an

ordinary house with ordinary

parents. There was nothing

special about Aby. Aby was

not happy. She wanted to be

a Someone.

So she thought, “All the other

animals would look up to me if I

wear expensive feathers and

hang out with the swans.”

So she glued feathers to her

hide and wore the best brand

name clothes she could find.

All the swans let her hang out

with them, but none of them

treated her like a friend. In

fact, they would laugh at her

when she was not looking.

Aby didn’t like spending all

her money on expensive

items so that she would fit in.

Aby was not happy.

So she thought “It would be

cool to hang out with the

cows. They are cool because

they just stand around and do

nothing and don’t have a care

about anything.”

So Aby bought the best

leather jacket she could find

and hung around doing

nothing. The cows did nothing

all day but stand around and

eat and drink and seldom said

anything. Aby was bored and

was not happy.

So she thought, “Everyone

respects the horses. The

horses are so strong and

athletic. If I was a superstar

like the horses I would be the

most famous animal on the

farm.”

But, Aby was no horse, and

to be as good as the horses

she would have to practice

hard for a long time. Aby did

not want to wait that long to

be respected. Aby was not

happy.

So she thought, “Everyone

knows about the DUCKs

because they do bad things.

They do what they want and

take whatever they want.

Everyone is afraid of the

DUCKs.”

Aby joined the DUCKs and

she thought they liked her,

but every time Aby did

something bad with the

DUCKs she had a bad feeling

inside of her. She soon

realized that she was doing

most of the bad things for the

DUCKs and they wanted her

to steal all the time. Aby was

not happy.

One day while Aby was

sitting by herself trying to

decide what group to join

next, a goat and a sheep

playing ball asked Aby if she

wanted to play.

They did not have expensive

feathers like the swans, nor

were they as good at playing

as the horses. But they were

more fun than the cows and

they did not ask Aby to do

anything she did not want to

do. Aby felt something good

inside her which she had not

felt in quite a while.

One day while Aby was on her

way to play with the goat and

sheep, she noticed a fox

attacking a little chicken. No

one cared to do anything. The

swans turned away, the

horses kept playing, the cows

just watched and the DUCKs

started cheering for the fox.

Suddenly, Aby ran towards

the chicken and pulled the fox

off her. The fox clawed and

growled at Aby, but Aby stood

between the chicken and fox

and kept the fox from hurting

the chicken.

The fox knew he could not push

Aby around so he ran away.

All the chickens and even the

DUCKs cheered. Even though

Aby was in pain from the

scratches, she still felt great

inside.

Over time Aby noticed that

whenever she helped the

sheep, the chickens, the

goats or the other animals,

she felt great knowing she

made someone happy.

She also noticed that animals

respected her for making that

extra effort to help them. The

chickens and DUCKs looked

up to Aby and the cows

thought she was cool.

The horses would throw the ball

to Aby once in a while, and

even a swan would talk to

her, when the other swans

were not around. Aby was

happy.

Aby finally realized that she

did not have to belong to a

group to be respected and

happy.

She realized that the best

way to be happy is

Always Be Yourself, and

everyone knew that ABY is not a Person In Gangs.

The End!

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