Chapter 30 – JEP, Mama’s Special Gift
Chapter 30 – JEP, Mama’s Special GiftFor Mother’s Day, Mama wanted a piglet so Papa bought one from Johnny’s pa. I watched as Johnny picked up the little pig, dropped him in a gunny sack and held it while Papa tied a piece of binder twine around the top. Then he paid Mr. Eel, and we got back in the truck. The piglet squealed and squirmed between Blew and me.
I felt sorry for the little pig, but Blew laughed. “Katie, you’re too softhearted,” he said. “You gotta toughen up.” I ignored him. It was the first time piglet was away from his family, and he was scared. Anybody would be scared if somebody plucked them from their pigpen, dropped them in a sack, and put them in a truck between two kids who didn’t know the first thing about how it felt to be sna
