Following the bungled burglary attempt at my house I decided to pay Mrs Sensible a surprised visit. She is spending the summer with her family in Sicily whilst I languish at home surviving on Corn Flakes and Wine.
I filled my trusty Mini up with Petrol, waved goodbye to my scabby cats and set off on a 1500 Km drive in search of Mrs S and some decent food. To say she was surprised to see me is an understatement (note to self, do this more often).
Earlier today Davide (the local carabinieri) who is built like Arnold Schwarzenegger came running down the driveway shouting ” Nuccio, Nuccio Where is Nuccio?
Mrs Sensible told him her father was out. Davide threw his hands in the air and lamented, my pig is missing.
Davide keeps a herd of sheep, 2 horses and a little black pig in a field behind Nuccios land. Well, he used to have a little black pig.
Pigs are rather quite intelligent and this little black pig realised it had been invited to Davide’s Christmas lunch and made a break for freedom.
Just before midday, a slightly stressed Davide reappeared with a friend of his. He told us the pig had managed to dig around and under the gate and finally pushed the gate open. They had spotted the pig down by the river but failed to catch it.
The local Carabinieri are trying to track the pig, so the little black pig will be safe for a while.
So if you are in Sicily and you hear a squeeeel or see a little black pig wandering around, can you please ask the pig to go home or send me a message.
Run little piggy! Run!
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The little piggy is running around the countryside, Davide found it down by the river late this afternoon, but the pig wouldn’t stand still so Davide drove down to the village to rustle up a posse. When he returned with his friends …… the pig was gone.
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time for plan B—a nice plate of pasta, minus any sort of meat sauce—yet I am partial to the pappardelle with boar sauce–hummmmmm
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The pig is in hiding at the moment and a search is taking place
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Pigs are quite intelligent. This one is probably a pilot for Alitalia by now. 😉
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Hmm, you sure he wouldn’t have scored too high on the intelligence exam?
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#Michelle
Well … pigs might fly ! 😀
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Lol Flying pigs, did you hear Poste Italia were buying Alitalia. They hope to only lose the odd plane
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#PN
lol. That’s a new slant on an Italian package holiday 😀
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lol, The post here is dreadful, it either arrives late or not at all. I don’t fancy the idea of putting my life in the hands of Poste Italia
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I hope you and Mrs Sensible have a fab time in Sicily and that the piggy makes his escape!!!
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Mrs S and I will be spending the next 4 days visiting relatives and eating lots and lots of wonderful food. The little black piggy is still at large. 😁
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Sounds great for you two, and even better for piggy-wiggy as the longer he’s free, the harder it will to find him!! Run little piggy, run! ;o)
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The hunt is on….
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Dang that poor black pig/ I hope he eludes capture. Down with roasted pig. As a child, I had one as a pet and I will not eat pork or beef. But to each his own. I now must eat chicken in order to stay healthy, per my doctor’s orders. 🙂 (I was vegetarian and later vegan for many years).
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There is a lot of countryside to hide in, I think he will be safe especially as it is only the carabinieri hunting him
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Other than humans does the little piggy have any predators in the area?
Keep running little piggy!
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Lions and Tigers and Bears. The only predators here are foxes.
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You might want to practice this sentence in Italian: “It’s perfectly normal for Minis to make squealing sounds when they are parked…”
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I had to think about that for a minute. 😀
I’m not sure I could fit a little black pig in my mini, we have 10 litres of the finest olive oil and 10 litres of the apple wine I made with my father in law. It is still fermenting a little so I have to keep going outside and realms in the pressure from the bottles. If they explode in my car Mrs S might be a tad upset. With that thought in mind I will nip out to my car and have a look at them
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Aw, Porcellino Nero would make such a nice playmate for the spawn of Mishmash…
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Leoni e Tigri e Orsi…..e volpi!
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ok, solo volpi
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How did we get from pigs to foxes? I hope the little piggy out foxes the foxes.
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so far it has out foxed a gate, a member of our gallant carabinieri and a posse sent out to hunt it
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Smart piggy! Reminds me on my bunnies digging tunnels to escape their cage…but thats another story.
In our cottage we met from time to time some escaped pigs from the nearby pigfarm (now the farm is closed due to the retirement age of the owner) and it was always fun to see those ones, especially the piglets who ran away by squeezing through the metal bars 🙂
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This is a little black pig, so at night it will be invisible, according to Davide it is really fast when it decides to run.
How did the pig farm catch run aways ?
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They had usually some helpers so a team of 5-10 went around driving the pigs back to the farm
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pig on the lam! run, piggy, run!
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There is a lot of countryside here so if the little Piggy keeps quiet and doesn’t destroy too many vegetable plots he might manage to stay on the run
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Makes me think of a sheep I saw a year or two ago. A herd was being transferred from one lorry to another by a mountain café. We were in the café watching. One sheep made a bid for freedom and by the time the sheepdog and men realised it was hot-hoofing it off into the wilds. They were obviously pressed for time so made a half-hearted effort to round it up, then left without it. I wonder how long it survived…
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If it found some water and a bit iof grass it is probably still wandering around and munching grass.
Many years ago I tried to convince Mrs S that the plural of sheep is sheeps, but she is too sensible to fall for it
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She doesn’t sound like a woman who would let you pull the wool over her eyes for long… 🙂
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it is a dangerous game to play… but fun
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Haha love this! Hope the piggy stays hidden and off the plate!
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I was hoping for a bacon sandwich, but he is still on the run.
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Update, Piggy seen wandering up the road past Nuccios house. When Nuccio ran outside the little pig was tucking into his vegetable patch. Nuccio ran into the house to call Davide and when he returned the pig was gone.
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Very smart little piggy!
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Has Nuccio applied to work for the carabinieri?
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Nuccio is a fab guy, much too clever to join the carabinieri.
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And much too clever to be roped into pig roping…..or grabbing or whatever you do to catch a pig.
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Babe will come back. There are no big cities to hide in. I hope.
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Just lots of olive trees to hide behind. He is taunting Davide by making little appearances and them disappearing
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Have they found him yet?
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Pig on the run. Still
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