Reading Notes: The Ox Who Envied The Pig, Part B

Notes:
  • Ox named Big Red.
    • Big Red had a brother named, Little Red.
    • Both brothers did carting on a large farm.
  • Farmer had only one daughter that is soon to be married.
    • Her mother order for the pig to be fat before being eat for a feast.
  • Little Red was confused of how the Ox's both have been given straw and grass to eat while the the pig gets many options and works harder than the pig.
    • The pig is considered lazy.
  • The Big Red told his little brother that the pig is eating a lot so that he will be eaten from people.
    • The pig was being eaten for a wedding feast.
    • Big Red told his brother to eat his straw and grass and to be content and live long.
  • Not long after, the pig was killed and had been cooked for the wedding.
  • The little pig realized that they should eat plain food for years.
    • The pig was feed well as he lasted, but didn't last too long.
Bibliography: The Ox Who Envied The Pig, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

The fattened Pig was killed & cooked for the wedding feast, Link Text.

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