Not wanting to continue on after dark, and because he was feeling fatigued, the salesman decided to pull into a near Farm House and ask the owner for overnite lodging.

After knocking on the door the salesman heard a voice call out; "come-on in".The salesman let himself in and saw the Farmer sitting at a desk going over his farm bills. The farmer glanced up from his administrative task and said to the salesman "make yourself at home stranger I'll only be a minute".

As the salesman surveyed the front room area, his eyes hit on a most peculiar sight. Sitting in a "Recliner Chair" facing the T.V. was a large "Pink Pig" with a lap robe laying over it's lower body. From underneath the robe, protruded one hoofed pigs foot on one side of the pig, and on the other side a "Peg Leg"

Just then, the farmer said "can I help you stranger?"to which the startled salesman answered by relating his request for lodging to the farmer."Well surenuff" the farmer replied, "No problem, but I'll have to bed you down at the "Bunk House" if that's alright with you".The salesman responded in the affirmative. As the two men were about to exit the farm house, the salesman stopped and motioned toward the pig sitting in the recliner, and asked the farmer, why was a pig sitting in his front room, in a recliner with a lap robe on,and watching T.V.? The farmer related the following story:

"Why that there is "Petunie Pig" My Favorite Pig!"said the farmer. "One day,after several days of heavy rain, I was out plowing down at the "North Forty" when all of a sudden my Tractor got stuck in a deep furrow and tipped over pinning me face down in the muck and soft clay. "Petunie" looked out from her "Pig Sty", and saw my dilemma. Well she just up and rooted herself out of that there sty and came arunning at a fast gallop.Seein that I was pinned face down and a sufforcatin, "Petunie" rooted underneath my head and cleared an air path so I could get my breath. I was then able to eventually wiggle around and free myself because of the soft muck ya know."

"I love that pig" the farmer said, "Petunie" is My Favorite Pig!"he exclaimed.

"That sure is a tear jerking story alright mister," the salesman said, and I fully understand why you love that pig so much", but he continued, "That don't explain why your pig has a "Peg Leg".