20 In 5 -- Vol. III -- You Will Believe A Pig Can Fly!

By Brian Middleton, Jr.

Somehow,
a fast-food chain
should come from this...

It'd been a hard year for pig-farmers everywhere, my father included.  Bacon just wasn't in this year, it seemed. My pa, sick to damn death (his words, not mine) of rich folk buyin' frog legs and nothing else, set out to do something about it.  

He disappeared into the basement one night with a less than sane look in his eye. Three days later, he emerged, looking no more sane than when he had entered. All about him though, was the glow of victory. He was holding a syringe full of green liquid in his hand. "Let's go, son," he said, and walked out to the barn.

He stooped down and stuck the needle into a pregnant sow. "You'll see," Pa mumbled. "They'll all see."

A week later, Pa was proven right. A special piglet was born. He had all the fixings of a regular piglet, save for one thing: he had the legs of a frog! "Hot damn!," Pa exclaimed. "Giant frog legs!" He looked at the piglet and saw a cash cow in its place.  Pa an’ me, we’ve never seen eye to eye on just about everythin', so of course, the moment I laid eyes on that pig, I fell in love. I knew that I had to save him.

I headed into the basement, carrying the piglet under my arm.  It took me a few nights, but I came up with an idea. I took some measurements, and made a few sketches. It would take me a month to build the necessary parts, but I knew that I had struck gold with my idea. If it worked out, we would make more money than we would ever be able to spend. And Piggie would be saved!  


I started to build, all the while spreading the word: "You will believe a pig can fly!" No one knew what I meant, but I made sure to let them know, it’d be happening soon. “Look to the sky!” I told them. And they did. Soon, the whole town was abuzz with my slogan.   


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