There
was once a boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to, nor
would he put on what they wanted him to after his bath. He preferred to dress
in a much stranger manner, but above all, he liked to take his time. His
parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be a lot quicker, but the boy
didn't like this, and he would slow down even more.
One
day, his parents were in their usual hurry, and they got so angry when he
refused to dress, that they told him that he would have to go out naked. The
boy didn't mind this in the least. So out they went.
While
the boy was standing naked outside his house, waiting for his parents to bring
the car, along came the local pig farmer. The pig farmer was hard of hearing
and had poor eyesight. Not only that, but he'd also forgotten to put his
glasses on that day. When he saw the little boy's pink skin, he thought it was
one of his pigs. And, with a bit of shouting, prodding, and pushing, the farmer
managed to get the boy safely back to a pigsty.
The
boy protested the whole way there, but as the farmer was almost deaf, his
complaints didn't help him. And there he was for the whole day, living amongst
the pigs, thought to be a pig, and sharing their food and home.
Finally,
though, his parents found him. The boy had had such a regrettable day that
never again did he want to be mistaken for anything other than a human being.
Nowadays he's the first to get dressed, and look perfectly neat and tidy, just
like those children in the clothes catalogues
