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The Conceited Pig

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First published
1868
Pages
20
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The Conceited Pig is a short moral tale for children by an unnamed writer. This edition was printed in London by John and Charles Mozley in 1868, with six illustrations by Harrison Weir engraved on wood.

On a cold November night a young pig called Wilful hears cracking and popping sounds across the farmyard. Sure that he is cleverer than everyone around him, he pushes open the door of the sty while his mother sleeps, is rude to Jack, the old donkey, and decides that a bright, hissing light falling near him means the stars are dropping out of the sky. He sets off with Miss Peck, a quarrelsome hen, to warn the Queen, but the two fall out over which way to turn in the lane. Alone, Wilful meets a very polite stranger, Mr. Brush, who offers to lead him to the Queen. The story closes with a plain warning to young readers who think themselves wiser than their elders.

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First published
1868
Reading time
About 20 minutes
Pages
20
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
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