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“I was nearby and saw one of the piglets come out and start wandering around–all on its own. Cherry was close by eating some ‘house slop’ that Crystal hadn’t finished. I think the piglet mistook Cherry for her mother and it went right up to Cherry. Now Cherry seems more and more like she’s ready to birth and getting a little cantankerous and she certainly didn’t want any little piglet eating some of that slop. So she picked the piglet up in her mouth and flung it a few feet. Piglet started squealing like it had been mortally wounded and faster than you could blink, Crystal came roaring and snorting out of the Palace to the rescue. Cherry instantly realized she had done something wrong and did not want to meet the wrath of Crystal and so she made a hasty retreat for the Cherry Pit. All this happened in a matter of seconds and the piglet ran back into the Palace, squealing and making distress noises. Crystal went back inside and I waited for it all to calm down and then went in to check and make sure that there was no serious injury. I’m happy to report that all is well and the piglet seems none the worse for its frightening (and confusing?) experience.
Then, less than 24 hours later later Linda wrote again:
