Robert was so delighted with them that he wanted to feed them, and James
let him put an armful of the sweet clover into the yard. "I have fed
them once this morning," said James. "They had their regular breakfast
before I had mine, which was very early."
Robert went on to the next yard where a large hog was lying contentedly
in the sun. He gave a cheerful grunt as if to say "thank you," when
James threw some clover over the fence.
"Here, old fellow, are some acorns!" said James, as he took a handful
from his pocket and flung them over into the clover pile. "That's right.
Hunt them up!"
Robert laughed to see what a good time the hog was having. As he went on
he saw that all the yards were clean and so were the pigs. There was a
trough of fresh water in each yard, and another trough for the food.
"I thought all pigs were dirty," said Robert.
"No, indeed!" said James. "They like to be clean and to have room to run
about. They need to root in the earth and roll in the mud, but they
prefer clean earth and clean mud to the filthy stuff they often get."
"There's a great difference in mud," said Robert, in such a wise way
that James laughed. "Pigs like sunshine, too," said he, "and when you
have seen me give them a bath you will never say again that they like to
be dirty.
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