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Yes, it really is a sucking-pig, not a suckling pig. Suckling is what the sow does; sucking is what the piglet does.


[Panel 1]
[Elizabeth]
Sorry to leave you on your own,
but Ma's doing roast sucking
pig this year. I can't miss it.

[Nils]
Don't suppose you've got an
extra place at that table?

[Elizabeth]
She's inviting all the village

(well, except Mr Nulty but
we don't talk about him)

and the room can
only just hold them...

[Panel 2]
[Nils]
That's OK, I could sit on
the floor and eat the scraps.

[Elizabeth]
You'd have to fight
the dogs for them.

[Nils]
I can do that.
What sort are they?

[Panel 3]
[Elizabeth]
Poodles.

[Nils]
That shouldn't be
a major problem...

[Elizabeth]
Ah. No. REAL poodles. Um, two foot six at
the shoulder, bring back ducks after
they've been shot or sometimes before?

[Panel 4]
[Nils]
Er...

[Elizabeth]
Take on a swan if they have to?

[Nils]
...I don't suppose your Ma could
get me a sucking pig in time for
my braai on Boxing Day?

[Elizabeth]
If you don't mind buying it in
a poke. Ma's a traditionalist.



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