The Old Woman and Her Pig by Eric Kimmel

     This story is a British folktale. The old woman was sweeping her yard. She found a copper penny. She was going to buy a pig. She went to the market  and bought herself a pig. They walked and walked following the road until it came to a wall. The old woman told the pig to go over. The pig was refused to go.The old woman pulled and she pushed but the pig would not go. So the old woman looked around and saw a dog. She asked the dog to help but he said"No." the old woman looked around some more and saw a stick and asked him to get the pig over the wall. The stick said "No."She looked some more and she saw some fire and asked it to help her and the fire said "No."She looked again and saw the water and asked it to help her and the water said "No."She kept looking around and saw a horse. She asked the horse to help her and the horse said "No." So she looked around and saw a rider and she asked him to help her and he said"No." She saw a rope and a rat and she asked them to help her and they said"No." So she asked the cat the cat said "Just bring me a saucer of milk and I will help you."So she went to vist the cow to get a saucer of milk but the cow said"Bring me  some hay." So she went to the haystack and asked the farmer if she could get some hay.  The famer said "Yes."So she went to the cow gave the hay to the cow. The cow let her get some milk.S he got the milk gave it to the cat. The cat helped the old woman and so did all the other animals. Finally, the old woman went to her house at night with her pig.  Review by Luana S.