Page 16 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 18 198S Young Piggy Bank Puzzler Alligators piggy bank is almost full Help him figure out how much money he has saved He would like to buy a ball that costs Does Alfie have enough money saved If he doesnt how much more will need to save to buy his ball has saved in his piggy bank spaau os seq a joX on Picturesque Pig In the top box is a drawing of the friendly farmyard animal the pig Copy the pig in the bottom grid box by using the guidelines Now you can color your pig pink white brown tan or black What do get If you cross a g a porcupine Bacon and pegs Lew Why is the letter like a pigs tail Sue Because it Is the end of pork Mother Pig Son why do you want to be a football when you grow up Little Pig I know theyll pass me when I go to college igpay a tin lay pig Latin Have you ever heard of pig is a special language in which the first consonant of each word is moved to the end of the word and ay is added to make a new syllable For instance the words pig Latin would be igpay atinlay The following pig Latin sentence is a fact about pigs See if you can decode it and write it on the lines igpay isay lyonay imalanay unburnssay Now make up a pig Latin sentence of your own aje said jo leiuiue am BOOKS ABOUT PIGS Piggy Bank Gonzales by Jack Kent PreS2 A piggy bank yearns for an exciting life His misadventures with a band of pig musicians make him wish for his quiet life again The Book of World Records by Jovial Stine Grs 4 and up A survey of pig achievements personalities awards examples of pig humor and a pig cookbook The Perfect Pigs by Marc Brown Grs PreS3 A pigs guide to manners Dont judge others people or animal by their appearance They may not be exactly what they appear to be on the outside You may miss an opportunity to enjoy anothers company if you judge too quickly From Little to Large Some farmers distinguish among pig hog and swine A swine is any member of the family regardless of age weight or sex A pig is a young swine that weighs less than 100 pounds and is younger than six months old A hog swine that is older than six months and weighs over 100 pounds Go from to hog on the word ladder by changing only one letter on each step Use the hints to help you pig hog large a lively dance to run sjaMsuy 1 Pigs are second in intellect only to Iowa is the leading hog raising state Pigs wallow in the mud because unlike humans they cannot sweat through their skin to cool themselves off High temperatures and direct sunlight are very dangerous to they try to cool down by wetting their skin in the mud or dirt wallowing When a pig is born it weighs about pounds and usually doubles its weight during its first week of life An average fully grown boar male hog weighs from 350500 pounds and an average sow female hog weighs from pounds 5 Pigs learn quickly and have been trained as circus animals They can jump through hoops dance and walk on a tight rope