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The Metal Pig

Story Time, Episode 121

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The Metal Pig

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Sam Kusi
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Summary

In the city of Florence, not far from the Piazza del Granduca, there is a little cross street which I think is called Porta Rossa. In front of a sort of market in this street, where vegetables are sold, stands an artificial but beautifully fashioned metal pig. A fountain of fresh clear water gushes out of the animal's mouth. Age has turned it dark green; only its snout shines as if it had been polished, and so it has by the many hundreds of children and poor people who take hold of it with their hands when they put their mouths to its mouth to drink the water. It is an interesting picture to see the perfectly formed animal embraced by a handsome, half-naked boy putting his young lips to its snout.

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Classics Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Literature & Fiction
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