Mr. Pig had taken ownership of the farm
The Farm had some problems
Not least the legacy of the 46 former owners
And Mr. Pig was determined to fix the problems his way
“I’m going to make this farm great again” said Mr. Pig
The sheep looked on concerned
They knew something of Mr. Pig
And most of them did not like what they had seen
But there were also sheep who thought the world of Mr. Pig
“King Pig” they called him
“He’ll make us great again and punish those who need punished” they continued
Who needed punished exactly
they could not quite agree on
Now the Farm used wolves to control the sheep
It also used them to protect against wolves from other farms and wolves from the forest
Mr. Pig secretly wanted to be a wolf, so he gave them whatever they wanted
He removed their leashes
He removed their collars
He bought them whatever they wanted paid for with the wool of the sheep
The majority of the sheep bleated in complaint
“What are you doing?
We did not want this,
We have rights”
Mr. Pig just laughed
“I make the rules, and this is for your own safety”
With every change on the Farm, most of the sheep bleated in complaint
Mr. Pig tied red bandanas on the most loyal of sheep
To let the wolves know which ones were his supporters
“Don’t be difficult, don’t argue” said the sheep with red bandannas
“Mr. Pig is going to bring us the good life, learn to take a joke”
Every night the sheep could hear the wolves
Not just patrolling the fence line
But inside their pen
The wolves no longer talked to the sheep
And had started to wear masks
The sheep could no longer tell one wolf from another
When morning came one of the sheep would be missing
Usually a brown or black one
And the wolves would be a little fatter
“We are better than the sheep” sang the wolves
“The Wolves are making the farm great again,
Long live Mr. Pig,
We tow the thin red line”
Mr. Pig made money by selling the sheep’s wool
But Mr. Pig wanted more
He was a pig after all
“I have a biggly new place for some of you to live” said Mr. Pig to the sheep
“Where you will be safe and secure
and most importantly with your own kind”
The brown and black sheep were herded onto trucks by the wolves
And they were never seen again by the remaining sheep
“Where are our brown and black friends?”
said some of the remaining sheep, usually the ones without red bandannas
“They are living their best lives” said Mr. Pig looking at his brand-new gold watch
Soon it was the rainbow-colored sheep who were rounded up and loaded onto trucks
“There is no place for your type here” said Mr. Pig
The sheep, knowing that complaining to Mr. Pig would make no difference, complained to each other
“When will this stop?”
“It could happen to us!”
“It couldn’t happen to us” said the sheep with red bandannas
“We trust Mr. Pig”
But they looked a little nervous to the other sheep
The herd of sheep grew ever smaller and smaller
As Mr. Pig and the wolves grew fatter and fatter
The wolves had grown so fat that they no longer listened to Mr. Pig
They knew he lied
Only cared about money
And he was just a pig after all
When the last truck full of sheep left for the slaughterhouse
The sheep bleated “How could you do this to us Mr. Pig, we loved you”
Their red bandannas offsetting their snow-white coats
Mr. Pig replied “This is just the art of the deal and you are just sheep after all”
Mr. Pig gazed out over his orderly empty farm
“My farm is finally great” he said
Spotting some remaining sheep shit he told his wolves to take care of it
But wolves don’t eat shit at the best of times
And they no longer had sheep to eat
The farm did not seem great to them
So they pounced on Mr. Pig and ate him alive
For while the wolves liked mutton they also liked ham
And they were wolves after all
After trying on Mr. Pigs clothes and deciding they were not for wolves
They melted away into the forest leaving the farm abandoned, decaying, and rotting
The legacy of Mr. Pig
Image a combination of works by Imágenes Cristianas y Poderosas and Charly Gutmann from Pixabay
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