Have you ever tried getting a pig for a pet? Scientists say that a pig's IQ is higher than some of us think. Hmm, pigs...intelligent, gentle creatures. Let's just say we got one for a pet. We take it home, have it spayed at the vet, gave it some vitamins, fed it expensive "pig food" specially formulated to keep it healthy. We gave it a warm corner inside the house to sleep-in. We gave it a name and we decided that our pig isn't just going to be a run of the mill piggy, this pig will be special. So we bought it some clothes from the pet store, we gave it a proper name and put a tag around it's neck. We even gave it a bath...everyday. This pig, we say to ourselves will be special. And a special pig it was turning out to be, we even taught it to walk around with a leash around it's neck. Wow, our neighbors would tell us, "thats one special pig!". We spend some time just to talk to it, let it know that we cared for it, taught it a few tricks like responding to us when we call it's name. And for a long long time, our pig, our special pig did the things we wanted it to do. Our pig was indeed different, it acted more like a pet dog or a cat. It smelled nice, we brushed it's thin coat ang often called it gently by name.
One morning we woke up like the usual and started to prepare it's favorite food. We started calling it by name..."here piggy, here piggy piggy" but our pig, our special pig was nowhere to be found. We tried looking everywhere, every corner of the house. Suddenly we realize that the door was open, we went outside and to our surprise...our pig, our special, nice smelling, tag carrying healthy pig was enjoying itself, soaked in mud at the nearby mudhole, it even looked up and stared at us wondering why we even looked surprised. We slowly turned around towards the door and went inside. It was then that we realized that we were trying to transform a pig into something it was not. No matter what we do, a pig will still be a pig.
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