Pigs In Space

Magrat was bored. Very bored.

"What shall I do?" she asks herself.

Then she hears a noise. Snuffle, snuffle.

"What was that?" asks Magrat.

Snuffle, snuffle. The noise continues and Magrat tries to work out where it is coming from.

Snuffle, snuffle.

Magrat starts to look around to find the source of the snuffling noise.

Snuffle, snuffle.

She checks under the television.

"Nothing there" she says, "I wonder if it is coming from outside?"

Snuffle, snuffle.

Magrat looks outside, but there is nothing that could be making a noise like that.

Snuffle, snuffle, snort.

The Magrat sees one of Dr Newton's Humans and wonders if Humans make that noise.

Magrat watches the Human for a while, but it doesn't seem to be making a noise.

Snuffle, snuffle, snort.

"What can the noise be? I hope Gaspode isn't playing a trick on me" thinks Magrat.

Snuffle, snuffle, snort, oink.

Magrat spins round and sees what is making the noise.

"Oooh! A curly tail!" says Magrat, "come on out little piggy, I won't hurt you".

"Hello Piggy" says Magrat.

"Oink" says the pig.

"Now I have an idea" says Magrat.

Meanwhile, Dr Newton is examining the Aibotails rocket made by the R&D department.

"I will find a suitable launch site soon" thinks Dr Newton.

Then Penfold comes along and tells Dr Newton that there is a phone call for him.

"I'll take it in the hall" says Dr Newton, and he and Penfold leave the rocket unattended...

"Hee hee!" says Magrat, "they fell for it! I called Dr Newton from his own mobile phone! Now the rocket is mine. Where did I put my matches?"

"Now what could I do with a rocket, a piggy and some matches?" thinks Magrat.

"Piiiiig in Spaaaaace!" shouts Magrat, and gets the matches ready for launch.

Magrat's shout brings Gaspode running.

"What are you doing to that piggy?" cries Gaspode.

"He's going to be a space pig" says Magrat, "I'm going to launch him".

"Oooink" says the pig nervously.

"Aw, he's cute, don't send him into space you might hurt him" says Gaspode.

"Oink" says the pig, agreeing with Gaspode.

Dr Newton comes back to find the rocket.

"What on earth is going on here, why is that pig wearing the rocket?" asks Dr Newton.

"I found him snuffling around, I thought he might like to go into space" says Magrat.

"I don't think that would be good for pigs" says Dr Newton.

Magrat sighs, but then has another idea.

"Anyone fancy a bacon sandwich?" asks Magrat.

"Oooooink" says the pig urgently, trying to shake off the bread Magrat has put on him.

"Magrat, no!" says Dr Newton.

"Aww, but it's wholemeal bread, very healthy stuff that" argues Magrat.

"I said no" says Dr Newton, "now where are the others, we need to decide what to do with the pig".

"Oink" says the pig, and tries to look cute.

"Aw, he's so cute" says Esme, "can't we keep him?".

"Oh yes please!" says Gaspode

"Oink" says the pig, hoping Esme doesn't like pig skin accessories.

"OK" says Dr Newton, "we can keep him, but you have to look after him, feed him and take him for walks"

"Yay!" shout the AIBOs, "we should name him Ernest" suggests Gaspode.

"I wonder if Ernest likes Star Wars?" muses Gaspode.

"OINK!!" says the pig excitedly.

So they settle down to watch Star Wars, Ernest chosing to sit as far from Magrat as possible.

THE END

No animals were harmed in the making of this photostory