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When an old woman can't get her pig to go over a stile, she tries to enlist the help of a dog, a stick, fire, water, a butcher, and myriad others, to force the pig over the stile. As they each refuse, her chain of coersion grows.
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Story is traditional English fairy tale.
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yStories for Little PeopleGilly,
Gilly
(illustrator),
Sydney:W. H. Honey,1940-1949Z10148821940-1949selected work children's fiction children's Sydney:W. H. Honey,1940-1949
