The Pig’s Tale 

 
December 10, 2020 
Miss Brown’s English Literature Class 
 
Answer the following questions from the book:  
1, 4 and 6.  
 
1. - Where is the speaker in this poem?  
​ At home, in his kitchen​. 
- Who is he talking to?  
T
​ he judge in court 
- Why is he telling the story?  
He is telling the story because he got in trouble for killing the pig​. 
2. What do you suppose the storyteller wants the judge to do after he has told him the story? 
He wants the judge not to penalize him. 
 
Additional questions 

1. What is the poem about? 

- A man in court arguing about a pig who knocked over his food. 
2. What are some of the devices evident in the poem?  
- Simile and Personification 
3. What is the conflict in the poem about? 
- The man was cooking dinner and then the neighbour’s pic came and started 
to sniff his food, he tried to make the pig go away and the pig knocked over 
the person’s food and the person had nothing to eat for dinner. 
4. How was it solved? 
- He threw a spoon at the pig’s snout and the pig died and then he ate the pig. 
 
5. Students will create an outline of the story( the pig’s tale) evident in the poem. 

Characters: T
​ he neighbour’s pig, The Judge, The storyteller (main character) 

Plot(What happened): T​ he storyteller was cooking his dinner and the pig came and started 
sniffing the person’s food and then knocked over the pot causing the person to have no 
food to eat but then the pig ended up dying. 

Setting:​ The pot was probably knocked over in his kitchen and the story is being told in 
court. 

Conflict: ​The person’s pot was knocked over leaving him with no food. 

Resolution: ​He threw the spoon at the pig’s snout and the pig died.