The pig with a wooden leg
A rabbi is driving down a country road one day and sees a pig in an
open field with a wooden leg. Taken aback by his curiosity, he pulls into the driveway of a farm just up the road and rings the doorbell.
A farmer answers the door and greets the rabbi. "Hello there, Mr. Bearded Man.May I help you?" asks the farmer.
"Yes you may", says the rabbi. "I
couldn't help but notice that you have a pig with a wooden leg out in your field. What's up with that?"
"Listen", says the farmer. "That is one great pig. One day I was plowing my field and my tractor turned over right on top of me. That pig came over and pulled me out from underneath the mess and saved my life."
"That's great" said the rabbi, "but what's with the wooden leg?"
"Listen" says the farmer, "one night a fire started in our kitchen while my family was sleeping. That pig came over to the house, knocked on the window with his nose, woke us up, and saved my whole family. That is one great pig."
"Yes" said the rabbi, now growing a bit frustrated. "I see this is one great pig. But again, what's with the wooden leg?"
"Oh" says the farmer. "The wooden leg?..... well....a great
pig like that.....you can't eat him all at once."
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