Henry’s friend Bella the pig loved hearing stories as much as she loved dancing in her purple shoes. One day Henry told her a story that he had heard from Daffy.
It was a long time ago, when some little piggies lived down the road at Rose Farm. ( Previously known as Tarwin or Thompsonvile farm) These piggies were quite special, and many of them had won awards at the local agricultural shows.
One September, in 1965, Tarwin Joan, a very nice black sow, made history. She won Junior Champion Pig at the Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show .How exciting for her and her owners, David and Jean! Joan received a lovely blue rosette, she was treated like a queen ,and that night she enjoyed a second helping of pollard and molasses.
Two funny things also happened at that time in 1965.Two children were playing in the main grandstand and were filmed by the TV station.
This segment was televised, and unknown to them—or their mum—people in Bunyip saw the news that night, showing two local kids dropping a little parachute man over the edge of the then racing to the bottom to retrieve him. Also on film was Mrs Thompson, sitting quietly reading the paper. What a delight it was to discover this in the following week!
The other exciting thing that happened was a few weeks after the show .A visitor, Mr Kenichero Miyakita from Lilac-Angus Farm, Hokkaido, Japan, came to Rose Farm to purchase six young piggies.“What a great story!” said Bella.
Henry went on:“ But there’s more! One little piggie travelled to Japan in style—she was put into Daffy’s dollhouse ,complete with a kitchen and lounge room wallpaper!”
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A great true story from 1965 Bella now lives at Rose Farm and wished that she had met Tarwin Joan and her babies. Both Henry and Bella agreed that stories are great and should always be told.
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