We never knew why the pig swelled enough to float away with the barn. It landed far away from here near a Canadian farming community not some few miles from Saskatoon. We couldn’t bring ourselves to ask poor farmer Boyd for them back. After all, not only did he need them but they had landed on his wife. She ended up surviving the incident but it had crushed both her legs pretty bad; they had to be removed. Fortunately, after the reverend Forsyth got word of it he pulled “The ladies” together and they all had a pie bake to raise some money to put a big ad in the local newspaper asking for leg donors. They got plenty of sympathy but everyone said they needed both legs. However, all said they would pray for her. This was received as a very nice gesture and it was owed to this that two good Samaritans came offering her an arm each. The doctors said that it was unusual and that they had never personally witnessed it but if Farmer Boyd would say it was ok they would attempt to attach the arms as legs.
The operation was a success even though one of the arms was attached to bend the wrong way. Mrs. Boyd later said this actually helps out in the kitchen.
A day doesn’t go by now that Farmer Boyd doesn’t have a smile on his face. The way the community came through so gallantly, a new barn and pig, and a wife with all kinds of frisky new tricks up her sleeves. Life is good.
Tormen Tagain
