Once upon a time there was a pig called Oinkers. He lived on McNettlefield Farm. The farmer was called Donald Fump and all he grew was nettles.

One day, Oinkers was playing with his best friend Ruby. They were having lots of fun jumpigging about in the mud and squirting it all over each other. They were pretending to be the Mud Monster. The Mud Monster was big and ferocious and covered in a big blob of mud. He lived in a bucket of mud with pig faces.

Oinkers and Ruby were splashing in the mud when all of a sudden the Mud Monster woke up in his bucket. He saw Oinkers and Ruby playing and he felt furious.

“Get out of my mud!” he screamed. He climbed out of his bucket and slid and slithered towards the two pigs.

Ruby screamed. Oinkers quickly grabbed some nettles from nearby.

“CATCH!” he shouted, as he threw the nettles towards Ruby. “Quick! Turn these nettles into rubies,” he said.

Ruby caught the nettles and hugged them close. They didn’t sting her because she was the most magical pig in the world. She turned the nettles into rubies.

The Mud Monster was coming towards them but he was moving slowly. Oinkers and Ruby started building a wall with the rubies that Ruby had made. When the monster got to the wall, he slid through the cracks. The rubies turned black as he absorbed their magical powers.

Oinkers and Ruby started to run. They ran all the way to the forest which was next to the farm. The Mud Monster came after them, furious that they were playing in his mud. When Oinkers and Ruby reached the forest, Oinkers stopped. The Mud Monster was his greatest fear and he knew all about it.

“You run on,” he said to Ruby. “I’ll be back in a minute.” He turned on his trotter and ran like a flash, back to the edge of the forest.

“You’re going to turn into stone, ha ha!” he said triumphantly.

The Mud Monster began to shrink.

“NOOOOOOooooo!” he shrieked. Five minutes later, all that was left was a muddy puddle. In the muddy puddle was a golden suit.

“Wow!” said Oinkers. “It’s a miracle. Oh, my Piggy! I always wanted a golden suit.”

He picked it up and looked at the size on the label. It was the perfect fit! He put it on and went back to the forest. There were little ruby tears lying on the ground. He followed them and there was Ruby. She was crying. She thought Oinkers was dead.

“Are you okay, Ruby?” asked Oinkers.

Ruby looked up. “Are you alive?” she said.

“Yes. I conquered my fear and I got my greatest wish. It was inside the Mud Monster all along,” he replied. “Thank you for all your help.”

Ruby put her trotters around Oinkers’ neck and kissed him!

To be continued . . .