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[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

I was surprised to read about a pig eating a baby in the cradle.  In
Chinese, the written character for "home" consists of the picture of a pig
(now altered from its original form) under a roof.  L. Wieger's book
_Chinese Characters_ (p. 173) explains: "The pigs live around the houses of
the Chinese countrymen, and even enter in them, as well as the dogs. ..."

Maybe the pigs in China are tamer.

Gerald Cohen

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