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Anthony Browne

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Dragonfly Books • Alfred A. Knopf

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A DRAGONFLY BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A KNOPF. INC.

Copyright © 1986 by .Anthony Browne

All rights reserv'ed under International and Pan-.-\meric-an
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A.

Knopf, Inc., New York. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New

York. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Julia

MacRae Books, Ixjndon, and in the I'nited States as a Borzoi Book

by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1986.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Browne, .Anthony. Pigg\book.

Summary: When .Mrs. Piggott unexf>ectedly leaves one

day, her demanding family begins to realize just how
much she did for them.

— —[1. Mothers Fiction. 2. Family life Fiction] I. Title.

PZ7.B81984Pi 1986 [E] 86-3008

ISBN 0-394-88416-7 (trade) ISBN 0-394-98416-1 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 0-^}79-80837-X (pbk.)

F"irst Dragonfly Books edition: October 1990

Manufactured in Hong Kong 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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Mr. Piggott lived with his two sons^ Simon and Patrick,

in a nice house with a nice garden , and a nice car in the

nice garage.

Inside the house was his wife.

"Hurry up with the breakfast, dear/' he called
every morning before he went off to his very

important job.

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"Hurry up with the breakfast. Mom/' Simon

and Patrick called before they went off to their

very important school.

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After they left the house ^ Mrs. Piggott

washed all the breakfast things.

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made all the beds.

vacuumed all the carpets

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and then went to work.

"Hurry up with the meal. Mom/' the boys called

every evening when they came home from their

very important school.

''Hurry up with the meal, old girl/' Mr. Piggott

called every evening when he came home from

his very important job.





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One evening when the boys got home from school

there was no one to greet them.

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"Where's Mom?" demanded Mr. Piggott when he

got home from work.

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She was nowhere to be found.

On the mantelpiece was an envelope.

Mr. Piggott opened it.
Inside was a piece of paper.



''But what shall we do}'' said Mr. Piggott
They had to make their own meal.

It took hours.

And it was horrible.

The next morning they had to make their
own breakfast.

It took hours.

And it was horrible.

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The next day and the next night and the day after that,

Mrs. Piggott was still not there. Mr. Piggott, Simon, and

Patrick tried to take care of themselves.

They never washed the dishes. They never washed their

clothes. Soon the house was like a pigsty.

Mom''When is coming home?" the boys squealed after

another horrible meal.

"How should I know?'' Mr. Piggott grunted.

They all became more and more grumpy.



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One night there was nothing in the house for them to cook.

''We'll just have to root around and find some scraps/'
snorted Mr. Piggott.

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And just then Mrs. Piggott walked in.

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"P-L-E-A-S-E come back," they snuffled.

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So Mrs. Piggott stayed.

Mr. Piggott washed the dishes.

Patrick and Simon made the beds

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