Remembering Alge..: Once Upon a Time..

Once upon a time, in a country far far away, there was a princess... well.. No, strike that. Princesses tend to be stuck up little brats too dim to remove a perfectly edible pea from underneath their mattresses (except for guinea pig princesses, which is just a natural state for a guinea girl). No, this story is about a mom and the love she had for everyone and how the Jolly Rodents she raised changed the life of a little boar from the Netherlands.

Jan the Boar was a young chocolate colored silkie who found his forever home in 2005 when he joined the herd of the Winky Girls. He was the happiest pig alive. But sadly, the girls wouldn't give him the time of day and they'd tease him for having a 'girlie wheek'. When Lady Jasmine and Prince Biscuit invited them to their wedding in February 2006 Jan thought his moment to prove he was a real man had finally come. He tried to be as manly as possible and even climbed into their bedroom wearing tights and a rose between his teeth. But the girls, and especially his love interest Suus, just couldn't stop giggling and told him he was making a fool of himself. Poor Jan was very shy. But that was about to change when Jan met our mom's Jolly Rodents...

Back at home, Jan's slave was worried about her boy, she knew that he just wanted to be accepted by the girls and the other pigs. And that is when she received the following email from Charlie's mom:

Hi All,

This is too neat not to share right now. Charlie called me to let me know how great everything was though he has apparently used up almost everything on his Egg card including phone minutes, but he was so pleased -- he said that Jan the boar performed Beethoven Pig's Rumblestrut Blues with the rest of them. Charlie was as "esscited" as if he were speaking of a personal triumph. The girls were quite wrong, he said, "there's nothing girlie about his rumblestrutting." 

And then he ran out of minutes so I don't know what else is going on.

Alge

Copyright GPDD 2006

After that, Jan the Boar and the Jolly Rodents became great friends. They often told him about their mom and when she became sick, little Jan was very worried. He wanted to make her feel better like her boys did when he was in a tight spot. So he made a card for her and sent it far far away to the big US of A.

He was very happy when she came around again and he and the Jolly Rodents had many more virtual adventures until one weekend, Jan became sick and left for the Rainbow Bridge. Jan's slave was heartbroken and couldn't stop crying, until...

.. Until the Jolly Rodent's mom sent her a message that the Rodent Vehicle was picking Jan up and that all his friends were waiting for him at the bridge. Looking down from the bridge Jan finally saw his slave smile again and he knew that when Alge would go to the Rainbow Bridge he would be right there; with his friends, waiting for her. And in her honor they'd perform their best version of the Rumblestrut Blues... ever. For her...

See the boys strut: