Cowland(4)
The dog dashes away and barks at the kitchen window. Out pops the pig, glasses dangling on the tip of his snout, head deeply buried in the newspaper. He looks up at Boozer then follows him to the field where Gillespie is still standing with his head buzzing with flies.
“Read this Gillespie,” orders the pig as he points to the headline -
SLAUGHTERHOUSE BURNT TO GROUND
Gillespie borrows the pig´s glasses and reads slowly, lips silently mouthing the words. Some spittle dribbles from his chin and splashes off boozer´s head. He stops. He looks at the pig. The pig says nothing. He just points at another headline.
TWO CRUISERS HIJACKED
Gillespie can´t link the two stories together but when he reads a sentence that is repeated in both articles a ray of light emerges from behind a rain cloud and nestles itself around his head. The flies flee as he reads out loud, “ detectives suspect the culprits are cows.”