"Of ALL things," grumbled Chester, "why on earth did I have to be a pig? A pig is no better off than a cabbage or a carrot, just something to eat. But before I end up as so much sausage and ham, I intend to try and amount to something."

My dad loved pigs and loved to draw them. This story also gave him an opportunity to include a bear, the circus and its animals, and a circus train; other things he loved to draw. Part of the the inspiration for this story was a map he had seen drawn on a piece of animal hide.