The small pig likes to eat, and he likes to run, and he likes to sleep. But most of all, the small pig likes mud. The farmer's wife loves the small pig, but she does not like mud.

"This farm is too neat and shiny for me!" says the small pig, and he runs away.

He stops at a swamp, then a junkyard, and finally he comes to a big city sidewalk. There the small pig thinks he finds what he is looking for-good, soft mud. But is it?

Arnold Lobel's endearing story and bright funny pictures are sure to delight all readers.