Cinderella, the Piglet Who's Afraid of Dirt, Gets Fitted with a Pair of "Wellies" to Overcome Her Fear

Teresa Neumann : Jun 11, 2008
Urmee Khan - The Telegraph UK

According to the report, Cinderella suffers from a condition called mysophobia—a fear of dirt.

REPORTER'S NOTE: Sorry if an overt Christian connection, other than the fact that God's creatures are such an integral part of His creation, is lacking, but this report was just too good to pass up. I couldn't help but look at the picture and see it as a metaphor for myself. Perhaps a pair of spiritiual "well-eze" is all I need to jump into what God might have me walk through sometimes! -Teresa Neumann, BCN

(North Yorkshire, UK)—Out of England comes a report from The Telegraph about pig farmers Debbie and Andrew Keeble who were baffled when one of their new piglets named "Cinderella" refused to join her brothers and sisters as they "splashed in the muck" in their pig pen. (Photo: Telegraph UK)

Said Debbie , "It was the strangest thing. When the batch ventured away from their mother, Cinders just stood at the edge of her sty shaking while the others explored. We thought it was just that she didn't want to leave the sty or the sow but we soon noticed if we moved them to where there wasn't any mud, she happily left it and roamed around without any nonsense."

Said Andrew, "We scratched our heads a bit but then we thought, we wouldn't go in the mud bare-footed, so why not try some wellies?"

The boots, notes reporter Urmee Khan, have no footwell "so that her trotters slip straight in."

According to the report, Cinderella suffers from a condition called mysophobia—a fear of dirt.