hedge-pig

A second said, “Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.”

Something Wicked 2010

The hearthstone was still soiled with the last cold ashes, and leaves had been blown into corners and silted there into nesting-places for the hibernating hedge-pig and the dormouse.

The Potter's Field Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1989

'I've thrown away my life-wish, and he's still a hedge-pig.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

'Well,' said the Princess thoughtfully, 'since you're a hedge-pig I suppose you may love me, and I may love you.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

Don't you remember how you cured the King and Queen of all the wounds the hedge-pig made by rolling itself on to their faces in the night? '

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

'If you had,' said the hedge-pig, 'it would have been the shape of a dead man.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

They talked about everything under the sun, and the hedge-pig was the best of company.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

'What is the other thing that you remember of your hedge-pig wisdom?' asked the Queen curiously.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

[Illustration: 'I would kiss you on every one of your thousand spears,' she said, 'to give you what you wish.'] 'Oh, you can't go on being a hedge-pig for ever,' she said, 'it's not fair.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891

So the Princess put her hedge-pig in its little box and went on, looking everywhere for her father and mother, and, after more adventures than I have time to tell you, she found them at last, living in quite a poor way in a semi-detached villa at Tooting.

The Magic World Gerald Spencer Pryse 1891