The pigs in question were two tall , lank animals , supposed to belong to Bertie Shakespeare Drew 's father , which had been haunting the roadside by the manse for a couple of weeks . Walter did not want to ride a pig through Glen St. Mary , but whatever Faith Meredith dared him to do must be done . They tore down the hill and through the village , Faith bent double with laughter over her terrified courser , Walter crimson with shame . They tore past the minister himself , just coming home from the station ; he , being a little less dreamy and abstracted than usual -- owing to having had a talk on the train with Miss Cornelia who always wakened him up temporarily -- noticed them , and thought he really must speak to Faith about it and tell her that such conduct was not seemly . But he had forgotten the trifling incident by the time he reached home . They passed Mrs. Alec Davis , who shrieked in horror , and they passed Miss Rosemary West who laughed and sighed . Finally , just before the pigs swooped into Bertie Shakespeare Drew 's back yard , never to emerge therefrom again , so great had been the shock to their nerves -- Faith and Walter jumped off , as Dr. and Mrs. Blythe drove swiftly by . `` So that is how you bring up your boys , '' said Gilbert with mock severity . `` Perhaps I do spoil them a little , '' said Anne contritely , `` but , oh , Gilbert , when I think of my own childhood before I came to Green Gables I have n't the heart to be very strict . How hungry for love and fun I was -- an unloved little drudge with never a chance to play ! They do have such good times with the manse children . '' `` What about the poor pigs ? '' asked Gilbert . Anne tried to look sober and failed . `` Do you really think it hurt them ? '' she said . `` I do n't think anything could hurt those animals . They 've been the plague of the neighbourhood this summer and the Drews WO N'T shut them up . But I 'll talk to Walter -- if I can keep from laughing when I do it . '' Miss Cornelia came up to Ingleside that evening to relieve her feelings over Sunday night .
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