THE METAL PIG
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE METAL PIG
by Hans Christian Andersen
IN the city of Florence, not far from the Piazza del Granduca,
runs a little street called Porta Rosa. In this street, just in
front of the market-place where vegetables are sold, stands a pig,
made of brass and curiously formed. The bright color has been
changed by age to ...