Piglet (Winnie the Pooh)
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- This article is about the character in Winnie-the-Pooh. For the real-world animal, see Pig.
Piglet is a fictional character from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books. Piglet is a baby pig who is the best friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Despite the fact that he is a "Very Small Animal" with a generally timid disposition, he often conquers his fears and seems to want to be brave.
Like most of the Pooh characters, Piglet was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals. In the original color versions of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations in the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Piglet has pale pink skin and a green jumper. He is the second shortest of the animals, with only Roo being slightly smaller (although they are close enough in size that Kanga cannot tell the difference when Piglet jumps in her pouch instead of Roo). His voice is described as "squeaky".
Piglet is introduced in the text of Chapter III of Winnie-the-Pooh, although he is shown earlier in one of the illustrations for Chapter II (helping to pull Pooh out of Rabbit's door). He also appears in Chapters V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X of that book, as well as being one of the few characters to appear in all ten chapters of The House at Pooh Corner.
His adventures in the first book include hunting Woozles, attempting to capture Heffalumps, giving Eeyore a birthday balloon (popped), impersonating Roo in an attempt to trick Kanga, joining the Expotition to the North Pole, and being trapped by a flood. In the second book, he helps build a house for Eeyore, meets Tigger, finds Small while trapped in a gravel pit, plays Poohsticks, gets lost in the mist, and helps rescue Pooh and Owl after they are trapped in Owl's fallen house. For that last feat, Piglet is the subject of a seven-verse "Respectful Pooh Song" that Pooh composes for him.
Piglet himself can read and write, at least well enough for short notes. In the illustrations for The House at Pooh Corner, it appears that Piglet spells his own name "Piglit", although it is rendered as "Piglet" in the actual text even when describing his signature. In one chapter, Piglet is referred to as "Henry Pootel" by Christopher Robin, who claimed to not recognize Piglet after he was thoroughly cleaned by Kanga. Eeyore likes to refer to him as "Little Piglet".
Piglet's favorite food is acorns (or as the book often spells it, "haycorns"). At one point he plants one just outside his house, in hopes of someday having a handy supply.
Piglet lives in a "very grand house in the middle of a beech tree" in the Hundred Acre Wood, next to a sign which says "TRESPASSERS W". According to Piglet, that is short for "Trespassers William", his grandfather's name. Later in The House at Pooh Corner, Eeyore mistakenly offers Piglet's house as a new home for Owl, after Owl's house had blown down. Piglet does a "Noble Thing" and agrees to let Owl have the house, at which point Pooh asks Piglet to live with him and Piglet accepts.
Piglet is best friends with Pooh, and also seems especially close to Christopher Robin. His other friends include Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, and Tigger (even if the latter makes him nervous on occasion).
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[edit] Disney cartoon version
piglet is a little pig that some say is named after a one andrianna bribiesca. the pig like creature is known for its rabid antics and un hilarious jokes against but not restricted to a one lily dosen. the pig it self is a huge and un tameable creature that usually diets animal crakers and oatmeal cream pies. the piglet has a habbit of hurling rude and insensitive comments to its teacher mrs. lomey and also has been spotted wearing a gray wig to disgiuse its heavily mutilated face. the discuise does not really help but makes for hilarious jokes and a field day of bullying. the creature is firocuius and can remarkabliy talk the usual speech of the piglet is a sharp oink or squeal. the piglet is widely reknown for its grave stupidity and insanity . if a piglet is ever spotted the law requires that it is reported and done away with immeadietly.
thank you for your time sincerely, lily kins
[edit] Kingdom Hearts
He has also appeared in Kingdom Hearts and its sequel. In Kingdom Hearts, Piglet (ピグレット Piguretto?) is Pooh’s best friend in the 100 Acre Wood. Tiny and timid, Piglet is startled by just about anything and when that happens he covers his eyes with his floppy ears. He is voiced by John Fiedler in the English version of Kingdom Hearts and Travis Oates in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II. He is voiced by Kiyoshi Komiyama in the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts and Mitsuru Ogata in the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts II.
[edit] Influence on popular culture
The Te of Piglet was written by Benjamin Hoff following the publication of The Tao of Pooh. Both books feature the original drawing of E. H. Shepard. The Te of Piglet details Piglet's exemplification of the Taoist concept of "virtue of the small".
On June 19, 2006, The New York Times reported that Winnie the Pooh had been taken off the air in Turkey by the state broadcaster TRT. The ban was because Piglet is a pig, an animal considered unclean by Muslims. Although TRT made no official announcements at the time, much of the Turkish press picked up the story. Even before the incident, Winnie the Pooh videos were already in circulation in Turkey and widely available in stores; the move was considered controversial since Turkey, although predominantly Muslim, is a strictly secular state.
The ban was later announced to be untrue, reported the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.[1]
Piglet has been censored in Qatar. This occurred when the character was blacked out of one copy of an illustrated book.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Christopher Robin's Toys – the inspiration for Piglet
- Piglet Town.com
