There was atraveller who called on cockies in the outback and one day he called at a place and saw a one-legged pig walking across the yard. He said to the farmer, "Why has that pig only got one leg?"
The farmer looked and said, "Do you know, that pig is the bravest pig you ever saw. One day there was a fire in the house and that pig went into the burning building, dragged my wife out and alerted the rest of the household and saved us all!"
The man said, " Marvelous, but why has he got a wooden leg?"
The farmer said, "Not only that, one day my daughter fell into the duck pond and that pig dived in, swam over and dragged her out with its teeth!"
"Fantastic! but how did it lose a leg?"
"More than that, one day, when I was out in the paddock, there was a real rough character came to the place and threatened my wife, but that pig just reared up and bit him on the bum and saw him off with no worries."
"Incredible!" the man said, "But why has it only got one leg?"
"Well" said the farmer, " If you had a pig as marvelous as that you wouldn't eat him all at once, would you>"