朱家對待朱太太像老媽子。起床就嚷著吃早餐,回家也嚷著吃飯,所有的家事都丟給朱太太。終於有一天,她留下一張紙條,便離家出走了。朱家的臭男生們只好自己煮飯,卻弄的一團糟,好幾天下來,家裡亂的像豬舍,但朱太太會回來嗎?Anthony Browne的圖畫一向充滿奇趣。在Piggy Book中,他用豬比喻好吃懶做的大男人,而在畫面四處,他巧妙地隱藏了各式各樣的豬圖案,更添加了書中的象徵與趣味性。仔細觀查,讀者能在畫面中找出多少豬頭圖案呢?提醒您,窗外的樹叢剪影和牆上的裝飾圖案都暗藏玄機喔!書名Piggy Book實際上具有雙關的幽默意味。
One day, after cooking and cleaning for her oblivious husband and two sons, Mrs. Piggott disappears, and the three remaining family members turn into pigs until they change their swinish ways