# The Pig — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Pig in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Pig, the Pig, A Pig, Pig

**First appearance:** 0064-the-old-lion

## Who they are

A farm animal who argues with the Sheep about their different fates.

## In the story

### [The Debtor and His Sow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-debtor-and-his-sow)

The sow being sold by the debtor, central to the deception about its offspring.

### [The Pig and the Sheep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-pig-and-the-sheep)

Caught by the shepherd and carried off to the butcher; protests loudly, arguing his fate is worse than the Sheep's.

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