Lady Boddington's only surviving relatives were two cousins named Bossy-Flossy and Squidgely Wigglebottom.
The Wigglebottoms were poor and lived a completely different life to Lady Bod in her fancy Palace.
Bossy-Flossy and Squidgely were born in a wire shack in a little village called Somewhere. It was a tiny place somewhere in the north of England, but no one knew exactly where.
The village was so small and remote that the Wigglebottoms were very fortunate they ever got their monthly order of hay.
When Lady Boddington was very young, her Grandad Prince Poopsalot showed her photographs and told her stories about her poor relatives on the other side of the world, but she had never met them.
The poor piggies had no toys to play with or things to chew on. They'd never seen a fresh vegetable or had a special treat - not even at Pigmas.
Bossy-Flossy and Squidgely Wiggebottom spent their days mooching around their tiny shack. Their hopes and dreams were that one day, a very kind person would come and rescue them.
A Letter From The Palace
One day, out of the blue, the piggies received a very official-looking letter from a Piglicitor in California. The letter informed them that their cousin, Lady Boddington, had passed away and had left her Palace, castle, hay pantry, and all her other belongings to them.
The letter stated that her British cousins could move into the Palace as soon as they were ready, and boy, were they ready!
The piggies couldn't contain their excitement - they ran around wheeking and squeaking with delight. Flossy and Squidgely had never been out of their little shack before, and now they would be crossing that huge pond and going to live in America!
They were even more excited to read that a car would be standing by to take them to the airport as soon as they wanted to leave, so they decided to leave immediately!
The Piggies Escape From Prison!
The piggies quickly broke out of their wire prison, threw a bundle of hay into an old suitcase, grabbed their water bottles, and off they went - pop-corning and zooming down the driveway to the waiting Pigmousine (like a limousine but for pigs).When the Chauffeur opened the Pigmousine door, the piggy sisters couldn't believe their eyes. They'd never seen anything like it.
The back seat was piled almost to the roof with Mountain grass hay, fresh lettuce, bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, kale, red apples, celery leaves, parsley, and cilantro.
The driver explained to the sisters that it was an all-you-can-eat buffet - and they could eat as much of it as they wanted. The piggies never knew such colorful food existed and couldn't decide what to try first.
They tried a bit of everything and then ate and ate and ate - until they felt like they were going to burst. They couldn't manage even one more tiny blade of hay.
They ate more than they had eaten in their entire lives. During the short drive to the airport, they both got a stomach ache and had to stop 1,207 times for a bathroom break!
It was Bossy-Flossy and Squidgely's first time on a plane, and they couldn't wait to get on board. but by the time they were shown their seats, they were exhausted. Within minutes of sitting in the big, comfortable reclining seats in the first-class cabin, they fell asleep and started snoring!
Squidgely dreamed about her exciting new life in the Palace and eating yummy fresh vegetables from morning till night. Part of her dream was more like a nightmare because she dreamed she ate so much food and got so fat that her belly swept the floor as she walked around the Palace trying to find her bedroom.
She also dreamed Flossy was so happy that she became less bossy and stopped pushing her away from the pellet bowl and telling her what she could and could not do.
The Piggies both woke us just as the plane was landing in New York.
Next Time: Bossy-Flossy and Squidgely visit a very old relative.