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\nTHE M ARZIPAN PIG  \nFirst published 1986 by Jonathan Cape LtdThis edition published 2018 by Walker Books Ltd,87 Vauxhall Walk,London SE115HJ  \n24681097531  \nText ◎1986 the Estate of Russell Hoban·Illustrations ◎1986,2018 Quentin Blake  \nThe right of Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake to be identified as author and illustrator respectively of thiswork has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988  \nThis book has been typeset in Bembo  \nPrinted in China  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,transmitted or stored in an informationretrieval system in any form or by any means,graphic,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,taping and recording,without prior written permission from the publisher.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:a catalogue record for this bsok is available from the British Library  \nISBN 978-1-4063-6225-1  \nwww.walker.co.uk  \nTHE  \n# MARZIPANPIG\n\nRusseeHfobankueatinplake   \nTHERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE FOR THE MARZIPAN PIG.He fell behind the sofa and that was that.No one had seen himfall and no one knew where he was.He shouted,\"Help!\"but noone heard him.Night came,and morning,and there he still was.  \n“One would think they'd miss me,”he said after a day ortwo.“One would think they'd look for me.”  \nPerhaps they missed him and perhaps they looked forhim but he was never found.Days passed and he sweated as  \nmarzipan will.He grew swarthy with the dust that settled on theglistening pinkness of him.  \nBy day he listened to footsteps and voices that never camenear him.Through the nights the street lamp shone outside thewindow and he waited in the dark behind the sofa listening tothe ticking of the clock and the striking of the hours and thehooting of the owl on the common.  \n“There is,\"he said,\"such sweetness in me!”No one heardhim.He heard the rain beyond the window and the hiss of tyres  \non the street but no one came for him.Day after day he waitedas the months went by.“I am growing hard,\"he said,“andbitter.What a waste of me!\"  \nOne night he heard a gnawing sound behind the skirtingboard.\"Help is coming,\"said the pig.He listened and helistened.Every night the gnawing sound came closer  \n\"Friends unknown to me have heard of my disappearanceand are coming to the rescue,\"said the pig.\"No doubt there'llbe a big celebration when they find me.Crackers and party hatsand probably a cake with pink icing.Perhaps I'll be stood on topof the cake and asked to make a speech.”  \nHe began to think of the speech he would make.\"Dearfriends,\"he said,\"having spent long months in solitude behindthe sofa,I speak to you tonight of—\"  \n\"Sweetness,\"said a voice behind him.  \n\"Who's that?\"said the pig.  \nIt was a mouse.She was nibbling at him.\"You're sweet,\"shesaid.  \n\"There was a time when I was sweet,\"said the pig,\"but Ihave known such—”  \n\"Sweetness,sweetness,sweetness,\"murmured the mouse,and she ate him up 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