. . . Pookie is a city girl. She is 10 years old. She is like most ten-year-olds, and lives with her folks near the mountains in Shortmont. Pookie is not her real name. That is just what Grandpa calls her. It is not a very cool name for a 10 year old girl, but then what can you do about your Grandpa? While Pookie may not be a very cool name, Grandma and Grandpa are not their real names either. That is just what Pookie calls them.

. . . Pookie and her family live a long way from Grandma and Grandpa, so the only time she is called Pookie is when she calls them on the phone, or they call her, like when something very special happens. As for Grandma, nothing special has to happen for her to call, as she spends a lot of time on the phone talking to everybody. But when Pookie calls something very special is happening.

. . . One day Grandma said to Grandpa;  Pookie called us on the phone today, and asked us to come to Shortmont to see her show her pigs in the Bigrock County Fair.  Since we are going to be there anyway, we could take just a few more days to watch her show her pigs.  What do you think, Grandpa? 

. . . Grandpa said: "Yes, I know we are going to be almost there, but it will be a cold day when I go a thousand extra miles and spend another week away from home to see a bunch of pigs."

. . . Not wanting Grandpa to have the last word, Grandma said; "The fair is a long time from now, and it would mean a lot to Pookie for us to be there. She has been working very hard on her project so the judge will like her pigs. Besides, things may look different in a few months."

. . . Grandpa snorted; "Cold day. Snort, Snort". In this pig story, Grandpa is the first one to snort. Grandma and Grandpa travel a lot, but Grandpa also likes to play golf. When he and Grandma spend a day traveling, it is not a day spent playing golf. Grandpa just hasn't figured out how to play much golf when they travel. Besides, traveling to see a bunch of pigs just doesn't seem very cool to Grandpa.