聯合報報導：

英國約克郡一頭名叫“灰姑娘”的小豬可能是世界上第一頭患有潔癖症的小豬，自出生後，它一直不肯和兄弟姐妹 一起在泥巴中玩耍。 

直到近日主人為它定做了4只小靴子，它才終於肯和泥巴親近。

“灰姑娘”自出生後一直拒絕在泥巴中玩耍，後經獸醫診斷，這頭小豬患有“不潔恐怖”的疾病——一種害怕泥土 的恐懼症。 

這也是迄今為止人類發現的第一頭害怕泥巴的豬。　 

“灰姑娘”的主人黛比表示：“這是我見到的最奇異的事情。 

這批小豬出生後不久，都紛紛跑向泥巴中玩耍，只有‘灰姑娘’靜靜地呆在豬圈邊，望著遠處的泥巴渾身發抖。起初我們以為它只是不願意離開豬圈或者母親，後來才發現，只要將它放到沒有泥巴的地方，它就顯得非常高興。

近日，主人用4個綠色的橡膠筆筒給“灰姑娘”量身定做了4只精美合腳的小靴子。有了靴子的保護，現在“灰姑娘”也願意在泥巴中走一走了。 

BBC news:

Pig in boots - how one little piggy overcame her fear of mud

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A piglet scared of wallowing in mud overcame its fear with the help of some Wellington boots.

Mud phobia pig gets its own boots

A piglet scared of wallowing in mud has overcome its fears with the help of some Wellington boots.

Six-week-old Cinders appears to suffer from mysophobia, a fear of dirt, after refusing to join her siblings as they splashed around in the mud.

Owner Andrew Keeble from Thirsk, North Yorks, said his daughter Ellie, 12, suggested kitting her out in the tiny footwear which had been on a key ring.

"Lo and behold they fitted her like a glove," Mr Keeble said.

"She's scared of mud, but her brothers and sisters are quite happy in it.

"We've never come across this before. They are born ready to go and explore, but she never really liked going in the mud."

Mr Keeble and wife Debbie, both 42, run a sausage company and keep about 200 pigs on their 1,000-acre farm.

But the father-of-four said there was no chance that Cinders would be slaughtered.

"She's more of a pet really now and she's going to live a very long and happy life," he said.

The young saddleback has been chosen by the couple as a mascot for their campaign to raise money for the Farm Crisis Network, which supports struggling farmers.

中國日報網環球在線消息：

辛德瑞拉是一只生活在英國約克郡的剛出生6周左右的小豬。別看它外表看起來與兄弟姐妹沒有什麼不同，實際上它卻是一個患有潔癖的小傢伙。它不像它的同類那樣喜歡在泥地裡打滾。對它呵護備至的主人特意為它定做了4只雨靴，使這只有心理障礙的小豬今後能夠在泥地裡自由地奔跑。

潔癖小豬穿上特製雨靴在泥地裡行走

　　據英國《每日電訊報》6月10日報道，自打辛德瑞拉出生以後它就拒絕同其他小豬一起在泥地裡嬉戲。起初主人還以為它只是不願意離開豬圈，過了些日子才發現原來它是怕弄髒自己的豬蹄。40歲的主人黛比說，她與丈夫注意到當把辛德瑞拉放到乾淨的地方時它就非常高興，而且表現得很正常。於是，夫婦倆為了能讓潔癖小豬自由馳騁，就特意給它定做了四只小雨靴。辛德瑞拉穿上了特製的綠色雨靴後顯得神采熠熠，田野間也經常出現這只神氣活現的小豬的身影。（董楠）

那天在醫院，周圍都是無聊等待看診的人。在鄉下醫院很容易看出來，鄉下年輕人口流失的嚴重，候診室裡百分之九十是老年人，童言童語在此顯得珍貴。

等待中我拿出聯合報，看到一則很可愛的新聞，忍不住對著報紙噗ㄔ笑出來。

小豬豬害怕泥巴，讓我想起我女兒未滿周歲那年，春天鬱金香在動物館前開得茂盛。我們急著去賞花照相。當我們將女兒自懷中放下，女兒裸露的腳掌觸及韓國草皮的剎那，女兒哇哇叫就是不肯下來。原來，女兒害怕韓國草皮吶！

回來後一直記得要貼給大家看看，無奈在聯合電子報一直找不到這則新聞。

今天總算google到新聞原始來源還有轉載的中國日報，貼來給大家欣賞。

心得：下次要罵人千萬別罵人「豬」喔！