Haven enlists Rob’s help in hitching the wagon, and they leave to find Sebring Hillman. She believes that he has snuck off to the grave of a woman with whom he had an affair who killed herself from shame after it was revealed. Hillman, a neighbor, comes to the Peck farm to ask for help finding her missing husband. His Aunt Maddy, whom Rob loathes, offers to tutor him and immediately sets to work teaching him grammar and manners. Rob brings his report card home from school and presents it to his mother, who is dismayed that he has a D in English. Pinky has grown very large, though she still comes when Rob calls to her and plays with him as a beloved pet. Rob talks to her and tells her about his family and life on the farm. When Rob goes for a walk around the farm and surrounding area, Pinky follows him like a dog.
The family moves Pinky into an old corn catch. Rob names the piglet Pinky and realizes that she is the first valuable thing that he has ever owned. Tanner finally convinces him, telling him that the pig is early payment for work Rob will do for him later. At first, Rob’s father, Haven, will not let him accept the gift, but Mr.
As thanks for delivering the calf, Rob’s neighbor Mr. Rob’s injuries are treated by his parents at home. However, after the calf is born, Apron attacks Rob, knocking him unconscious with her hooves. Rob chases Apron down and helps her deliver the calf. On the way home, Rob spots the neighbor’s cow Apron, in the throes of a difficult birth. He is skipping class to avoid the bullying of Edward Thatcher, who torments Rob because of his poverty and because he is a Shaker. A sequel to A Day No Pigs Would Die called A Part of the Sky was published in 1994. Robert Newton Peck’s a semi-autobiographical novel, A Day No Pigs Would Die (1972), tells the story of a character named Rob Peck growing up on an impoverished farm in Vermont.
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