There we were - Annie, Annika, and I - walking down the streets of Stockholm, past shops and boutiques housing designer clothes and unusual furniture, when I noticed something quite curious. A woman walked past me up the street, with a leash trailing behind her. My eyes followed the leash down to the tiny dog that strutted behind her... and fell not on a dog, but on a baby pig. Yes! A piglet! Unbelievable. At first, I tried to look unobtrusively, so as not to cause embarrassment to her by staring at the woman's strange choice of pet. But then I noticed other pedestrians. Each and every one did a double-take, then pointed at the piglet and let out a small giggle.

The miniature pink thing covered in a thin layer in white hair did its best to keep up with its mistress. She had to turn and slather it with words of encouragement now and then.

Pigs for pets... must be the influence of "Charlotte's Web".