“I expected them to die quickly, but instead they found food and water.”
Caleb turned and noticed something he had never paid attention to before. A small stream flowed gently behind the property, and around it wild plants had grown thick and healthy. Banana trees, sweet potatoes, coconut palms, and several other native plants formed a natural food source that stretched across the valley.
“They learned to live like wild animals,” Walter continued. “And every year more piglets were born.”
Caleb watched the herd quietly. One large pig with reddish skin approached the broken fence and lifted its head as if recognizing him. A long scar crossed its ear, the same mark that had once helped Caleb identify it when it was a young piglet years ago.
“That one was the very first pig I raised,” he murmured while feeling an unexpected tightness in his chest. Everything he believed had vanished was suddenly standing in front of him alive and thriving.
Walter finally asked the question that had been waiting in the air. “So what will you do now?”