Segment 2

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So Rosie and Roscoe began planning their adventure into the world outside.

Every day Janice would open up the pens and let her pigs roam about the sanctuary grounds. Rosie and Roscoe had always stayed close to their mother, who didn't wander very far from the pens. "It's cool here, under the shade of the trees," she always said. "And Janice may give us some treats today."

When Rosie and Roscoe begged her to let them roam into the pasture out back, where some of the older piglets went rooting, she would say no. "There's plenty for youngsters to do here in the compound. You don't need to be wandering out there."

"We'll have to sneak away," Rosie said.

Roscoe didn't much like the idea. But when she teased him for being such a chicken, he came round. "Okay," he agreed. "But just for a peek. You have to plan if you're going to go exploring outside the sanctuary fence. You can't just run off without any idea where you're going."

Rosie promised they would just go for a peek. So when their mother looked away, they slipped outside the gate and trotted as far away as they could through the long, swishing grass.

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