Once upon a time there were an old woman and a young woman who lived together. One day the young woman said to the old woman that she really would like to eat pancakes some time.

"Well," the old woman said, "as soon as you find a pretty penny, we will eat them."

Then the young woman started to sweep the whole house and she found a penny. After that the old woman made batter for the pancakes and the young woman started to bake them. However, when the pancake was done on one side, she did not know what to do.

Then the old woman said, "You'll have to throw and turn him over."

Unfortunately, when she tried that, the pancake landed on the edge of the pan and broke in half. One half fell into the garbage can. The other half flew through the chimney, straight into the wide, wide world.

There the pancake encountered an old man.

He said, "Pancake, you smell really nice. May I take a little bite of you?"

"No," the pancake replied. "I managed to escape an old and a young woman, and I'm not going to let you eat me. No way."

And away flew the pancake.

He then met with a girl and a boy who went to school.

They asked the same question. "Pancake, may we take a bite of you?"

"No," the pancake said. "I just escaped an old woman and a young woman and an old man, so I'm not going to let myself be eaten by a couple of children."

And again, the pancake flew away.

After a while, the pancake got very tired of all this flying around. He saw a pig lying on the land, and he sat down on his head, next to his ear. Naturally, the pig asked for a bite as well.

"No," the pancake replied. "I escaped an old woman and a young woman and an old man and two children, and now I have to let you eat me?"

The old pig said, "Come sit a little closer to my ear; I'm a bit deaf, you know."

As soon as the pancake moved, the pig shook his head so hard that the pancake fell off and sank away into the mud. All the pigs started to root to find the pancake, but they did not succeed.

That's why all pigs are still rooting in the mud today.