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X is for eXcess
Truffle the Pig
A pig who cannot stop at full — and a belly that keeps the score all night.
What happens in it
The trough is heaped and Truffle wants all of it, while Crispin and Maisie go hungry. Twice a level you choose what he does, and it plays out.
Choose what he does
Each level has two scenes. There is more food than Truffle needs, and two things he could do appear.
Nothing is timed and there is no going back — whichever you pick plays out.
The right answer is not always on the same side, so read both.
Tap a card, or use the left and right arrow keys.
The three levels
- The Fresh Trough — The Golden Feast, then Enough Is Never Enough
- The Aching Night — The Heavy Belly, then Groaning Till Dawn
- The Morning Lesson — Cleaning the Barnyard, then The Balanced Breakfast
Why excess is one of the twenty-six
Sing Me a Fable is an alphabet of faults, one for every letter, from Aggression to Zealotry. X is excess, and this is the playable half of that fable: the child makes the choice the animal makes, and watches what it costs. Nobody explains the moral afterwards, which is the whole point of a fable and the reason the form has lasted two and a half thousand years.
Every letter has one: twenty-six fables, twenty-six faults, twenty-six games. See the whole arcade, or take the twenty-six colouring posters and Find the Error sheets free.
