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Why Pigs Should Never Try to Fly





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               We were flying out of the Andes


       Mountains of Peru, heading for Lima.



       Our airplane looked like it had seen


       better days.  Its airworthiness was



       somewhat questionable, and it wasn’t


       very big.  In addition, the airport


       runway didn’t look like it was long



       enough even for a llama to get up to


       full speed, let alone an airplane, and


       at the end was a sheer drop.



               But with assurance from our tour


       guides that all would be well, we


       boarded the plane.  When we were
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