132 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
Many times pigs, dogs, chickens, and other animals spread intestinal disease and
worm eggs. For example:
A man with diarrhea
or worms has a bowel
movement behind his
house.
A pig eats his stool,
dirtying its nose and
feet.
Then the pig goes into
the house.
In the house a child is playing on the floor. In
this way, a bit of the man’s stool gets on the
child, too.
Later the child
starts to cry, and the
mother takes
him in her
arms.
Then the mother prepares
food, forgetting to wash her
hands after handling the
child.
The family eats the food.
And soon, the whole family has
diarrhea or worms.