Then one day the routine was interrupted, when not one of the usual aids but the farmer who had welcomed them entered the sty. He carried a basket which contained two hams, and two aids brought further baskets containing bacon, some other meats Cady couldn't name, and a lot of sausages. The farmer and the aids put the baskets down and said: "This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you will be in a few days or weeks time. Today, we will separate you according to your weight. The fattest will go into a separate barn. They will get a day to sober up, because that helps with the slaughtering, and then off they go to pig heaven. The rest will have the opportunity to follow them next week or the week after, depending on your progress on the scale. I also thought you might wanna now what being slaughtered is like and as you have all well behaved, I brought you this little video." In the meantime, the aids had put up screen and beamer and the show started.
The video which followed left no questions open. For more than an hour they learned how the whole process would be. First, they would be herded into pens at the slaughterhouse, where water was sprayed at them to calm them down. Then they would be separated into groups and pushed into gondolas which brought them to the stunning chamber. Here they would inhale CO2 making them unconsciousness. What followed was bleeding, hair removal using fire and hot water and then they would be disembowled. An outcry could be herd when they saw a machine that first drilled out the pigs' asshole and pussy before dropping their bowels. After being split in two, having their heads cut off and being cooled, they would be processed into prime choice meats. The film really left no question open, they even had to see how the shit was washed out from the intestines which would in turn be used for sausage casings - this was also what the sobering up was meant to simplify, they learnt. The final picture was a family munching away at some good sausage and bacon while the damily dog chewed on a dried pig ear, followed by a last overview of what would become of their different parts.
This grizzling show left the pigs stunned, so there was little resistance when they were herded through a number of scales and had their fate marked by a blue or red line on their backs before led to their respective pens. Blue meant 'ready for slaughter' of course, as this was their destination. Cady weight in at 120 kg, slightly below the required 125, so she was in the red group, but she briefly glanced at Stacy and most of the boys from her pen getting the blue mark.
After the required day of sobering up, the truck came for those in the blue group. Many squealed, waking up from their stupor, but the aids efficiently and unceremoniously drove them up the ramp. Cady cried thinking of their fate but couldn't control her hunger for long, knowing that she was eating herself to the sausage factory.