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The Real Story of The Three Little Pigs is not what I thought it was – The Dorky Daddy

Most of us remember the tale of the Three Little Pigs, right?

One builds his house of straw, one of sticks and one of bricks and when the Big Bad Wolf comes calling, it’s only the pig in the brick house, who spent the time working hard on his home instead of goofing off and taking the easy way out like his siblings, who the Wolf can’t get to.

At least, that’s how I remember it.

But apparently, I’ve had it wrong all these years.

You see, our son recently received a collection of books based on Rand McNally’s Junior Elf book line published from 1947 to 1986. Some still maintain the original art while others have updated illustrations. And for some reason, our little guy frequently gets drawn to two, in particular, out of the entire set – The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. Maybe it’s a numerical thing, who knows.

Leaving the three bears in the woods for the moment, a few frequent readings of The Three Little Pigs recently got me thinking about the story on the page versus the story in my memory – as they greatly differ.

In this book version, recreated from the Junior Elf version in, I believe 1957, the mother pig can not afford to keep her three sons and sends them off into the world to find their fame and fortune.Rather than have any type of intention as to what to do for shelter, each one chances upon people carrying materials along the road – one straw, one sticks and one bricks. And they each build a house. There’s no lesson about planning or thinking ahead, or working hard. Just a chance encounter that leads to how they build their homes.

The story progresses as the Wolf arrives and Pigs One and Two lose their homes (but not their lives) and the Wolf heads to Pig Number Three in his brick house. Just as my memory recalled, he can’t blow the house down. But that’s not where the story ends.

No no.

The story then takes a turn as the Wolf, day after day tries to lure the pig out of his brick house.

How?

By inviting him to go places.

The Wolf invites him to go pick beets from a garden and sets up a time to meet the next day. Because, why wouldn’t you accept an invite to meet up with a beast who is standing outside your door and threatening to eat you?

The pig shows up to the garden early and picks the beets before the Wolf even shows up. And when the Wolf tries the same trick with apple picking, the Pig does the same thing, showing up early, but finding the wolf  showing up early too. The pig throws an apple at the Wolf and runs for his life back to the brick house.

At this point, you’d think he’d want to stay inside and away from this wolf, right?

No, no. Because the Pig then accepts an invite from the Wolf to go to the fair.

The pig goes to the fair, early once again – and by early, the books says 2 am early. What the heck kind of fair is going on at 2 am?!

And at the fair, the pig buys a butter churn which, when he sees the Wolf coming toward the fair, he hides in. It tips and goes rolling down the hill, scaring the Wolf, who later, for some inexplicable reason, stands outside the house of the pig and tells him how scared he was that a butter churn was rolling after him.

The pig laughs and tells the Wolf that he was inside the butter churn.

Shortly thereafter, the Wolf tries to come down the chimney of the brick house, where the pig has a pot of water boiling on the fire and the Wolf dies. I tend to skip this part (as I don’t think a two-year old really needs to know that) and just ad-lib that it was so hot the Wolf went flying back up the chimney and ran away.

Normally, I wouldn’t feel the need to write hundreds of words about an age-old tale like The Three Little Pigs but it has been handpicked so much recently by my son that I can not shake the strange deviations from the story I remember.

So, I did what I tend to do when something gets stuck in my brain and I just can’t get over the need for answers – I hit the internet.

While the Three Little Pigs was first seen in print in the 1840s, it apparently, is believed to go back even farther than that, but that original version is very much how the printed book we have at home plays out, which I never knew.

I had no idea and yet each time we would read the book, I kept muttering inside my mind “well, that’s not how it really happens. This is weird.”

Nope. I was just wrong.

It just goes to show you how much media can influence your own perspective and recollections, because I am confident I read the book as a kid, but have retained no memory whatsoever of these ‘foreign’ components I mentioned.

All I seemed to remember as ‘the real story’ is this:

So there you have it. Walt Disney has actually altered my memory perception. The Silly Symphonies version of this tale has superseded all recollection of any actual stories I read of this tale.

Regardless, of the three choices, I’ll still build my house of brick, thank you very much. 🙂

 

 

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Three Little Pigs Short Story

Free Bedtime Stories & Short Stories for Kids

Three Little Pigs Short Story

by Surbhit Chauhan in Age 0-3

This is the three little pigs short story. Once upon a time, there were three little pigs and the time came for them to seek their fortunes and build their houses. The first little pig built his house of straw while the middle brother decided to build a house of sticks. They were done with building their houses very quickly and without much hard work.

The third pig who was the oldest amongst them decided to build a house of bricks. He did not mind doing some hard work because he wanted a strong house as he knew that in the woods nearby, there was a wolf who liked to catch little pigs and eat them up.

Also, read Three Little Pigs Song.

the true story of the three little pigs

When the three houses were finished, they sang and danced happily the whole day. After enjoying a lot, just as the first pig reached his door, a big bad wolf popped up from the woods. The little pig got scared and quickly hid in his house made of straws. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down in minutes.

Seeing this the little pig ran to his middle brother’s house made of sticks. The wolf now came to this house and huffed and puffed and blew the house down in hardly any time. Now, both the terrified pigs ran to their oldest brother’s house which was made of bricks.

Also, read The Yucky Pig.

The big bad wolf tried to huff and puff and blow the third house down, but he could not. He kept trying for hours but the house was very strong and all the three pigs were safe inside. He tried to enter through the chimney but the third pig boiled a big pot of water and kept it below the chimney. The wolf fell into it and died. The two young pigs felt sorry for being so lazy while building the houses. They also built their houses with bricks and all the three little pigs lived happily ever after.

Moral of the story: “Never shy away from doing hard work as hard work always pays off”.

Here is a short visual depiction of, “Three Little Pigs Short Story”. See the video story below,

Three Little Pigs Short Story video

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Wolves, sheep and watchmen. Alexander Podrabinek - about the dangers of compromises

Who will accuse the wolf of being a predator? Such is his nature: to overtake the weak, to drag lambs from the sheepfold, to feed his family with them. To protect against wolves, there is a watchman, whose duty is to shoot uninvited visitors. It is impossible to completely get rid of wolves, and, perhaps, it is not worth it, but it is necessary to keep them at a decent distance.

What is the point of today's accusations of Vladimir Putin? That is his nature. Did someone expect something different from a regular KGB officer? The flurry of Putin's current accusations exposes the confusion and shortsightedness of his current critics. You miscalculated and are now in shock? But wasn’t it immediately clear that nothing good could be expected from the Chekists?

In a similar situation, after the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, Vladimir Bukovsky spoke wittily and accurately: "The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 caused a real shock in the world, which, I remember, surprised me to the extreme: as if there had never been before "Soviet expansion literally in all corners of the globe. In this astonishment, indignation, bewilderment, there was something vilely feigned, something akin to the indignation of a man who married a prostitute and discovered that - ah! - she is not a virgin. "

The same with Putin – what a strange surprise? It was as if they expected that the king would be good, but he turned out to be bad. As if there had never been before that many years of suppression of civil liberties, which now simply spilled over the borders of Russia. So now, instead of murderous introspection, there are furious accusations not only of Putin, not only of the Russian authorities, but in general of all Russians, Russian history, culture, language.

Twenty years of endless compromise ended in a natural collapse

Accusations with a reserve, beyond measure, with an overlap so that no one remembers how catastrophically wrong you were in relation to the Russian authorities, ignoring the sound voices of critics of the Putin regime in Russia. For twenty years you have been appeasing Putin, making friends with him, looking into his eyes and inviting you to be partners, and now you are surprised at the consequences? Yes, in twenty years of uncontrolled power, any person will lose an adequate perception of reality. This is a natural process, and it's not about Putin personally, but about his too long stay in power. What you have contributed to a large extent, recognizing as legitimate the power he usurped over the country.

Look around: the same unruly dictators sit in North Korea, Iran, Belarus, Turkmenistan, China, Venezuela, Cuba. You meet with them at summits, sign trade agreements and recognize their right to represent the UN on behalf of the countries they have effectively enslaved. You have behaved the same way with Putin for the last twenty years. You could be the watchmen of democracy, but you chose not to notice the wolf habits of your partner.

I foresee the question: who are these "you"? To whom are the charges directed? Who is to blame for what happened? I won't shirk. First of all, the Russian people are to blame, who, due to their laziness, complacency and short-sightedness, trusted political crooks, gave them the future of Russia, and when the thunder of war and repressions broke out, it was already too late: the authoritarian regime firmly cemented all the instruments of democracy.
The crooks, who represented the political elite, successfully built themselves into power: some as loyal servants, others as a negotiable opposition. From time to time they passed from one incarnation to another. Everyone played by the same rules. There were negligibly few of those who understood the opposition as opposition to the government, and not cooperation with it.

There is nothing to say about the pocket Duma "opposition", but even the "non-systemic" opposition refused to go beyond the framework of the system, which was becoming tougher and more inhuman day by day. Referring to their law-abidingness, the leaders of the democratic opposition accepted the rules of the game imposed on them by the authorities even when they were illegal and unconstitutional. They asked for approval to hold street actions, participated in elections held in violation of the law, sat in legislative bodies formed in violation of democratic procedure. Opposition leaders readily went to meetings with the president, whom they themselves considered illegitimately elected. The political class in Russia was fundamentally dependent and, perhaps reluctantly, but became part of the authoritarian system built by the Kremlin.

Most of the human rights movement behaved in a similar way. With Putin coming to power, the human rights pathos gradually faded away, and it was replaced by simpler and less dangerous activities in defense of the interests of disadvantaged social groups, legal and humanitarian support, enlightenment and concern for historical memory. Defending human rights would lead to a confrontation with the authorities, but human rights activists did not want this, they received grants from the presidential fund, were members of public councils at the most fierce ministries, and fawned over high officials.

Human rights activists justified their accusations of servility with the theory of small deeds. With undisguised irritation and infantile enthusiasm, they said that they were ready to fraternize with even the devil if they could help at least one person. They really helped one person! Putin was quite satisfied with the hypocritical cooperation with human rights activists, because the private interests of individuals have always meant little to him, and human rights activists helped him to create the image of a busy, but tolerant, fair and democratically minded president. Meanwhile, Western politicians were evaluating such a community and thought that not everything is so bad in Russia if such eminent human rights activists from the Moscow Helsinki Group, Memorial and other human rights organizations discuss acute problems of Russian life at a round table with Putin. It was this picture that Putin needed then, and he got it.

Journalists and cultural figures contributed their five kopecks to strengthening the dictatorship. Most of the media came under full control of the Kremlin, the most loyal of them were fed from the state budget. The few opposing media kept within the established limits, submitted to the demands of censorship and received private funding with the blessing of the Kremlin. Many cultural figures who enjoy international fame and respect have accepted state awards from Putin's hands or participated in his "election" campaigns. And again, Western politicians looked at them and thought that if such favorites of the liberal public as Vladimir Voinovich and Mikhail Zhvanetsky receive awards from Putin's hands, then nothing terrible is happening in Russia. This means that one can deal with this regime, make compromises, be friends, trade and not think about the consequences.

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Fuel of despotism. Alexander Podrabinek - about the list of grievances

Twenty years of endless compromise ended in a natural collapse. Now, when the war in Europe, it seems, has already dotted all the i , it would be useful to think about whether the West's policy towards Russia was correct? Were Western leaders really so naive that they believed the Kremlin's PR actions involving the opposition, human rights activists and cultural figures? Or did they just pretend to serenely continue relations with the dictatorship, which are not unfavorable for their countries? After all, it was impossible not to understand that the export of Russian gas, oil and other natural resources allows the Kremlin to build up weapons and prepare for another war. Shouldn't the West take on some of the responsibility for strengthening the authoritarian regime in Russia?

Of course, now it's easier to anathematize everything that is somehow connected with Russia, without understanding the details and sweeping everyone away with one broom. Isn't this happening because many in the West would like to forget how they nurtured Putin and the current Russian regime? And that no one remembers it. But look how sharp we are now!

The guilt of the West in many years of support for Putin, of course, does not relieve us of our Russian guilt. Everyone has their own responsibility. But, frankly, the West had much more power to influence Putin's policies than the Russian opposition. Even if she wasn't so servile and shy. The instruments of influence of the West were then incomparable in their effectiveness with the possibilities within the country. The entire power of the authoritarian regime was based on the benefits from the export of hydrocarbons. This money went to the army. This money went to the police and special services. This money was given to Putin by the West.

It so happened that Russia was left without watchmen. Nobody wanted to protect our house from a predator. Neither we ourselves, nor our strong and kind neighbors, who had nothing to do to drive the wolf away from the sheepfold. Instead, they fed him and kept him in good shape. Now everyone will pay for it. Perhaps not all are the same, but all. Some have already started.

Alexander Podrabinek – Moscow human rights activist and journalist

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Why the wolf is dreaming: interpretations from different dream books

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Why the wolf is dreaming: Pixabay

Wolves have long been feared and worshipped. What to expect from a dream in which there was a predator? Should I be afraid or does a dream promise good changes in life? Detailed interpretations will be given by the most popular dream books.

Vanga's dream book

The great clairvoyant Vanga was convinced that wolves in a dream are a bad sign. There are several interpretations of the dream in her dream book:

  • If you see a lone wolf, expect to meet a cruel and cunning person. Until you recognize his meanness, he will cause a lot of trouble.
  • Wolves attacked in a dream? Some friends may not be real. Probably one of them will decide to annoy you.
  • If you dreamed of hunting for wolves, you will learn about the trial of officials who are accused of corruption.
  • A dream in which they saw a she-wolf with cubs does not bode well. Soon you will find yourself surrounded by unworthy people. You will understand this only when you get into trouble because of them.

Miller's dream book

Psychologist Gustav Miller's dream book is considered one of the most accurate and complete. The wolf in it predicts both good and bad events:

  • A wolf in a dream is a harbinger of the fact that there is an unscrupulous employee in the team who can share work secrets with competitors, as well as steal.
  • I saw a white wolf - the traitor will be declassified.
  • If you killed a predator - you will defeat enemies plotting intrigues.
  • If you heard the howl of a wolf, you will be able to expose the conspiracy against you and prove your case.
  • A woman dreamed of a wolf cub rubbing against her legs - to meet the man of her dreams. The novel will be stormy and end unexpectedly for partners.

Freud's dream book

The Austrian psychologist was convinced that dreams convey a person's hidden desires, often of an intimate nature. In the dream book, the founder of psychoanalysis gave the following definitions to dreams in which wolves meet:

  • The wolf scares - the partner has ceased to satisfy sexually.
  • Bitten by an animal - disappointed in the second half. Probably the object of adoration is cheating.

Dream Interpretation of Nostradamus

The French alchemist, famous for his prophecies, considered the wolf in his dream to be the personification of cruelty and courage at the same time. In the dream book of Nostradamus, a predator promises different events:

  • A wolf with black hair prophesies the appearance of a werewolf who will bring a lot of trouble to many. To cope with despair, people will turn to faith.
  • A predator in sheep's clothing dreams of meanness. Expect betrayal from a loved one.
  • A dream in which a wolf took food from a person's hands prophesies the legal punishment of a maniac who kept people in fear for a long time.
Why the wolf is dreaming: Pixabay

Islamic dream book

Islamic dream book interprets the dream as follows:

  • Did you see a predator entering the house? Be careful, because the wolf symbolizes the kidnapper. Perhaps the house will be robbed.
  • They saw a calm wolf - you will begin to suspect a person who is not involved in the acts of which you accuse him.

Dream Interpretation of Tsvetkov

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Evgeny Tsvetkov had an unambiguous view of the appearance of a wolf in a dream. Regardless of what events took place in a dream, the dream book says that a predator symbolizes an enemy that you need to beware of in real life. If you see a pack of wolves, beware that enemies will act together.

Loff's dream book

Psychologist David Loff gives the following dream meanings in the dream book: