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The Story of the Three Little Pigs

English Fairy Tales: The Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
And hens took snuff to make them tough,
And ducks went quack, quack, quack, O!

THERE was an old sow with three little pigs, and as she had not enough to keep them, she sent them out to seek their fortune. The first that went off met a man with a bundle of straw, and said to him:

'Please, man, give me that straw to build a house.'

Which the man did, and the little pig built a house with it. Presently came along a wolf, and knocked at the door, and said:

'Little pig, little pig, let me come in.' To which the pig answered:

'No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin.' The wolf then answered to that:

'Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in. '

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little pig.

The second little pig met a man with a bundle of furze and said:

'Please, man, give me that furze to build a house.'

Which the man did, and the pig built his house. Then along came the wolf, and said:

'Little pig, little pig, let me come in.'

'No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin.'

"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.'

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed, and he huffed, and at last he blew the house down, and he ate up the little pig.

The third little pig met a man with a load of bricks, and said:

'Please, man, give me those bricks to build a house with.'

So the man gave him the bricks, and he built his house with them. So the wolf came, as he did to the other little pigs, and said:

'Little pig, little pig, let me come in.'

'No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin. '

'Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.'

Well, he huffed, and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed; but he could not get the house down. When he found that he could not, with all his huffing and puffing, blow the house down, he said:

'Little pig, I know where there is a nice field of turnips.'

'Where?' said the little pig.

'Oh, in Mr Smith's Home-field, and if you will be ready tomorrow morning I will call for you, and we will go together, and get some for dinner.'

'Very well,' said the little pig, 'I will be ready. What time do you mean to go?'

'Oh, at six o'clock.'

Well, the little pig got up at five, and got the turnips before the wolf came (which he did about six), who said:

'Little pig, are you ready?'

The little pig said: 'Ready! I have been and come back again, and got a nice potful for dinner.'

The wolf felt very angry at this, but thought that he would be up to the little pig somehow or other, so he said:

'Little pig, I know where there is a nice apple tree. '

'Where?' said the pig.

'Down at Merry-garden,' replied the wolf, 'and if you will not deceive me I will come for you at five o'clock tomorrow. and get some apples.'

Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him very much. When the wolf came up he said:

'Little pig, what! are you here before me? Are they nice apples?'

'Yes, very,' said the little pig. 'I will throw you down one.'

And he threw it so far, that, while the wolf was gone to pick it up, the little pig jumped down and ran home. The next day the wolf came again, and said to the little pig:

'Little pig, there is a fair at Shanklin this afternoon, will you go?'

'Oh yes,' said the pig, 'I will go; what time shall you be ready?'

'At three,' said the wolf. So the little pig went off before the time as usual, and got to the fair, and bought a butter-churn, which he was going home with, when he saw the wolf coming. Then he could not tell what to do. So he got into the churn to hide, and by so doing turned it round, and it rolled down the hill with the pig in it, which frightened the wolf so much, that he ran home without going to the fair. He went to the little pig's house, and told him how frightened he had been by a great round thing which came down the hill past him. Then the little pig said:

'Hah, I frightened you, then. I had been to the fair and bought a butter-churn, and when I saw you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill.'

Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and declared he would eat up the little pig, and that he would get down the chimney after him. When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for supper, and lived happy ever afterwards.

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Three Little Pigs

Lyrics:

 

This is the story of the three little pigs
They had to build themselves a home of their own
Well, the first pig grabbed whatever he saw
Built himself a house out of straw

Everything was alright, until...
(Howl!)
And he knocked on the door
(Boom, boom, boom!)
And the little pig said, “Who is it?”
And the wolf said, “Little pig, little pig, let me in. Little pig, little pig, let me in.”
“Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!”
“I’m going to huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff”

Oh no! The house came tumbling down.
Run!

Well, the next pig thought he was slick
Built himself a house out of sticks

Everything was alright, until...
(Howl!)
And he knocked on the door
(Boom, boom, boom!)
And the little pig said, “Who is it?”
And the wolf said, “Little pig, little pig, let me in. Little pig, little pig, let me in.”
“Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!”
“I’m going to huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff”

Oh! The house came tumbling down.
Run!

Well, the last pig knew all the tricks
Built himself a house out of bricks

Everything was alright, until...
(Howl!)
And he knocked on the door
(Boom, boom, boom!)
And the little pig said, “Who is it?”
And the wolf said, “Little pig, little pig, let me in. Little pig, little pig, let me in.”
“Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!”
“I’m going to huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff”

Nothing. The house didn’t move. It’s made of brick.
If I were you, I’d build a fire in the fireplace and put a pot of boiling water on it
‘Cause here comes the wolf running towards your house.

He’s going up the side.
He’s going down the chimney.
How’s the boiling water? (Hot!)
How’s the fire? (Hot!)

Well, that wolf landed in the boiling water, he shot right back up through the chimney,
Ran into the woods, and he never bothered them again.
And that’s the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf!

Activities:   
 

Story song: Let the CD play, have Mr. Eric tell the story on the CD, and do all of the responses with your child. Model what your child can do with the movements and echoes.  

Color in the Picture and Draw Pigs: Color the picture of the “Three Little Pigs” in the coloring sheet.  Show your child how to draw a pig and draw them all over the coloring book page or on a separate piece of paper.

Art Project/ Puppet Show: Make your own puppet show!  All you need are three pigs and one wolf.  If you have them, finger puppets or hand puppets work great.  If not, make your own!  Draw them on paper, color them in, cut them out and paste them on popsicle sticks.  Then, play the story song on the CD and act out the song with your “puppets.”

Listening Comprehension: A great exercise to do with a story song is to test your child’s understanding and recall of the story and what happened.  See if they can tell the story back to you or ask specific questions triggering the more memorable lines in the story, like “What did the wolf say when he knocked on the door?” (I’m going to huff and puff) or “What was the pig’s response?” (not by the hair of my chinny chin chin) or ask “What did each pig build his house out of?” (straw, sticks, brick).

 

Politically correct fairy tales - 3: The Three Little Pigs

Politically correct fairy tales - 3: The Three Little Pigs [Jul. 12th, 2007| 11:51 am ]

Vaudeville Villain


Written by James Finn Garner, translated by me.

THREE PIGS

Once upon a time there were three little pigs, in mutual respect and harmony with the environment. Using environmentally friendly materials, they built a house each. One piglet built a house out of straw, another out of twigs, and a third out of dung, clay and climbing stems formed into bricks and fired in a small stove. When the piglets finished the construction, they were satisfied with their work and continued their peaceful independent life.

But soon their idyll was broken. One day, a big bad wolf appeared in the forest, obsessed with ideas of expansion. He saw the piglets, and a hunger arose in him - both physical and ideological. When the piglets saw the wolf, they ran to the straw house. The wolf ran up to the house and knocked on the door with a cry: "Piglets, piglets, let me in."

The pigs replied: "Your militaristic tactics will not intimidate the pigs who are defending their homes and their culture."

But the wolf was not going to give up what, in his opinion, was his destiny. He began to puff and push and blew the straw house away. The frightened piglets ran to the house made of twigs, and the wolf ran after them. The land where the thatched house stood was bought by other wolves and established a banana plantation there.

At the house of wicker, the wolf started banging on the door again, shouting: "Piglets, piglets, let me in."

The piglets yelled back: "Go to hell, you predatory imperialist oppressor!"

Hearing this, the wolf chuckled indulgently, thinking: “They are just like children. It would be a pity if they had to disappear, but progress cannot be stopped.”

And then the wolf began to puff and push and blew away the house of twigs. The piglets ran to the brick house, and the wolf did not lag behind them. Where the wicker house stood, the other wolves built a resort complex for the resting wolves; every bungalow there was a fiberglass replica of a wicker house. They also built a local souvenir shop, a snorkeling pool and a water park with dolphins.

Running up to the brick house, the wolf knocked on the door again, shouting: "Piglets, piglets, let me in. "

This time, as a protest, the piglets sang a song of solidarity and wrote a letter to the UN.

By that time, the piglets' reluctance to look at the situation from the point of view of a predator began to anger the wolf. He started huffing and pushing again, and huffing and pushing again, and then he fell down dead - excessive consumption of fatty foods led to a heart attack.

The three little pigs rejoiced at the triumph of justice and danced a little around the corpse of the wolf. Their next step was the liberation of their homeland. They teamed up with other piglets, who were also driven from their ancestral lands. Their guerrilla unit attacked the resort complex with automatic weapons and grenade launchers and killed the cruel oppressor wolves; to the rest of the hemisphere, it was a clear warning not to interfere in pig internal affairs. The piglets then established a model socialist and democratic state with free education, universal health care, and affordable housing for all.

Note: The wolf in this story is a metaphorical construct. No real wolves were harmed in the writing of this text.

The Three Little Pigs | News

Once upon a time there was an old mother pig who had three little pigs and didn't have enough food to feed them. So when they were old enough, she sent them out into the world to seek their fortune.

The first pig was very lazy. He did not want to work at all and built his house out of straw. The second piglet worked a little harder, but he was also a little lazy and built his house out of sticks. Then they sang, danced and played together for the rest of the day.

The third pig worked hard all day and built his house out of bricks. It was a sturdy house with a fine fireplace and chimney. It seemed that he could withstand the strongest winds.

The next day a wolf happened to pass by an alley where three little pigs lived; and he saw a thatched house, and he smelled a pig inside. He thought that the piglet would make a very tasty dish, and his mouth watered.

So he knocked on the door and said, "Little pig! Little pig!

Let me in! Let me in!"

But the little pig saw the wolf's big paws through the keyhole, so he said, "No! No! No!”

Then the wolf showed his teeth and said: “Then I will puff and I will tear down your house.”

So he puffed and puffed and he broke the house! as hard as he could, but the first pig broke free and ran away to hide with the second pig

The wolf continued down the path and passed the second house made of wicker, and he saw the house, and he smelled the pigs inside, and his mouth watered as he thought of the wonderful dinner they would prepare.0013

So he knocked on the door and said, "Little pigs! Little pigs!

Let me in! Let me in!"

But the little pigs saw the wolf's pointed ears through the keyhole, so they answered in kind: "No! No! No!"

The wolf bared his teeth and said: - "Then I will puff and I will tear down your house. "

So he puffed and puffed and he broke into the house!

The wolf was greedy and he tried to catch both pigs at once, but he was too greedy and got none! Its large jaws were grabbing nothing but air, and the two little pigs rushed away as fast as their little hooves could carry.

The wolf chased them down the alley and nearly caught them. But they got to the brick house and slammed the door shut before the wolf could catch them.

Three little pigs, they were very scared, they knew that the wolf wanted to eat them. And it was very, very true. The wolf hadn't eaten all day and had developed a big appetite chasing piglets and now he could smell all three of them inside and he knew the three piglets would make a fine feast.

So the wolf knocked on the door and said, "Little pigs! Little pigs!

Let me in! Let me in!"

But the little pigs saw the wolf's narrow eyes through the keyhole, so they said, "No! No! No!”

The wolf bared his teeth and said: “Then I will puff and I will tear down your house.

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