Week 12 Story Telling: Three Little Pigs
Long ago when pigs when animals spoke as men do, there were three little pigs who lived with their mother. She raised them for many years, teaching them to be poets. The oldest brother was the wisest of the three and even often spoke in rhyme, just to practice his poetry. He spent his days reading books on different animals learning more about them. Like the monkeys that chew tobacco.
When the pigs were ready to move out, they left their mother and went their separate ways. Seeking to build their new homes the pigs each gathered the materials they wanted to use. The first pig built his home out of straw he got from a farmer. While building his home a hungry wolf spotted him and decided to eat him. Once the little piggy finished his home the wolf approached him. He told the pig to come out and play or he’d blow the house down and eat him up. The pig responded by calling him a poodle. Angered by this, this wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down, gobbling up the pig.
The second pig built is home out of a bundle of furze, again the wolf spotted him building his home and found himself hungry. Once the Pig finished his home the wolf went up to him and told him to come outside to look at a beautiful rainbow. The pig laughed at the wolf calling him a lap dog, which again angered the wolf. So, he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house down then ate the pig who called him a lap dog.
The third, oldest, and wisest of the pigs built his house out of bricks; since that is what he has seen humans build their houses with. Once again luck seemed to be on the wolf’s side for while the pig was building his home of bricks he was spotted by the wolf. After the pig finished building his home he went inside to relax. Believing another easy meal to be in his sight, the wolf went and knocked on the pig’s door. He told the pig to come out and look at a rainbow and the pig told him to go away. The wolf responded by saying if he did not come out he’d blow the house down. The pig simply wished him luck and went continued reading his book. The wolf then huffed, and buffed and blew as hard as he could but could not blow down the house. He then called out to the pig and told him that there were beautiful flowers in a nearby garden that would make a lovely bouquet and the pig told him that he was tired and would go tomorrow. The wolf said he would meet him at 7am in the morning to go make bouquets. However, the pig was clever and woke up at 6am to go make his bouquet. When the wolf arrived to learn that the pig had already gone and came back and wouldn’t leave again the wolf became angry. He climbed the roof of the home and started to climb down the chimney. Hearing the wolf on the roof getting to climb down the chimney, the pig began boiling a pot of water, when the wolf came down the chimney he fell in the pot. Then the pig slammed the lid on top of the pot and boiled the wolf into a stew and ate him for dinner.
Author's Note: This is completely different than the story I remember growing up.The first difference I noticed was what the second pig's choice in building material. Growing up i thought the pig used wood I've never even heard of furze, so I chose to keep this as it was in this story to share with others who also used to think it was wood, not furze. The other difference I noticed was the eating of the pigs. When I was little, I remember the pigs running from one house to the next after their house was blown away and then the wolf passing out from blowing too much on the third house. However, in this story I saw that the first tow pigs were eaten and finally the wolf as eaten by the third pig. I wanted to keep these less child friendly set of events in this story. As usual, I ended up keeping this story very similar to how it was in the book, but now it was more because this version is so different than the story I grew up with. I wanted to share this version with everyone who had a different version told their childhood as well.
Bibliography: Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890). Online Source
When the pigs were ready to move out, they left their mother and went their separate ways. Seeking to build their new homes the pigs each gathered the materials they wanted to use. The first pig built his home out of straw he got from a farmer. While building his home a hungry wolf spotted him and decided to eat him. Once the little piggy finished his home the wolf approached him. He told the pig to come out and play or he’d blow the house down and eat him up. The pig responded by calling him a poodle. Angered by this, this wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down, gobbling up the pig.
The second pig built is home out of a bundle of furze, again the wolf spotted him building his home and found himself hungry. Once the Pig finished his home the wolf went up to him and told him to come outside to look at a beautiful rainbow. The pig laughed at the wolf calling him a lap dog, which again angered the wolf. So, he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house down then ate the pig who called him a lap dog.
The third, oldest, and wisest of the pigs built his house out of bricks; since that is what he has seen humans build their houses with. Once again luck seemed to be on the wolf’s side for while the pig was building his home of bricks he was spotted by the wolf. After the pig finished building his home he went inside to relax. Believing another easy meal to be in his sight, the wolf went and knocked on the pig’s door. He told the pig to come out and look at a rainbow and the pig told him to go away. The wolf responded by saying if he did not come out he’d blow the house down. The pig simply wished him luck and went continued reading his book. The wolf then huffed, and buffed and blew as hard as he could but could not blow down the house. He then called out to the pig and told him that there were beautiful flowers in a nearby garden that would make a lovely bouquet and the pig told him that he was tired and would go tomorrow. The wolf said he would meet him at 7am in the morning to go make bouquets. However, the pig was clever and woke up at 6am to go make his bouquet. When the wolf arrived to learn that the pig had already gone and came back and wouldn’t leave again the wolf became angry. He climbed the roof of the home and started to climb down the chimney. Hearing the wolf on the roof getting to climb down the chimney, the pig began boiling a pot of water, when the wolf came down the chimney he fell in the pot. Then the pig slammed the lid on top of the pot and boiled the wolf into a stew and ate him for dinner.
Clever little Pig
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Author's Note: This is completely different than the story I remember growing up.The first difference I noticed was what the second pig's choice in building material. Growing up i thought the pig used wood I've never even heard of furze, so I chose to keep this as it was in this story to share with others who also used to think it was wood, not furze. The other difference I noticed was the eating of the pigs. When I was little, I remember the pigs running from one house to the next after their house was blown away and then the wolf passing out from blowing too much on the third house. However, in this story I saw that the first tow pigs were eaten and finally the wolf as eaten by the third pig. I wanted to keep these less child friendly set of events in this story. As usual, I ended up keeping this story very similar to how it was in the book, but now it was more because this version is so different than the story I grew up with. I wanted to share this version with everyone who had a different version told their childhood as well.
Bibliography: Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890). Online Source
Hello Jake!
ReplyDeleteI honestly think this is a better story than what most children were told growing up. I have not read the story from your source but your telling of it was perfect. You could visualize this happening in a cartoon setting since that is what I remember from my childhood. Something told me early on that the third pig was going to something to the wolf. The fact that he made him into a stew was justice.
Hello Jake!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your story. Did you change anything from the original story that you started out with? I know that you said that you stuck pretty closely to the original, but you must have added your own flair. Did you change any of the pig's answers, or did you add that they were poets? Very good story overall, I really enjoyed reading it.
Hey Jake! I noticed a few typos, so maybe give your story another read-through. I read the original story for this one as well. Your version seemed very similar, and I kind of wished you had changed it up a bit more. I would’ve loved to hear your own spin on the story. I agree that this was quite different from the story I heard as a child. The building materials and deaths of the characters were a surprise to me as well. Very nice job and thank you for sharing!
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