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Week 12 Story Telling: Three Little Pigs

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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 secon...

Reading Notes Week 12: Robin Hood

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I enjoyed the story with Little John and Robin. Robin and Little John Image Souce Oo De Lally!! Video Source Bibliography: Story source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898). Online Source

Week 12 Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs Part A

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My favorite parts of the story was the whole trickery the pig played on the wolf from start to finish. I could not remember the entire story after the wolf was unable to blow the house down so I chose this story to learn the full tale. Was shocked to learn that the pig ate the wolf, but pigs will eat anything. Wolf into pot Image source Bibliography: Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890). Online source