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The Man gave him some straw and the little Pig built himself a fine straw house to live in. Soon, a hungry Wolf came along. He knocked at the door, and said, THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. Once upon a time there were three little Pigs. One morning the mother Pig said: You must go into the world and make your own way. So the three little pigs set out into the world. "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin, I wont let you in." "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" So he huffed and he puffed, and he blew the house in, and ate up the first little Pig.

1. The first little Pig met a Man carrying a bundle of straw, and said: "Please, may I have some of your straw to build a house with"? 1

2. The second little Pig met a Man with a bundle of sticks. "Please, may I have some of your sticks to build a house with"?

The Man gave him some sticks and the little Pig built himself a fine stick house to live in. Soon a hungry Wolf came along. He knocked at the door and said, "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin, I wont let you in." "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" So he huffed and he puffed, and he blew the house down, and ate up the second little Pig. "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin, I wont let you in." "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" So he huffed and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed; but he could NOT blow the house in. Then the angry wolf said, Little pig you cannot hide! I will climb on the roof and I come down the chimney! So the little Pig made a big fire in the fireplace and he hunged a pot of water over it. As soon as he heard the Wolf coming down, he snatched the lid off and the Wolf fell right into the boiling water.

3. The third little Pig met a Man with a bundle (load) of bricks. "Please, may I have some of your bricks to build a house with?"; The Man gave him some bricks, and he built himself a fine brick house to live in. Soon a hungry Wolf came along. He knocked at the door and said,

And that little Pig had a very good supper ! 2

Another text of the Story with Notes The Three Little Pigs Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes. Once upon a time: This is Old English. It doesnt make much sense any more, but many stories in English start with these words. It means, One time, long ago. Dictionary lookup: to seek Dictionary lookup: fortune. Point out other derivations of the word: to be fortunate, fortunately.

"Let me in, let me in, little pig, or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!" Show the class a picture of a wolf Piggies: discuss the diminutive who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies: What does this mean? Dictionary lookup: huff, puff or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!: demonstrate this physically for the students

"Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin", said the little pig. Dictionary lookup: chin What do you think the little pig is saying here? Point out that this phrase doesnt actually make much sense. Its a way of saying, No way! or Forget it! Point out the rhyme: in/chin.

Before they left, their mother told them, "Whatever you do, do it the best that you can, because that's the way to get along in the world. because that's the way to get along in the world: What does this mean? The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do. Dictionary lookup: straw

But of course the wolf did blow the house in and ate the first little pig. The wolf then came to the house of sticks. "Let me in, let me in, little pig, or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!" "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin, said the little pig. But the wolf blew that house in too, and ate the second little pig. The wolf then came to the house of bricks. "Let me in, let me in" cried the wolf, "or I'll huff and I'll puff till I blow your house in." "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin," said the pig. 3

The second little pig built his house out of sticks. This was a little bit stronger than a straw house. Dictionary lookup: sticks

The third little pig built his house out of bricks. Dictionary lookup: bricks

One night the big bad wolf, who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw. He said

Well, the wolf huffed and puffed, but he could not blow down that brick house. But the wolf was a sly old wolf and he climbed up on the roof to look for a way into the brick house. Dictionary lookup: sly Dictionary lookup: to climb Dictionary lookup: roof The little pig saw the wolf climb up on the roof and lit a roaring fire in the fireplace and placed on it a large kettle of water. Dictionary lookup: roaring. What do you think a roaring fire is? Dictionary lookup: kettle

words, just as they start with Once upon a time. Discussion Questions 1. Have the students re-tell the story to you using their own words. 2. Why did the wolf manage to eat the first two little pigs, but not the third? (Because the third one listened to his mothers advice!) 3. What is the lesson of the story? What are we supposed to learn from it?

When the wolf finally found the hole in the chimney he crawled down and KERSPLASH right into that kettle of water and that was the end of his troubles with the big bad wolf. Dictionary lookup: chimney Discuss the sound kersplash and that was the end of his troubles with the big bad wolf: What does this mean? (Basically the wolf is boiled alive in the kettle!)

The next day the little pig invited his mother over. She said "You see it is just as I told you. The way to get along in the world is to do things as well as you can." Fortunately for that little pig, he learned that lesson. And he just lived happily ever after! Dictionary lookup: to invite And he just lived happily ever after!: What does this mean? Discuss how many old European stories end with these 4

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three little pigs, who went from home to seek their fortune. The first that went off met a man with a bundle of straw, and said to him:-"Good man, give me that straw to build me a house." The man gave the straw, and the little pig built his house with it. Presently came along a wolf, and knocked at the door, and said:-"Little pig, little pig, let me come in." But the pig answered:-"No, no, by the hair of my chiny-chin-chin." So the wolf said:-"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:-"Good man, give me that furze to build me a house." The man gave the furze, and the pig built his house. Then once more came the wolf, and said:
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"Little pig, little pig, let me come in." " No, no, by the hair of my chiny-chin-chin." "Then I'll puff, and I'll huff, 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 in, and ate up the little pig. The third little pig met a man with a load of bricks, and said:-"Good man, give me those bricks to build me a house with." The man gave the bricks, and he built his house with them. Again the wolf came, 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 huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed; but he could NOT get the house down. Finding 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 field, and if you will be ready to-morrow morning we will go together, and get some for dinner." "Very well," said the little pig. "What time do you mean to go?" "Oh, at six o'clock." So the little pig got up at five, and got the turnips before the wolf came crying:-"Little pig, are you ready?"

"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 in town this afternoon; will you go?' "Oh yes," said the pig, "I will go; what time?"

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 a match for 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 to-morrow, and get some apples." The little pig got up next morning at four o'clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but it took long to climb the tree, and just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming. When the wolf came up he said:-6

"At three," said the wolf. As usual the little pig went off before the time, and got to the fair, and bought a butter-churn, which he was rolling home when he saw the wolf coming. So he got into the churn to hide, and in 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 past him down the hill. Then the little pig said.-"Ha! ha! I frightened you, then!" Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and tried to get down the chimney in order to eat up the little pig. When the little pig saw what he was about, he put a pot full of water on the blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, he took off the cover, and in fell the wolf. Quickly the little pig clapped

on the cover, and when the wolf was boiled ate him for supper.