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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS




Once upon a time...
There were three little pigs, who left their mummy and daddy to see the world.
All summer long, they roamed through the woods and over the plains, playing games and having fun.
None were happier than the three little pigs, and they easily made friends with everyone.
Wherever they went, they were given a warm welcome, but as summer drew to aclose, they realized that folk were drifting back to their usual jobs, and preparing for winter.
Autumn came and it began to rain.
The three little pigs started to feel they needed a real home.
Sadly they knew that the fun was over now and they must set to work like the others, or they'd be left in the cold and rain, with no roof over their heads.
They talked about what to do, but each decidedfor himself.
The laziest little pig said he'd build a straw hut.
"It will only take a day", he said. The others disagreed.
"It's too fragile", they said disapprovingly, but he refused to listen.
Not quite so lazy, the second little pig went in search of planks of seasoned wood.
"Clunk! Clunk! Clunk!"
It took him two days to nail them together.
But the third little pig did not likethe wooden house.
"That's not the way to build a house!"
He said: "It takes time, patience and hard work to build a house that is strong enough to stand up to wind, rain, and snow, and most of all, protects us from the wolf!"
The days went by, and the wisest little pig's house took shape, brick by brick.
From time to time, his brothers visited him, saying with a chuckle: "Why are youworking so hard? Why don't you come and play?"
But the stubborn bricklayer pig just said "no".
"I shall finish my house first. It must be solid and sturdy. And then I'll come and play!"
He said: "I shall not be foolish like you! For he who laughs last, laughs longest!"
It was the wisest little pig that found the tracks of a wolf in the neighbourhood.
The little pigs rushed home in alarm.Along came the wolf, scowling fiercely at the laziest pig's straw hut.
"Come out!", ordered the wolf, his mouth watering.
I want to speak to you!"
"I'd rather stay where I am!", replied the little pig in a tiny voice.
"I'll make you come out!"
Growled the wolf angrily, and puffing out his chest, he took a very deep breath.
Then he blew with all his might, right onto the house.
And allthe straw the silly pig had heaped against some thin poles fell down in the great blast.
Excited by his own cleverness, the wolf did not notice that the little pig had slithered out from underneath the heap of straw, and was dashing towards his brother's wooden house.
When he realized that the little pig was escaping, the wolf grew wild with rage.
"Come back!" , he roared, trying to catchthe pig as he ran into the wooden house.
The other little pig greeted his brother, shaking like a leaf.
"I hope this house won't fall down! Let's lean against the door so he can't break in!"
Outside, the wolf could hear the little pigs' words.
Starving as he was, at the idea of a two-course meal, he rained blows on the door.
"Open up! Open up! I only want to speak to you!"
Inside, thetwo brothers wept in fear and did their best to hold the door fast against the blows.
Then the furious wolf braced himself a new effort: he drew in a really enormous breath, and went...
WHOOOOO! WHOOOOO!
The wooden house collapsed like a pack of cards.
Luckily, the wisest little pig had been watching the scene from the window of his own brick house, and he rapidly opened the door to hisfleeing brothers.
And not a moment too soon, for the wolf was already hammering furiously on the door.
This time, the wolf had grave doubts.
This house had a much more solid air than the others.
He blew once, he blew again and then for a third time.
But all was in vain.
For the house did not budge an inch.
The three little pigs watched him and their fear began to fade.
Quite exhausted...