The Three Pigs

Mother Pig lived in a house
in the garden.

Her three little pigs lived there
with her.

One was called Big Pig.

One was called Little Pig.

One was called Root.

One day Big Pig said,

"Mother, I do not want to live
in the garden.

I want to go away."

But Mother Pig said,

"A big wolf lives
outside the garden wall.

He will eat you up
if he can catch you."

"The wolf will not eat me up,"
said Big Pig.

"He cannot catch me."

So off went Big Pig.

Then Little Pig said,

"Please let me go away, too."

And Root said,

"Please let me go away, too."

Mother Pig said,

"The big wolf will catch you
and eat you up.

He lives outside the garden wall."

But Little Pig said,

"I will not let the wolf eat me."

And Root said,

"I will not let the wolf catch me."

So off went Little Pig and Root.

By and by Big Pig saw a man.

The man had some straw.

"Please give me some straw,"
said Big Pig.

"What do you want with straw?"
said the man.

"I want to make a house,"
said Big Pig.

So the man gave Big Pig some
straw.

Then Big Pig made a straw house.

Little pig met a man with
some sticks.

"Please give me some sticks,"
said Little Pig.

"What do you want with sticks?"
said the man.

"I want to make a house,"
said Little Pig.

So the man gave Little Pig some
sticks.

Then Little Pig made a stick house.

Root met a man with some stone.

"Please give me some stone,"
said Root.

"What do you want with stone?"
said the man.

"I want to make a house,"
said Root.

So the man gave Root some stone.

Then Root made a stone house.

By and by the wolf came
to Big Pig's straw house.

He called to Big Pig,

"Big Pig, Big Pig, let me come in."

But Big Pig looked out and
saw the wolf.

So he said,

"No, no, by the hair of my
chinny-chin-chin,

I cannot let you come in."

The wolf said,

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

I will come in, Big Pig."

So the wolf huffed and he puffed
and he blew Big Pig's house in.

Then he went in and ate up
Big Pig.

Next day the wolf went to
Little Pig's stick house.

He called to Little Pig,

"Little Pig, Little Pig,
let me come in."

Little Pig said,

"No, no, by the hair of my
chinny-chin-chin."

But 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 down fell Little Pig's house.

Then the wolf went in and ate up
Little Pig.

The next day the wolf went
to Root's stone house.

He called to Root,

"Root, Root, let me come in."

And Root looked out and said,

"No, no, by the hair of my
chinny-chin-chin."

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 huffed and he puffed.

But he could not blow Root's
house down.

Root's house was made of stone.

So the wolf had to go away.

Next day the wolf came to Root's
house again.

He called to Root,

"Root, do you want some apples?

There is a tree on the hill
with red apples on it.

Come with me and I will shake
the apples down for you."

Root looked out and said,

"I cannot go to-day for apples.

But I will go to-morrow."

So the wolf went away.

"To-morrow I will eat that
little pig," he said.

To-morrow came.

Root got up before day.

He went up on the hill.

There was the apple tree.

He shook the tree, and down
fell the red apples.

He ate all the apples he could.

Just then Root saw the wolf.

The wolf was a long way off.

He did not see Root.

So Root began to run.

He was half way down the hill
before the wolf saw him.

Then the wolf began to run, too.

Away ran Root and away ran
the wolf after him.

Down to his house Root ran.

He ran inside the house
and shut the door.

Then he made a big hot fire.

He put a big pot of water
on the fire.

The wolf ran down the hill to
Root's house.

But Root's door was shut.

Root was inside and the wolf
was outside.

The wolf could not get in.

So he jumped up on top of
the house.

Then he went down the chimney.

But there was Root's big fire
in the chimney.

And there was Root's pot of
hot water on the fire.

Down the chimney fell the wolf.

He fell into the pot of hot water.

And that was the end of the wolf.