Once upon a time there was an old Sow with three little Pigs, and since she did not have enough to give them to eat, she sent them out on their own to seek their fortune.

The first little pig that went off met a Man with a bundle of straw, and said to him, “Please, sir, give me that straw so I can build myself a house”; which the Man did, and the little Pig built a house with it.

Then along came a Wolf, who knocked at the door, and said, “Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in.”

To which the Pig answered, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!”

“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in!” said the Wolf. So he huffed and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and the Wolf ate up the first little Pig.

Now the second little Pig met a Man with a bundle of shrubs, and said, “Please, sirgive me those shrubs so I can build myself a house”; which the Man did, and the Pig built his house.

Then the same Wolf came and he puffed and he huffed, and at last he blew the house down, and ate up the second little Pig.

Now the third little Pig met a Man with a load of bricks, and said, “Please, sir, give me those bricks to build a house with”; so the Man gave him the bricks, and he built his house with them.

Well, he huffed and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed; but he could not get the house to fall down. When he found 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.”

Then the Wolf was very angry indeed, and he declared that he would eat up the little Pig, and that, in fact right now he was going to come down the chimney after him!

When the little Pig understood the Wolf’s plans, he hung up a pot full of water, made a blazing fire in the fireplace, and, just as the Wolf was coming down the chimney, he took the cover off the pot, and in fell the Wolf.

From that day on, three little pigs lived happily ever after together