Once upon a time
when pigs spoke rhyme
And monkeys chewed
tobacco,
And hens took
snuff to make them tough,
And ducks went
quack, quack, quack, O!
There was an old sow with three little pigs, and as
she had not enough to keep them, she sent them out to seek their fortune. The
first that went off met a man with a bundle of straw, and said to him:
‘Please, man,
give me that straw to build a house.’
Which the man
did, and the little pig built a house with it. Presently came along a wolf, and
knocked at the door, and said:
‘Little pig,
little pig, let me come in.’ To which the pig answered:
‘No, no, by the
hair of my chiny chin chin.’ The wolf then answered to that:
‘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:
‘Please, man,
give me that furze to build a house.’
Which the man
did, and the pig built his house. Then along came the wolf, 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 puffed, and he huffed, and at last he blew the house down,
and he ate up the little pig.
The third little
pig met a man with a load of bricks, and said:
‘Please, man,
give me those bricks to build a house with.’
So the man gave
him the bricks, and he built his house with them. So the wolf came, as he did
to the other little pigs, 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.’
Well, he huffed,
and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed; but he
could not get the house 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.’
‘Where?’ said the
little pig.
‘Oh, in Mr
Smith’s Home-field, and if you will be ready tomorrow morning I will call for
you, and we will go together, and get some for dinner.’
‘Very well,’ said
the little pig, ‘I will be ready. What time do you mean to go?’
‘Oh, at six
o’clock.’
Well, the little
pig got up at five, and got the turnips before the wolf came (which he did
about six), who said:
‘Little pig, are
you ready?’
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 up to 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 tomorrow. and get some apples.’
Well, the little
pig bustled up the next morning at four o’clock, and went off for the apples,
hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to
climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf
coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him very much. When the wolf came
up he said:
‘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 at Shanklin19 this afternoon, will you go?’
‘Oh yes,’ said
the pig, ‘I will go; what time shall you be ready?’
‘At three,’ said
the wolf. So the little pig went off before the time as usual, and got to the
fair, and bought a butter-churn,21 which he was going home with, when he saw
the wolf coming. Then he could not tell what to do. So he got into the churn to
hide, and by 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 down the hill past him. Then the little
pig said:
‘Hah, I
frightened you, then. I had been to the fair and bought a butter-churn, and
when I saw you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill.’
Then the wolf was
very angry indeed, and declared he would eat up the little pig, and that he
would get down the chimney after him. When the little pig saw what he was
about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just
as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the
little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for
supper, and lived happy ever afterwards.
