Reading Notes: English Tales Part A

Third Pig in a Butter Churn from Wikimedia

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

• The mother pig couldn't afford to take care of her pigs so she sent them out into the world.
• First pig asked a man for his straw so he could build himself a house. The dude did give the pig the straw, for some unknown reason.
• Wolf knocked on the straw house's door, and demanded to be let into the house. The pig said no, so the wolf threatened to practically destroy this pigs door. He made good on that threat and ate the pig.
• The second pig met a man with furze and asked for it so he could also build a house. This guy was also surprisingly benevolent. 
• Wolf did the same thing to the second pig.
• The third pig was clearly smarter and convinced some poor soul to give him some bricks, with which he built a house. 
• Wolf came along with his usual scheme but was unable to blow the house down.
• Wolf had to find a way to trick this pig, so he told him of a turnip field to meet him at so they could cook the turnips for dinner
• The pig went and got the turnips without the wolf, which made the wolf angry.
• Wolf suggested some apples instead. 
• The pig tried to go before the wolf again, but it took too long. He threw the wolf an apple to distract him so he could get away again. 
• Wolf was mad again and suggested going to a fair together. 
• Pig went without the wolf, again, but the wolf saw him there, so the pig hid in a butter churn and rolled down a hill. These animals are weird tbh.
• Finally, the wolf gave up and said he would eat the pig and decided to get into the house through the chimney. 
• Pig boiled the wolf and ate him instead. 

Bibliography

The Story of the Three Little Pigs from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs