The Story of the Three Little Pigs

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

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Title: The Story of the Three Little Pigs
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THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
With Drawings by L. Leslie Brooke

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THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.
Once upon a time 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.
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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 me 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 chinny chin
chin."

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"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 ate up the
little Pig.
The second 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.
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Then along came the Wolf and said, "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come
in."
"No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll puff and I'll huff, 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 ate up the second little Pig.
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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 chinny 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 he 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."

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"Where?" said the little Pig.
"Oh, in Mr. Smith's home-field; and if you will be ready to-morrow
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."
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Well, the little Pig got up at five, and got the turnips and was home
again before six. When the Wolf came he said, "Little Pig, are you
ready?"
"Ready!" said the little Pig, "I have been and come back again, and got
a nice pot-full for dinner."
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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 to-morrow, and we will go
together and get some apples."
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Well, the little Pig woke at four the next morning, and bustled up, and
went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the Wolf came; but
he had farther 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