English | The Three Little Pigs | WorldStories

Mrs Pig was very tired: 'Oh dear,' she said to her three little pigs, 'I can't do this work anymore, I'm afraid you must leave home and make your own way in ... TheThreeLittlePigs NizSmithandAvrilLethbridge     TheThreeLittlePigs Afreeresourcefrom KidsOut-thefunandhappinesscharity Beginreading Thisstoryisavailablein: English German Italian Mandarin Polish Turkish       TheThreeLittlePigs                    MrsPigwasverytired:'Ohdear,'shesaidtoherthreelittlepigs,'Ican’tdothisworkanymore,I’mafraidyoumustleavehomeandmakeyourownwayintheworld.'Sothethreelittlepigssetoff. Thefirstlittlepigmetamancarryingabundleofstraw. 'Excuseme,'saidthefirstlittlepigpolitely.'WouldyoupleasesellsomeofyourstrawsoIcanmakeahouse?' Themanreadilyagreedandthefirstlittlepigwentofftofindagoodplacetobuildhishouse. Theotherlittlepigscarriedonalongtheroadand,soon,theymetamancarryingabundleofsticks. 'Excuseme,'saidthelittlepigpolitely.'WouldyoupleasesellmesomestickssoIcanbuildahouse?' Themanreadilyagreedandthelittlepigsaidgoodbyetohisbrother. Thethirdlittlepigdidn’tthinkmuchoftheirideas: 'I’mgoingtobuildmyselfamuchbigger,better,strongerhouse,'hethought,andhecarried off downtheroaduntilhemetamanwithacartloadofbricks. 'Excuseme,'saidthethirdlittlepig,aspolitelyashismotherhadtaughthim.'PleasecanyousellmesomebrickssoIcanbuildahouse?' 'Ofcourse,'saidtheman.'Wherewouldyoulikemetounloadthem?' Thethirdlittlepiglookedaroundandsawanicepatchofgroundunderatree. 'Overthere,'hepointed. Theyallsettoworkandbynighttimethehouseofstrawandthehouseofstickswerebuiltbutthehouseofbrickswasonlyjustbeginningtoriseabovetheground.Thefirstandsecondlittlepigslaughed,theythoughttheirbrotherwasreallysillyhavingtoworksohardwhentheyhadfinished.       However,afewdayslaterthebrickhousewascompletedandlookedverysmartwithshinywindows,aneatlittlechimneyandashinyknockeronthedoor. Onestarlitnight,soonaftertheyhadsettledin,awolfcameoutlookingforfood.Bythelightofthemoonheespiedthefirstlittlepig’shouseofstraw andhesidleduptothedoorandcalled: 'Littlepig,littlepig,letmecomein.' 'No,no,bythehairofmychinnychinchin!'repliedthelittlepig. 'ThenI’llhuffandI’llpuffandI’llblowyourhousein!'saidthewolfwhowasaverybig,bad,andagreedysortofwolf.     Andhehuffed,andhepuffedandblewthehousein.Butthelittlepigranawayasfastashistrotterscouldcarryhimandwenttothesecondlittlepig’shousetohide. Thenextnightthewolfwasevenhungrierandhesawthehouseofsticks.Hecreptuptothedoorandcalled: 'Littlepig,littlepig,letmecomein.' 'Ohno,notbythehaironmychinnychinchin!'saidthesecondlittlepig,asthefirstlittlepighidtremblingunderthestairs. 'ThenI’llhuffandI’llpuffandI’llblowyourhousein!'saidthewolf.     Andhehuffed,andhepuffedandheblewthehousein.Butthelittlepigsranawayasfastastheirtrotterscouldcarrythemandwenttothethirdlittlepig’shousetohide. 'WhatdidItellyou?'saidthethirdlittlepig.'It’simportanttobuildhousesproperly.'Buthewelcomedtheminandtheyallsettleddownfortherestofthenight. Thefollowingnightthewolfwasevenhungrierandfeelingbiggerandbadderthanever. Prowlingaround,hecametothethirdlittlepig’shouse.Hecreptuptothedoorandcalled: 'Littlepig,littlepig,letmecomein.' 'Ohno,notbythehaironmychinnychinchin!'saidthethirdlittlepig,whilethefirstandthesecondlittlepigshidtremblingunderthestairs. 'ThenI’llhuffandI’llpuffandI’llblowyourhousein!'saidthewolf.       Andhehuffed,andhepuffedandheblewbutnothinghappened.Sohehuffedandhepuffedandheblewagain,evenharder,butstillnothinghappened.Thebrickhousestoodfirm. Thewolfwasveryangryandgettingevenbiggerandevenbadderbytheminute. 'I’mgoingtoeatyouall,'hegrowled,'justyouwaitandsee.' Heprowledroundthehousetryingtofindawayin.Thelittlepigstrembledwhentheysawhisbigeyespeeringthroughthewindow.Thentheyheardascramblingsound.     'Quick,quick!'saidthethirdlittlepig.'He’sclimbingthetree.Ithinkhe’sgoingtocomedownthechimney.' Thethreelittlepigsgotthebiggestpantheyhad,andfilleditfullofwaterandputitonthefiretoboil.Allthetimetheycouldhearthesoundofthewolfclimbingthetreeandthenwalkingalongtheroof. Thelittlepigsheldtheirbreath.Thewolfwascomingdownthechimney.Nearerandnearerhecameuntil,withatremendoussplash,helandedinthepanofwater. 'Yoweeeee!'hescreamed,andshotbackupthechimneythinkinghistailwasonfire.     Thelastthethreelittlepigssawofthebigbadwolfwashimflyingoverthetreetopsclutchingaverysoretail. So,thethreelittlepigslivedhappilytogethereverafterintheirverysmarthousesofbricks.                        Enjoyedthisstory?Findoutmorehere   Signupforafreeaccount Accessstoriesinover30languages. Exploremorestoriesfromlotsofcountriesandcultures. Buildlearningaroundcreativeresources. Unlockenhancedfeatures. Sharestorieswithyourpupils. Signupnow! or Exploremoreofourstories LearnmoreaboutKidsOut,thefunandhappinesscharity. MoreaboutKidsOut GordonMouldsCBE,KidsOutCEO