Once upon a time there was an old sow who had three little pigs, and as she had not enough for them to eat, she said they had better go out into the world and seek their fortunes.

Now the eldest pig went first, and as he trotted along the road he met a man carrying a bundle of straw.  So he said very politely: 

“If you please, sir, could you give me that straw to build me a house?”

And the man, seeing what good manners the little pig had, gave him the straw, and the little pig set to work and built a beautiful house with it.

Now, when it was finished, a wolf happened to pass that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside.

So he knocked at the door and said: 

“Little pig!  Little pig!  Let me in!  Let me in!”

But the little pig saw the wolf’s big paws through the keyhole, so he answered back: 

“No!  No!  No! by the hair of my chinny chin chin!” Then the wolf showed his teeth and said: 

“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.”

[Illustration:  So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in]

So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in.  Then he ate up little piggy and went on his way.

Now, the next piggy, when he started, met a man carrying a bundle of furze, and, being very polite, he said to him: 

“If you please, sir, could you give me that furze to build me a house?”

And the man, seeing what good manners the little pig had, gave him the furze, and the little pig set to work and built himself a beautiful house.

Now it so happened that when the house was finished the wolf passed that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside.

So he knocked at the door and said: 

“Little pig!  Little pig!  Let me in!  Let me in!”

But the little pig peeped through the keyhole and saw the wolf’s great ears, so he answered back: 

“No!  No!  No! by the hair of my chinny chin chin!”

Then the wolf showed his teeth and said: 

“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!”

[Illustration:  So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in]

So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in.  Then he ate up little piggy and went on his way.

Now the third little piggy, when he started, met a man carrying a load of bricks, and, being very polite, he said: 

“If you please sir, could you give me those bricks to build me a house?”

And the man, seeing that he had been well brought up, gave him the bricks, and the little pig set to work and built himself a beautiful house.

And once again it happened that when it was finished the wolf chanced to come that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside.

So he knocked at the door and said: