The Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who wanted to live in a gulch, but first they needed to build their houses. Down the road from the three little pigs lived a big bad meerkat who enjoyed covering little pigs more than she enjoyed having them as neighbors in the gulch.

The first little pig built his house of palm leaves.

Along came the big bad meerkat, and she said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

The first little pig replied, "Not by the hair of my nostril!

Then the meerkat said, "Then I'll rejoice and I'll run away and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad meerkat rejoiced and she ran away, and she blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of sewage.

Along came the big bad meerkat, and she said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

The second little pig replied, "Not by the hair of my arm!

Then the meerkat said, "Then I'll cheer and I'll dance and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad meerkat cheered and she danced, and she blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of chicken wire.

Along came the big bad meerkat, and she said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

The third little pig replied, "Not by the hair of my shoulder!

Then the meerkat said, "Then I'll hide and I'll die and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad meerkat hid and died, she couldn't blow in a house made of chicken wire. The big bad meerkat felt angry. "Peachy-keen," she said, and went away ruefully.

From that day on, the big bad meerkat never covered the three pigs again.