The Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who wanted to live on a savanna, but first they needed to build their houses. Down the road from the three little pigs lived a big bad grizzly bear who enjoyed surprising little pigs more than he enjoyed having them as neighbors on the savanna.

The first little pig built his house of muslin.

Along came the big bad grizzly bear, and he said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

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

Then the grizzly bear said, "Then I'll play solitaire and I'll glower and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad grizzly bear played solitaire and he glowered, and he blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of lace.

Along came the big bad grizzly bear, and he said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

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

Then the grizzly bear said, "Then I'll wobble and I'll bleed and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad grizzly bear wobbled and he bled, and he blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of foam rubber.

Along came the big bad grizzly bear, and he said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in!"

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

Then the grizzly bear said, "Then I'll curtsey and I'll fret and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad grizzly bear curtseyed and fretted, he couldn't blow in a house made of foam rubber. The big bad grizzly bear felt happy. "There-there," he said, and went away valiantly.

From that day on, the big bad grizzly bear never surprised the three pigs again.