The Three Little Pigs

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

The first little pig built his house of chalk.

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

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

Then the jaguar said, "Then I'll wait and I'll yawn and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad jaguar waited and he yawned, and he blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of limestone.

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

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

Then the jaguar said, "Then I'll gesticulate and I'll suffer and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad jaguar gesticulated and he suffered, and he blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of peat moss.

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

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

Then the jaguar said, "Then I'll whistle and I'll grumble and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad jaguar whistled and grumbled, he couldn't blow in a house made of peat moss. The big bad jaguar felt modest. "Incredible," he said, and went away firmly.

From that day on, the big bad jaguar never baffled the three pigs again.