The Three Little Pigs

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

The first little pig built his house of deer hide.

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

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

Then the chimpanzee said, "Then I'll collapse and I'll inhale and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad chimpanzee collapsed and he inhaled, and he blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of foam.

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

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

Then the chimpanzee said, "Then I'll gaze and I'll screech and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad chimpanzee gazed and he screeched, and he blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of concrete.

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

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

Then the chimpanzee said, "Then I'll clatter and I'll grin and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad chimpanzee clattered and grinned, he couldn't blow in a house made of concrete. The big bad chimpanzee felt radiant. "Can you dig it?," he said, and went away timidly.

From that day on, the big bad chimpanzee never rejected the three pigs again.