The Three Little Pigs

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

The first little pig built his house of straw.

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

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

Then the mouse said, "Then I'll jump and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad mouse jumped and he puffed, and he blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of duct tape.

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

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

Then the mouse said, "Then I'll back up and I'll nod off and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad mouse backed up and he nodded off, and he blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of wire.

Along came the big bad mouse, 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 mouse said, "Then I'll digest and I'll growl and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad mouse digested and growled, he couldn't blow in a house made of wire. The big bad mouse felt childish. "Gesundheit," he said, and went away haughtily.

From that day on, the big bad mouse never jabbed the three pigs again.