The Three Little Pigs

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

The first little pig built his house of maple.

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

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

Then the hippopotamus said, "Then I'll holler and I'll throw up and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad hippopotamus hollered and he threw up, and he blew the first little pig's house in.

The second little pig built his house of mud.

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

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

Then the hippopotamus said, "Then I'll wince and I'll step aside and I'll blow your house in."

And the big bad hippopotamus winced and he stepped aside, and he blew the second little pig's house in.

The third little pig built his house of paper clips.

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

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

Then the hippopotamus said, "Then I'll snore and I'll sway and I'll blow your house in."

But no matter how much the big bad hippopotamus snored and swayed, he couldn't blow in a house made of paper clips. The big bad hippopotamus felt homely. "Indeed," he said, and went away quietly.

From that day on, the big bad hippopotamus never hypnotized the three pigs again.