“We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep. “May I live with you?” asked the rabbit. “What can you do to help build a house?” asked the pig and the sheep. The rabbit scratched his ear with his hind foot and said: “I can gnaw with my teeth and scratch with my feet.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep; so they all started off down the road. Soon they met a goose sitting on the roadside. The goose asked where they were going. “We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit. “May I live with you?” asked the goose.
“What can you do to help build a house?” asked the pig and the sheep and the rabbit. The goose stood up on one leg for awhile and then said: “I can pull moss and make mud for the cracks.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit. So all four started down the road. Pretty soon they met an old dog standing under a tree. The dog asked where they were going. “We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and the goose. “May I live with you?” asked the dog.
“What can you do to help build a house?” asked the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and the goose. The old dog sat down on his hind legs and looked at the sky. Then he said: “I can dig up rocks with my fore paws, and I can crack bones with my teeth for the soup.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and the goose. And so all five started down the road. Before long they came to a little boy with a gun on his shoulder. The little boy asked them where they were going. “We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and the goose and the dog. “May I live with you?” asked the little boy.
“What can you do to help build a house?” they all asked. “You beat me with a stick one day,” said the pig. “You chased me down the road last week,” said the sheep. “You ran me out of the cabbage patch,” said the rabbit. “You once hit me with a rock,” said the goose. “You tied a can to my tail a few days ago,” said the dog.
The little boy laid down his gun and crossed his heart with his hand, and said: “If you will let me go with you I will never do any of those things again.” “Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and the goose and the dog. And so all six started off down the road. Whether they built their house or not I do not know.