THE WISE LITTLE PIG
In which we see that it is a wise pig that obeys his mother and provides against danger.
One time there was an old pig about to die, and she called her three little pigs to her and said:
“My children, I am going to die soon and leave you. You must each of you build a house so strong that the old wolf cannot tear it down and eat you.” Each of the little pigs promised to do as his mother said, and then the old pig died.
The first little pig gathered straw from the farmer’s field near by and built him a straw house, and daubed it with mud.
The second little pig gathered some wood from the farmer’s wood pile, and built him a wood house and daubed it with wet moss.
The third little pig found some bricks under the barn and built him a brick house, and laid it in mortar and lime, just like the house of the pig keeper. Then all three little pigs went to housekeeping.
Pretty soon the old wolf began to spy around to see what had become of the little pigs after their mother’s death. He came to the straw house of the first little pig and said: