THE THREE LITTLE PIGS STORY

The three little pigs is a story that dates back to 1840 when it was first published. However the story itself can be linked to the story The wolf and seven young kids which dates back to 1812. The original story of the three little pigs tells the tale of three pigs going off and building themselves homes all made from different materials. The first pigs uses straw, the second uses wood and the final pig uses bricks. Then the big bad wolf shows up, blows down the straw house and eats the pig, then moves onto the second. Blows that down and eats the pig and finally continues onto the final house. He is then unable to blow this house down so he climbs down the chimney. However the final pig see's this coming so he catches the wolf in a caldron and locks the lid on. He the proceeds to boil the wolf alive and when the wolf is cooked the pig eat hims. This is a very dark story and I think is extremely unsuitable for children due to is horrific ending. Another adaptation of the three little pigs is the three little wolves. In this version the story is reversed. The wolves all go off and build their houses all made out of different materials and the Big bad pig destroys them. The most well known version of the story is very similar to the original. However the ending has been edited and now the wolf climbs down the chimney and gets lit on fire so he runs away and leaves the pigs alone. This is the version we are using however instead of the wolves getting caught on fire. The three pigs sneak out and dress like the wolves mother and tell him off for being mean to the little pigs. We feel that this is going to be a more appropriate ending as it is comical and will give across a moral of not to be nasty to anyone.

3rd November

Today we set out the final scenes of our performance. We have finished the scene where we build the brick house and the scene where the wolf tries to get into the house. For the scene Harry is going to teaches the children a chant that he is going to use when he builds his house. He says 'when ever I point at you can you shout: Brick by brick' Harry uses the pronous 'you' so that the children know that he is addressing them instead of someone one the stage also the fact that he points to the children is helpful for them as it gives a clear indication on when they are supposed to shout. After Harry teaches the chant, Me and Jake kavanagh run on and tell Harry that our houses have been blown down by the Big Bad Wolf. We then build Harry's house whilst taking part in his chant. When we finish we go inside and continue chanting 'brick by brick' This is when the wolf shows up and tries to get the children to help him with his chant (which is a flipped version of harry's) We are hoping that because the wolf has been shown as the antagonist, the children won't join in. In this scene I am going to play my character as a scared helpless childlike person. He is going to hide behind the other pigs and hide from the wolf.