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.