The three little pigs
There was once a mother pig who had three little pigs. When they were old enough to leave home, she sent them into the world to seek their fortune. The first pig met a man who was carrying a bundle of straw, and he said to him: “Please, may I have some of your straw to build a house?” The man gave him some straw, and the little pig built a nice little straw house.
Soon the wolf came up to the house. He knocked at the door and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
The little pig answered: “No, no, by the hair on my chinny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff and puff and I’ll blow your house in.” So he puffed and he huffed and he blew the house in and ate up the little pig. The second little pig met a man who was carrying a bundle of furze, and he said to him: “Please, may I have some of your furze to build a house?”
The man gave him some furze, and the little pig built the nice little house. Soon the wolf came up to the house. He knocked at the door and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
The little pig answered: “No, no, by the hair on my chinny chin chin.” “Then I’ll huff and puff and I’ll blow your house in.” So he huffed and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and in the end he blew the house in and ate up the little pig.
The third little pig met a man who was carrying a load of bricks, and he said to him: “Please, may I have some of your bricks to build a house?” The man gave him some bricks, and the little pig built a nice little house. Soon the wolf came up to the house. He knocked at the door and said: “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.” The little pig answered: “No, no, by the hair on my chinny chin chin.” “Then I’ll huff and puff and I’ll blow your house in.” So he huffed and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, but he could not blow the house down because it was made of bricks. He had to think of some other way to get the little pig, so he said: “Little pig, I know where there is a nice field of turnips.” “Where?” asked the little pig.
“In Mr. Smith’s field. At six tomorrow morning I’ll call for you and we’ll go together and get some turnips for dinner.”
But the little pig got up at five o’clock and got the turnips before the wolf came. And when the wolf called at six o’clock and asked, “Are you ready?” the little pig said: “I have already been to the field and I already have a pot of turnips on the fire. I am cooking them for dinner.”
The wolf was very angry, but he still wanted to get the little pig, and he said: “Little pig, I know where there is a nice apple-tree with ripe apples on it.” “Where?” asked the little pig. “Down at Merry-garden. I’ll call for you at five o’clock tomorrow morning and we’ll go and get some apples.”
But the little pig got up at four o’clock and went to Merry-garden. He hoped to be back with the apples before the wolf came. But he was still up in the tree, when he saw the wolf was coming. The little pig was very frightened. “Little pig! So you are here before me! Are the apples nice?” said the wolf. “Yes, very nice,” answered the little pig. “I’ll throw you one to taste,” and he threw an apple as far away as he could. While the wolf was hurrying to pick it up, the little pig jumped down out of the tree and ran home. The next day the wolf called again, and said to the little pig: “Little pig, there is a fair at Shanklin this afternoon. Do you want to go? We can go together.” “Oh, yes,” said the little pig. “What time will you be ready?” “At three,” answered the wolf. So the little pig went off early, as before, and bought a butter churn at the fair. As he was on his way home, he saw the wolf on the road. He did not know what to do, so he got inside the churn. Then the churn began to turn over, and it rolled down the hill with the little pig inside it. This frightened the wolf so much that he did not go to the fair, but ran home. Then he went to the little pig’s house and said: “Oh, little pig, I got such a fright as I was going to the fair. A great round thing rolled down the hill past me.”
The little pig said: “Ha, ha, I frightened you, then. I went to the fair and bought a butter churn. When I saw you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill.” Now the wolf was very angry indeed. He decided to climb down the chimney and eat up the little pig. When the little pig heard a noise on the roof, he put his biggest pot on the fire to boil, and took the lid off just as the wolf was coming down. The wolf fell in, and the little pig boiled him. The little pig lived happily ever afterwards in his safe little house of bricks.
Exercises
1. Match the two parts of the sentences.
The mother pig sent the three little pigs into the world
“Please, may I have some of your straw
The wolf had to think of some other way
“We’ll go together to Mr. Smith’s field
We’ll go to Merry-garden
“I’ll throw you one apple
The wolf hurried
The little pig put his biggest pot on the fire
To get some turnips for dinner.
To taste.”
To get some apples.”
To boil.”
To get the little pig.”
To build a house.”
To seek their fortune.
To pick up the apple.
2. The wolf had to think of some other ways to get the little pig. Pick up the sentences which describe these ways.
The wolf invited the little pig to go together to Merry-garden to get some apples.
The little pig got up earlier and got the turnips before the wolf came.
The wolf invited the little pig to a fair at Shanklin.
The little pig threw the wolf one apple to taste, and while the wolf was hurrying to pick it up, the little pig jumped down and ran home.
The wolf decided to climb down the chimney of the little pig’s house and eat him up.
When the little pig saw the wolf on the road, he got inside the butter churn and rolled down the hill past him.
The wolf invited the little pig to Mr. Smith’s field to get some turnips for dinner.
The little pig put his biggest pot on the fire to boil, took the lid off and the wolf fel into the pot.
3. Answer the questions
Where did the mother pig send the three little pigs when they were old enough to leave home?
Whom did the first little pig meet?
What did he build his house of?
What did the wolf do with the first little pig and his nice straw house?
Whom did the second little pig meet?
What did he build his house of?
What did the wolf do with the second little pig and his nice house of furze?
Whom did the third little pig meet?
What did he build his house of?
Could the wolf blow the house and eat up the little pig?
4. Complete the sentences. The words and phrases from the box will help you.
Ate up, call for, fortune, was made of, think of, built, took the lid off, frightened, boiled, on the way
The mother pig sent the three little pigs to seek their---------------
The first little pig ------------- a nice straw house.
The wolf blew the house in and ---------------- the little pig.
The wolf could not blow down the house of the third little pig because it------------- bricks.
The wolf had to------------- some other ways to get the little pig.
“At six o’clock tomorrow morning I’ll---------------- you and we’ll go together to Mr. Smith’s field and get some turnips for dinner.”
When the little pig was---------- home, he saw the wolf on the road.
“A great round thing rolled down past me and it------- me,” said the wolf.
The little pig put his biggest pot on the fire and-------------.
The wolf fell into the pot and the little pig----------- him.
5. Fill in the missing prepositions.
to knock_____________the door;
to get some turnips______________dinner;
to put a pot______________the fire;
to get________________the butter churn;
the churn turned____________;
the churn rolled_____the hill;
to climb____________the chimney;
to hear a noise______________the roof.
6. Use a or the.
The first pig met____man who was carrying a bundle of straw.
_____man gave him some straw.
The little pig built_____ nice little straw house.
Soon the wolf came up to____house.
The little pig bought____butter churn at the fair.
He didn’t know what to do, so he got inside____churn.
7. What does the wolf say he will do? What did\didn’t he do?
Model: to huff and to puff – I’ll huff and I’ll puff. He huffed and he puffed.
to blow the straw house in;
to eat up the little pig;
to blow down the brick house;
to call for the little pig;
to go to the field together;
to get some turnips for dinner.
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