Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales Part A

The story of the Three Little Pigs is a classic tale. It is almost just like I remember from my childhood. The first and second pigs build houses made of flimsy material and the wolf easily takes the houses down. After the wolf "huffs and puffs" the house gets blown down and the pigs become supper.
However, the third pig is very clever. He builds his house of brick which was not able to be blown down by the wolf. All of that is very common in the story of the three little pigs. However, I do not know if I just forgot or if I never heard the ending to the story... After the brick house stays standing, the clever wolf tries to outsmart the pig, but the pig actually outsmarts the wolf cleverness many times.
It started out with picking turnips. The wolf, knowing the pig liked turnips in his soup, offered the pig company while picking some, but he actually was just trying to lure Mr. Pig out of his safe brick house. The wolf provided the pig a certain time to go, the pig agreed, then the pig went an hour early in order to retrieve the turnips and avoid being eaten. The wolf did not see that trick coming.
The next day, the wolf told the pig to pick apples with him. Again, the pig agreed and went early to avoid being eaten. The wolf was getting more and more frustrated, but he did not give up.
The wolf invited Mr. Pig to the fair with him, again with wrongful intentions. The pig agreed and went early once again. As the pig was heading home, he saw the wolf approaching him in the distance. He jumped into the butter-churner that he had purchased at the fair to hide from his doom. As the pig jumped in, the churner fell over and rolled at a racing speed towards the wolf. The wolf was frightened and ran home.
The pig laughed because he brought fear to the animal that brings fear to everyone else.
The wolf was furious that the pig tricked him numerous times and scared him, so he decided to jump down the chimney to get in to the brick house. The little pig was cooking dinner in the fire place and when the wolf jumped down the chimney, he fell into the pot and was boiled. The little pig enjoyed his supper with the secret ingredient... wolf.
It is ironic that the wolf ate all the other pigs and this pig at the wolf. If the wolf would have moved on and didn't try so hard to eat this pig, he would still be alive. I do not remember the battle of trickery and the last pig eating the wolf in the story that I was told as a child.

The three little pigs and the wolf huffing and puffing

Bibliography: The Story of the Three Little Pigs from the English Fairy Tales Unit by Joseph Jacobs

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