Pigs

There was a story going around about the three little pigs.

Let me tell you, very few know what actually happened. In fact, the pigs were real enough. However, it was because of the legend that said that there was a large, evil wolf on the prowl, huffing, puffing and blowing, thereby destroying homes; just because he could, that started the whole thing! Anyway, as a result of this, these animals set about building homes to protect themselves. It came about that the first little pig decided to build a home out of bricks. This turned out to be a very time-consuming venture. The business of finding and sieving enough soil for the job alone, meant that he had a slow start.

On the other hand, the second little pig, who had decided to build his home out of sticks, had a much easier task in front of him. He set about scouring the woods for trees with fairly straight branches that could be cut to size for the walls. This, together with much thinner sticks to create sections for the roof, all took time.

While he was out doing this, the third little pig had considered that straw was all that was needed to build his house. He made tight bundles of straw, held together with string, to make enough panels to create the entire structure. This would be an even quicker thing to build.

Meanwhile, the first little pig was making brick moulds out of flat lengths of wood. After this, he began mixing soil and water to create mud. This he then poured into the moulds and scraped off the top to produce a flat surface. There were dozens of these that were then left in the sun to bake hard. Then, bricks were removed from moulds and stacked. When he had a sufficient number of bricks, he was ready to start building.

You can well imagine what the other pigs thought of all this unnecessary extra work.

Several months had passed, before the first little pig began building, using mud as mortar. Whereas the second little pig, and the first little pig, were safely living in their new homes.

All went well, until the bad weather came. The first thing to happen was that the strong winds made short work of the third little pig’s flimsy structure. This was followed by the second little pig’s building being flattened by a huge storm, with its even stronger gale winds.

After a short spell of being homeless, the first little pig, out of the kindness of his heart, took the two homeless little pigs into his permanent dwelling for a small rental fee. This he also did as a result of his discovering that his somewhat substantial building was now attracting rates and taxes.

All three little pigs lived a very happy life there together, ever after.

As for the legend about the wolf, it was just that, a legend.

Some would say that it’s positively disgraceful how these nursery stories, completely unsubstantiated, and without any kind of collaborating evidence to back them up, find their way onto the bookshelves!

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