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The Story of the Three Little Pigs — L. Leslie Brooke

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

L. Leslie Brooke

  • Children
  • Book language: English
  • 7 pages

A classic English folk tale for children, illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke. Three little pigs set out to seek their fortune, and each builds a house — of straw, furze and bricks — while a hungry wolf comes knocking at their doors. A lively, rhythmic story that reads well aloud.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Opening of the book

THE STORY

OF THE

THREE LITTLE PIGS

With drawings by L. Leslie Brooke

Frederick Warne & Co.

Inside front

Title page

Three Little Pigs

THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.

Oƿŕŧ upon a time there was an old Sow with three little Pigs, and as she had not enough to keep them, she sent them out to seek their fortune.

she sent them out to seek their fortune

the old sowMan with a bundle of straw

The first that went off met a Man with a bundle of straw, and said to him, "Please, Man, give me that straw to build me a house"; which the

Man did, and the little Pig built a house with it. Presently came along a Wolf, and knocked at the door, and said, "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in."

To which the Pig answered, "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin."

Then I'll huff and I'll puff

"Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" said the Wolf.

So he huffed and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little Pig.

The second Pig met a Man with a bundle of furze, and said, "Please,

Man, give me that furze to build a house"; which the Man did, and the

Pig built his house.

Then along came the Wolf

Then along came the Wolf and said, "Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in."

"No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin."

"Then I'll puff and I'll huff, and I'll blow your house in!" So he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, and at last he blew the house down, and ate up the second little Pig.

The wolf

The third little Pig met a Man with a load of bricks, and said, "Please,

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Contents

  1. THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
  2. With drawings by L. Leslie Brooke
  3. THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.
  4. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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