Cherry Set-Clever Pig

No. 76

Clever Pig BY

Elizabeth Leigh Scagel EDITED BY

Tyler Jarvis ILLUSTRATIONS BY Maud and Miska Petersham Restoration of Original Illustrations Elizabeth Leigh Scagel

Published By

Classical School Solutions Fort Worth

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On my Own Mother Pig lived in a house in the garden. Her three little pigs lived there with her.

One was called Big Pig. One was called Little Pig. One was called Root.

One day, Big Pig said, “Mother, I do not want to live in the garden. I want to go away and make it on my own.”

But Mother Pig said, “A big wolf lives outside the garden wall. He will eat you up if he can catch you.”

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“That wolf will not get me,” said Big Pig. So off he went, dancing a jig.

Then Little Pig and Root said, “Please let us go away too, Mother.”

Mother Pig said, “Oh, my sweet piggies, please don’t go. The big wolf will catch you and eat you up. He lives outside the garden wall.”

But Little Pig said, “That wolf can try to catch me if he can.”

And Root said, “That wolf will not get me. I have a plan.”

So off went Little Pig and Root.

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Sticks and Stones By and by, Big Pig saw a man. The man had some straw. “Please give me some straw,” said Big Pig. “What do you want with straw?” said the man.

“I want to make a house,” said Big Pig. So the man gave Big Pig some straw, and Big Pig made a straw house.

Then Little Pig met a man with some sticks. “Please give me some sticks,” said Little Pig. “What do you want with sticks?” said the man.

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“I want to make a house,” said Little Pig. So the man gave Little Pig some sticks, and Little Pig made a stick house.

Root found a man with some stone.

“Please give me some stone," said Root.

“What do you want with stone?" said the man.

"I want to make a house,” said Root.

So the man gave Root some stone.

Then Root made a house of his own.

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Huff and Puff By and By, the wolf came to Big Pig’s straw house. He called to Big Pig, “Big Pig, Big Pig, let me come in.”

Big Pig looked out and saw the wolf.

So he said, “No, no! Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. I cannot let you come in.”

The wolf said, “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew Big Pig’s house in. Then he went in and ate Big Pig. 5

The next day, the wolf went to Little Pig’s stick house. He called to Little Pig, “Little Pig, Little Pig, let me come in.”

Little Pig looked out and saw the wolf.

So he said, “No, no! Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. I cannot let you come in.”

The wolf said, “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

So he huffed, and he puffed, and down fell Little Pig’s stick house. Then the wolf went in and ate Little Pig.

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Clever Pig The next day, the wolf went to Root’s stone house. He called to Root, “Root, Root, let me come in.”

Root looked out and saw the wolf. So he said, “No, no. Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. I will not let you come in.”

The wolf said, “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed.

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But he could not blow Root's house down.

This made the wolf very cross. He growled, “Oh wee pig, you think you are cute. Well I’m coming in to eat you, Root!”

But Root was a clever pig. He put a big pot of water on the fire. The wolf crawled up on the roof and went down the chimney. The wolf fell into the pot of boiling water. And that was the end of the wolf.

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