Tale Of Three Little Pigs Essay

You’ve caught wind of “The Story of the Three Little Pigs” where all the three Pigs live happily ever after in a brick house, but have you heard of the story where the third Pig eats the Wolf? There are innumerable different versions of this traditional fairy tale. In the version of “The Story of Three Little Pigs” written by Frederick Warne & Co, the Wolf runs around blowing down the houses of the first two Pigs and eats them. However, when he attempts to blow down the third Pig’s house, it doesn’t seem to work. Hence, the Wolf made a plan to trick the Pig into leaving his house so he could devour him. Every time the Wolf and the Pig would arrange something, the Pig would somehow outwit the Wolf. At the end of the story, the Pig eats the Wolf …show more content…
This is shown when he makes plans with the Wolf to meet up at a certain place and goes an hour earlier. The text states, “‘Oh, at six o’clock.’ Well the little Pig got up at five, and got the turnips and was home again before six,” (13). This piece of textual evidence shows how the Pig utilizes his knowledge to deceive the Wolf. The Pig does this action multiple times in the text. Furthermore, he succeeds tricking the Wolf and benefits from the information the Wolf gave him, in efforts of trying to eat the Pig up.
The third Pig can also be known as hard-working. He asked a man for some bricks and with that he built a house. “... so the man gave him the bricks and he built a house with them,” (10). This shows that the third Pig is diligent by telling the audience that he took resources nearby him and built a house in no time. Additionally, bricks are heavy, therefore, it would’ve taken more effort. The other Pigs slacked off and used easy-to-build with items that could be damaged easily. This is what got them killed and not the third Pig. The Pig showing qualities of being hard-working doesn’t only make him admirable so does his