There was an old sow with three little pigs, and as she had not enough to keep them, she sent
out to seek their fortune. 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 that 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 chiny chin
chin." The wolf then answered to that:"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in."
So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little pig. The second little
pig met a man with a bunch 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, and said,"Little pig,
little pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chiny 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 he ate up the little pig. The third little pig met a man with
a load of bricks, and said,"Please, man, give me those bricks to build a house with." So the man
gave him the bricks, and he built his house with them. So the wolf came, as he did to the other
little pigs, and said,"Little pig, little pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chiny
chin chin." "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." Well, he huffed, and
puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed, but he could not get the house down.
When he found that he could not, with all his huffing and puffing, blow the house down, he said,"
Little pig, I know where there is a nice field of turnips." "where?" said the little pig. "Oh, in
Mr. Smith's Home-field, and if you will be ready tomorrow morning I will call for you, and we will
go together, and get some for dinner." "Very well," said the little pig, "I'll be ready. What time
do you mean to go?" "Oh, at six o'clock." Well, the little pig got up at five, and got the turnips
before the wolf came. At six, the wold came and ask."Little pig, are you ready?" The little pig,"
Ready! I have been and come back again, and got a nice potful for dinner." The wolf felt very
angry at this, but thought he would be up to the little pig somehow or other, so he said,"Little
pig, I know where there is a nice apple tree." "Where?" said little pig. "Down at Merry Garden,"
replied the wolf, "and if you will not deceive me I will come for you at five o'clock tomorrow
and get some apples." Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o'clock, and went
off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came, but he had further to go, and had to
climb the tree, so that just as he coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming which as you may
suppose frightened him very much. When the wolf came up, he said,"Little pig, are you here before
me? Are they nice apple?" "Yes, very," said the little pig,"I will throw you down one." And he
threw it so far that while the wolf was gone to pick it up, the little pig jumped down and ran
home. The next day the wolf came again and said to the little pig,"Little pig, there is fair at
Shanklin this afternoon, will you go?" "Oh, yes," said the little pig,"I'll go, what time you shall
be ready?" "At three," said the wolf. So the little pig went off before the time as usual, and got
to the fair, and bought a butter churn which he was going home with, when he saw the wolf coming.
Then he could not tell what to do, so he got into the churn to hide, so by so doing turned it
round, and it rolled down the hill with the pig in it, which frightened the wolf so much that he
ran home without going to the fair. He went to the little pig's house, and told him how frightened
he had been be a great round thing came which came down the hill past him. Then the little pig
said,"Hah, I frightened you, then I had been to the fair and bought a butter churn, and when I saw
you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill." Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and declared he
would eat up the little pig, and that he would get down the chimney after him. When the little pig
saw that what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and make up a blazing fire, and just
as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover and in fell the wolf, so the little pig put on
the cover again in an instant boiled him up, and ate him for supper and lived happy ever afterwards.