h a piteous squeak,
Did the mother speak:
"My sons, your fortune you must seek!"
And out in the world, as they were sent,
The three pigs went.

Trotting along, the first one saw
A man who carried a bundle of straw.
"Give me some straw for a house and bed,"
The little pig said.
Straightway, not even waiting a bit,
The kind man did as he was bid;
And the little pig built a house of it.

But he was no more than settled, before
A wolf came along and knocked at the door,
Tap-tap, and cried,
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"
But the pig replied,
"No, no, by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin!"
The old wolf grumbled, and added beside,
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!"

He was gray and big,
And he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in,
And he ate up the poor little pig.

The very next day,
All blithe and gay,
The second little pig went marching away
To the world to find his fortune. And when
He met two men,
Who bore on their shoulders bunches of furze,
"My gentle sirs,
Give me some furze for a house and bed!"
The little pig said.
They gave it him freely, every whit,
And the little pig built a house of it.

But he could no more than get in before
The wolf came along and knocked at the door:
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"
But the pig replied,
"No, no, by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin!"
Then the old wolf growled, and added beside,
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!"

He was fierce and big,
And he huffed and he puffed,
And he puffed and he huffed,
And he blew the house in,
And he ate up the poor little pig.

And then the third little pig went out,
With his curly tail and his saucy snout,
Up to all kinds of pranks and tricks;
And he met a man with a load of bricks,
And he said, "I suppose
You are perfectly willing to give me those?"

By the begging he got them every one,
And in a trice
Was the house begun,
And very shortly the house was done,
Plastered and snug and nice.

And along came the same wolf as before,
And knocked at the door,
Thump, thump, and cried,
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"
But the pig replied,
"No, no, by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin!