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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

A skit sketch

Åsa, Handskerydsskolan, Nässjö – www.lektion.se  Modified & made more idiomatic by FF.

Characters:  Mother Pig,  Wolf,  Pig 1Pig 2Pig 3, Narrator

Narrator: The pigs are standing outside the house. Mother Pig is waving goodbye.
MP: My little pigs. Now the time has come for you to find your

   own home. Now is time for you to start your own family.

P1: Yes mum. You are right. We are big now.

MP: Off you go now before I start to cry. Bye-Bye!

P2: Bye-bye. We love you!

P3: We’ll come back to visit you.

Narrator: The younger pigs walk away.
MP: How nice to be alone for once.
  Now I’m going to have a nice cup of coffee and watch Oprah Winfrey on TV.
Narrator: The three Pigs walk and sing: "Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf…"
P1: I think I’m gonna build my house right here.
  I’m just gonna cut some grass and build a nice house.
P3: What if the wolf comes?
P1: I’m not afraid.
P2: Okay. See you later.
Narrator: Pig 2 and Pig 3 walk and sing: "Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf…"
P2: I think I’m gonna build my house right here.
   I’m just gonna pick up sticks and build a nice house.
P3: What if the wolf comes?
P2: I’m not afraid.
P3: Okay. See you later.
Narrator: Pig 3 walks and sings: "Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf…"
P3: I think I’m gonna build my house right here.
   I’m just gonna buy some bricks and build a nice house.
   The wolf is not gonna eat me up!
Narrator: The wolf stands outside the first little pigs house.
W: Knock! Knock!
P1: Who is it?
W: It’s me! The big bad wolf.
  Open the door. I want to come in and eat you up.
P1: No way!
W: Then I will huff and puff until the house falls down.
Narrator: The wolf hunts the first Pig to the second Pig’s house.
    Then the wolf stands outside the second little pig’s house.
W: Knock! Knock!
P2: Who is it?
W: It’s me! The big bad wolf.
  Open the door so I can come in and eat you up!
P2: No way!
W: No? Then I will huff and puff until the house falls down.
Narrator:  The Wolf hunts the two pigs to the third Pig’s house.
​    The wolf stands outside the third little pig’s house.

W: Knock! Knock!
P3: Who is it?
W: It’s me! The big bad wolf.
  Open the door. I want to come in and eat you up.
P3: No way!
W: No? Then I will huff and puff until the house falls down.
P3: You can huff and puff until you turn blue!
Narrator: The wolf huffs and puffs but the house stands solid.
   Then he climbs onto the roof. He goes down the chimney.
   The three little pigs put a big pan on the fire. The wolf falls into it.]

W: Ahh, my poor tail!!!
P1: You’d better not come here again!
P2: Bye-bye!

P1, P2, P3 sing: Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf!!!

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

written by A. Wolf, aka (=also known as) Jon Scieszka.

This traditional story is pulled, pushed, changed in interesting ways:

"Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do. But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nobody knows the real story, because nobody has ever heard my side of the story….

“Way back in Once Upon a Time time, I was making a birthday cake for my dear old granny. I had a terrible sneezing cold. I ran out of sugar.

“So I walked down the street to ask my neighbor for a cup of sugar. Now this neighbor was a pig. And he wasn't too bright either. He had built his whole house out of straw. Can you believe it? I mean who in his right mind would build a house of straw?”

And the story continues: the cold makes his nose itch, he huffs and puffs, sneezes and the house falls down; the pig dies in the accident, and, as Al the Wolf says:

“It seemed like a shame to leave a perfectly good ham dinner lying there in the straw. So I ate it up. Think of it as a cheeseburger just lying there.

Activity

Rewrite, in a similar manner, one of the following tales (or any other tale).

* The Adventures of Tom Thumb
* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
* The Beauty and the Beast
* Cinderella Askungen
* Country Mouse and Town Mouse
* The Elves and the Shoemaker
* The Emperor’s New Clothes
* Sour Grapes
* The Fox and the Stork
* The Golden Goose
* Goldilocks and the Three Bears
* Hansel and Gretel
* The Hare and the Tortoise
* Jack and the Beanstalk
* The Little Mermaid
* Mitas
* The Mouse and the Lion
* The Musicians of Bremen
* The Princess and the Pea
* Puss in Boots
* The Seven Voyages of Sinbad
* Sleeping Beauty Törnrosa