Three Little Pigs

Book cover Traditional story in simplified syntax.

You can give this cut-down version of The Three Little Pigs (Volume 2) to anyone (maybe not hard-core vegetarians) without fearing rude bits. The wolf and pigs keep their traditional lines "I will huff. And I'll puff. And I'll blow your house down." and "No, No! By the hair of my chinny chin chin". Meanwhile the child sees and hears how the verb tenses switch from present to past. Ordinal terms are slipped into the simple text - first, second, third and matched with the illustrations of Pig 1, Pig 2 and Pig 3 who wear numbered T-Shirts to match their house doors. And it starts with "Once upon a time."