The Three Little Pigs

このストーリーについて

The Three Little Pigs is an English folk tale; printed versions go back to the 1840s, and Joseph Jacobs made it famous in English Fairy Tales (1890). In the old telling the wolf eats the first two pigs. This bedtime version keeps everyone safe and lets the wolf escape with nothing worse than a warm bottom.

読み聞かせのコツ

• Let your child do the huffing and puffing; the louder, the better.
• Say the chinny-chin-chin line together every time it comes round.
• Build three little houses from blocks, paper and cushions and test them.

よくある質問

What is the moral of The Three Little Pigs?

Hard work and planning pay off. The pigs who rushed their houses lost them, while the pig who built carefully with bricks kept everyone safe.

Who wrote The Three Little Pigs?

Nobody knows; it is a traditional English folk tale passed down by storytellers. Versions were printed from the 1840s, and Joseph Jacobs's English Fairy Tales (1890) made it the best-known form.

What does not by the hair of my chinny chin chin mean?

It's the pig's way of saying absolutely not. He swears by the little hairs on his chin, the way someone might say I promise on my life.