Well, we all know the story of the Three Little Pigs, but we have only been told part of the story, which is a diluted version of this children’s tale.
Let us
refresh our memory on the story. The first little pig had built his house of straw,
and the wolf blew his house down and ate the pig. The second little pig built
his house of sticks, but while slightly stronger than straw the wolf was still
able to blow the house down and eat the pig. Finally, the wolf came upon the
brick house of the third little pig who obviously had more forethought than his
deceased brothers and the wolf was not able to blow it down. The wolf now
thought to climb up onto the roof of the house and come down the chimney.
Meanwhile the pig had set a large cauldron of water to boil on the fireplace which
scalded the wolf as he dropped into the pot, causing the wolf to run away in
defeat. This is where the story ends. In reality the wolf held a grudge and now
had a vendetta against the pig for outsmarting him, which the pig surmised.
During
my investigative reporting I was able to dig up the final chapter of this
unsightly tale of violence, hatred, intrigue, and revenge which had been intentionally
buried in the opinion of this reporter as it did not show the wolf in a
favorable light. This was the opinion of the infamous Wolf League which had always
been spoken of in whispers and inferences, a secret society for the
propagation and advancement of wolves at the expense of defenseless prey
animals. Only now at considerable risk to the life, liberty and livelihood of
this reporter can the full story be told.
In
addition to being a talented brick layer the pig was also a writer and
regularly submitted articles on restaurants and recipes to the local newspaper,
The Pleasantville Gazette which had a large readership in the area. The
literary pig submitted a fictitious article suggesting that wolf meat was the most
delectable, delicious, delicacy imaginable, and invariably versatile for
creating a wide range of dishes from stew to roast and resulting in complimentary
adulation for any chef who cooked with it. The article was widely read and soon
the wives in the town were encouraging their husbands to go wolf hunting for
the meat to be used for the main dish of a future dinner party.
As a result,
the wolf population of the area quickly depleted including the pig’s nemesis
with his boiled buttocks. Ironically it turned out that wolf meat was delicious, and the pig became famous because of his article on this previously overlooked
delicacy. The pig lived happily ever after.
Jan 2025
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