Three Little Pigs

Hannah and I were riding in the car today and started talking about fairy tales. We were talking about how some stories have been “softened up” for these later generations. For example, in the story of the Three Little Pigs, the original story had the wolf eating the pigs after he huffed and puffed and blew their house down. Later, the story was amended to say that the first two little pigs escaped when their houses came down.

Hannah surprised me when she said, “Well, although it’s a bit nicer to say that they got away, the earlier story sends a stronger message about making sure you build a solid house.”

Yeah, I guess a person would have a bit more motivation if they thought they were going to be eaten!