The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
By: Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury
The Big Bad Pig’s Side
You may have heard those three little wolves complaining about the time that I destroyed their house, but let me tell you what really happened…
I was walking to my favorite spot in the woods, when I saw the three little wolves playing croquet outside of a newly built brick house.
I have a reputation for loosing my temper, and when I saw that those wolves destroyed my favorite spot I exploded with anger! I knew that I had to destroy this atrocity of a house. So I tried to huff and puff and blow the house in but it was to strong. I stormed back to my house and got my sledgehammer. Those bricks did not stand a chance against my sledgehammer.
For the rest of the day, I bathed in the sunlight. Enjoying my reclaimed spot in nature.
The very next day, those bothersome wolves were back again!
This time their house was made of concrete. I knew that they were destroying the beautiful nature within my favorite spot in the woods.
I had to destroy the house, yet again.
It was much harder this time. I had to go to the hardware store and purchase a pneumatic drill! After a long days work, that cement house crumbled, and once again the beauty of my favorite spot was restored.
I went to bed smiling, thinking that those wolves would not try to anger me again. Because everybody knows that I have an anger management problem.
But the very next day, those little wolves had built a fortress! They used barbed wire, iron bars, armor plates, heavy metal padlocks, Plexiglas and reinforced steel chains. Obviously those little wolves had no concern for nature.
I got so angry! This time I blew the whole house up with some dynamite!
I was so angry; I did not even stay to enjoy my favorite spot that day.
The next day, I was walking down the road and noticed another house!
Automatically I assumed that the house was destroying my favorite spot again. So I got ANGRY, I went to huff and puff and blow the house in. But when I breathed in to huff, I breathed in a beautiful smell.
These wolves had built a house of flowers!
They had enhanced the nature of my favorite spot in the woods. I was so joyful. I started to dance around. Jumping for joy, I was relieved that the three little wolves had not destroyed my favorite spot. We spent the whole day together, and they even invited me in for dinner.
My favorite spot was safe, I made three new friends, and my anger problem was fixed. Nobody called me the Big Bad Pig anymore!
And we all lived happily ever after.
The Traditional and Classic Literature unit was very interesting!
The readings included Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature: A Brief Guide Chapter Four, and the Lotherington Article. One of my favorite portions of the readings was the in Chapter Four, Myths. There are so many different types of myths, and the reading goes into creation myths, which I thought was interesting. “Every culture had a story about how the world began… these are called creation myths” (p.118). I am interested in reading different types of myths, and look forward to incorporation them into my future classroom. I enjoyed previewing the different versions of “Goldilocks” in the Lotherington article. It was amazing to see the variations that the students would create. The literary analysis for this unit had us recreate a story, and I really enjoyed this activity. The retelling of a story allows the students to develop academically, and explore different cultures/ideas.
The class discussion during the book club was also very insightful! The book club book is Number the Stars by Lois Lowery. I actually learned a couple historical things that I had not known previously. It was defiantly an eye-opening discussion, and I intend to research the historical context within the story.
The books that I selected for this unit include: The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone (traditional literature), The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (variation of traditional literature), The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury (variation of traditional literature). Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (“classic” piece of literature), and The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum (“classic” piece of literature).
Kiefer, B., & Tyson, C. (n.d.). Charlotte Huck's children's literature: A brief guide (Second ed.).
Lotherington, H., & Chow, S. (n.d.). Rewriting “Goldilocks” in the Urban, Multicultural Elementary School. The Reading Teacher, 244-252.
Trivizas, E., & Oxenbury, H. (1993). The three little wolves and the big bad pig. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books :.