David Wiesner Quotes

“Once upon a time there were three pigs who went out into the world to seek their fortune. The first pig decided to build a house, and he built it out of straw.”

“Along came a wolf, who knocked at the door and said, ‘Little pig, little pig, let me come in.’ And the pig answered, ‘Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin.’ The wold said, ‘Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!’

“So the wolf huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house in... and ate the pig up.”

“Now, the second pig built his house out of stick. Along came the wolf, who knocked at the door and said, ‘Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”

“And the pig answered, ‘Not by the hear of my chinny-chin-chin.’ The wolf said, ‘Then I’huff and I’pull blow your house in!”

“Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish run away with the spoon.”

“Along came a wolf who knocked at the door and said, ‘Little pig, little pig, let me come in>”

“And the pig answered, ‘Not by the hair of chinny-chin-chin.’ the wolf said, ‘Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!”

“The wolf huffed, and he puffed. But not matter how much he puffed and huffed, he could not blow it down. So he climbed to the roof...”

“Three pigs... Straw, sticks, bricks... Huffs and puffs... You probably know the rest. It’s an old story, and every time someone tells it the same thing happens.”