<Tr> <Th> Related </Th> <Td>' </Td> </Tr> <P> The Three Little Pigs is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials . A big bad wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks . Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older . The phrases used in the story, and the various morals drawn from it, have become embedded in Western culture . Many versions of The Three Little Pigs have been recreated or have been modified over the years, sometimes making the wolf a kind character . It is a type 124 folktale in the Aarne--Thompson classification system . </P> <P> The Three Little Pigs was included in The Nursery Rhymes of England (London and New York, c. 1886), by James Halliwell - Phillipps . The story in its arguably best - known form appeared in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published in 1890 and crediting Halliwell as his source . The story begins with the title characters being sent out into the world by their mother, to "seek out their fortune". The first little pig builds a house of straw, but a wolf blows it down and devours him . The second little pig builds a house of sticks, which the wolf also blows down, and the second little pig is also devoured . Each exchange between wolf and pig features ringing proverbial phrases, namely: </P> <P> "Little pig, little pig, let me come in ." "not by the hair on my chinny chin chin ." "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down ." </P>

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