Three Little Pigs

With all my preoccupation with the genus Sus in the animal kingdom, (you read that correctly, while most people want dogs or cats or whatever, I really really want a piglet... well, at least I'm not as bad as Piglet, she wants a baby elephant!) it came as a bit of a shock to discover I didn't remember the fairy tale about the three little pigs. So I did some scouting around, and found this:

And then I found something in defense of the Wolf.

I started getting flustered... apparently, fairy tales haven't remained fairy tales any more. Look at this one. It's by Roald Dahl, though, so the outcome is expected.

I guess it got a bit better when I saw this website: a little bit of literature with a little bit of math! I almost wished myself in second grade.

But then I realized that if I'd actually been in second grade, I would never have been able to enjoy any of this. Take a look.

It's amazing how many things have sprung out of that one little story. Apparently it is one of the most prolific fairy tales of all time, in terms of the amount of "real stuff" it has spawned. By the way, the piggie in the chair looks cute, doesn't it?

I have to get back to work!!!