“The Three Pigs”

Cultural  

1. A children's story about three pigs, each of whom builds a house to be safe from the Big Bad Wolf. The first pig makes a house of straw, and the second a house of sticks. Both finish quickly and spend their time amusing themselves, while the third pig is building a house of bricks. When the wolf arrives at the door of each house, he boasts, “I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down.” He succeeds with the houses of straw and sticks, so the first two pigs take refuge in the brick house, which the wolf cannot blow in. In some versions of the story, the wolf eats the first two pigs.

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Example Sentences

The porcine onlookers were pardoned; the three pigs responsible for the attack were executed.

From Salon

Did you ever wonder what it might be like to be one of the three pigs of children’s story and animated cartoon fame?

From New York Times

By the late 60s I had all the Beatles bootlegs with the three pigs on the label, and was a young Apple scruff, hanging around outside.

From The Guardian

A classic starter climb here is the Three Pigs route on the popular Boulder 1, where crowds gather most days of the week.

From Los Angeles Times

The three pigs stick their heads out of car windows.

From Washington Times