//------------------------------// // The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Diamond Wolf // Story: Fairy Tales of Equestria // by VioletRose13 //------------------------------// Once upon a time in a little farm on the outskirts of a small village, there lived a mother pig and her three little piglets. The piglets all lived very sheltered lives so they knew nothing of the world beyond their tiny barnyard, though each of them wished to go out and explore it. When they were old enough, the piglets were finally allowed to go into the outside world, fend for themselves, and live on their own. On the day of their departure, the three little pigs bade their mother farewell and ventured out into the big wide world, unaware of what was really out there. The eldest and most adventurous pig was called Hog-a-loo, the middle and proudest pig was called Piggy Bloom, and the youngest and smartest pig was called Sweetie Swine. When the three little pigs had traveled a great distance into the forest together, they grew rather tired and decided it was time for each of them to build a home of their own. Hog-a-loo was the first of the three piglets to spot the building materials she wanted to use. “Hey, girls, I just had the greatest idea EVER! I’m going to build myself a house out of straw from that huge hay bale right over there… since no one is using it.” Hog-a-loo declared. “A house made out of straw? Why?” Piggy Bloom asked, raising an eyebrow at her sister. “Isn’t it obvious? It’ll be quick and super easy to build! I don’t want to work all day, I want to have fun! You two can spend your time doing whatever, but building my house is gonna be a piece of cake.” Hog-a-loo replied proudly. “Hog-a-loo, are you sure you really want to make a straw house? What if it’s not safe? Who knows what could happen out here?” Sweetie Swine cautioned. “Sweetie Swine makes a good point. What if somethin’ happens? Like a thunderstorm, a blizzard, or a tornado? You should at least think about this first.” Piggy Bloom pointed out. “Ugh! Give it a rest, you two. You worry too much, I’ll be just fine. Do I look scared to you? I’ll be prepared for anything that comes my way.” Hog-a-loo scoffed. “You sure about that?” Sweetie Swine questioned with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. “I’ve already thought this through really carefully. I’m telling you, a house made of straw is sure to last long, not to mention I can make it in no time flat. You gals can go on your way and do whatever you want, but I’m gonna finish building first and go play!” Hog-a-loo said, wandering away from her sisters to begin building her straw house. With that, the two remaining pigs walked along the forest path together, leaving Hog-a-loo to begin the building of her straw house. Soon, Piggy Bloom and Sweetie Swine came upon a small apple orchard with hundreds of apple trees. Piggy Bloom looked at the trees and smiled as she had an epiphany of her own. “Hey, Sweetie Swine, I just had an idea! See those sticks and apples over there? I bet they’d make a decent homestead for me. Maybe I should build a house ‘round here. What do ya think?” Piggy Bloom announced, running over to one of the trees. “Are you sure, Piggy Bloom? Sticks alone won’t help protect you. And with apples? That’s even worse! It might sound like a good idea now, but what if something bad happens to you?” Sweetie Swine cautioned. “Are ya serious? I’ve already put a lot of thought into this; a house made of apples and sticks is sure to keep me safe, I’m sure of it.” “Piggy Bloom, you’re acting just like Hog-a-loo. Either you’re being stubborn or lazy.” “Lazy? Me!? Ha! For your information, lil’ sis, I’m using somethin’ way stronger than plain ol’ straw to build my house. Not the same thing.” Piggy Bloom rudely pointed out. “Fine, do whatever you want. If you need me, I’ll be on my own way, working on my own house. Oh! By the way, if your house falls apart, don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Sweetie Swine said, continuing down the path searching for the right materials and tools to build herself a home. Hog-a-loo spent an hour making her home from straw. Everything from the table to the bed was crafted in straw and metal netting. The roof and window panes were stiff, golden yellow straw of all sizes while the walls, chimney, and foundation were large amounts of yellowish brown straw. Once she had finished her task, Hog-a-loo spent the rest of her afternoon exploring the forest around her and lazing about wherever she liked. Piggy Bloom spent a little more time building her home. She gathered all the materials she needed and she built a roof and four walls from the sticks and twigs she picked up. She used some stray apples she found to hold the house together both as a foundation and a paste. Sweetie Swine had decided to build a nice, sturdy brick house. And even though it took her the longest to build, she was sure it was going to keep her safe and sound from any kind of danger or threat that could be lurking in the woods. A few days went by and life seemed rather good for the three pig sisters. That was until a Big Bad Diamond Wolf had discovered them. When he was walking through the woods, he came upon the tiny straw house and paused. He looked into the cottage through the window and saw Hog-a-loo inside napping peacefully. This particular Wolf had not eaten in over three days and he was so hungry that he intended on eating the little pig for a delicious lunch. “Oooh, a pig. A small, plump, tasty looking pig. I can finally have a decent meal.” The Wolf whispered, furiously licking his lips and swishing his tail. The Wolf walked up and lightly tapped on the door. However, when he did, his enormous paw went straight through the door instead. When she saw the gigantic paw sticking through her door, Hog-a-loo gasped in fright and tried to cover up the hole with more hay, but it only made things worse; it made the Wolf know she was now awake. Hog-a-loo was terrified, she had never seen this kind of creature before and she was practically shaking in her hooves. “Little pig? Let me in.” The Wolf said, looking inside the house through the window. “Uh… Sorry, the little pig you’re looking for isn’t here right now; maybe you can come back and try again later. If you have the time, please leave a message after the beep. BEEEEP!” Hog-a-loo called from inside, trying her best to keep calm and not scream in horror. “Don’t lie to me. I know you’re in there, little pig. Little pig, let me in!” The Wolf shouted. “Not by the hair of my chiny-chin, chin.” “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down!” The Big Bad Diamond Wolf huffed and puffed and he let out a great gust of wind. The wind itself was so powerful and strong that Hog-a-loo’s straw cottage was immediately swept away in an instant leaving nothing but the little pig herself covered in pieces of straw, bits of hay stuck in her hair, and sitting in the open forest floor. “Whoa. Didn't see that coming.” Hog-a-loo muttered to herself, staring at the Wolf with wide eyes filled with fear. Before the Wolf could catch her, however, Hog-a-loo quickly got to her hooves and ran away as fast as she could in another direction to her sister Piggy Bloom’s house. “You can’t run from me, you little swine! Get back here!” The Wolf shouted, pursuing her. Hog-a-loo screamed in terror and didn’t stop running until she reached the apple-twig house. She knocked frantically at the door while screaming in fright. “Piggy Bloom, let me in! Quick! There’s a Diamond Wolf after me! He’s hot on my tail! Let me in, please!” She cried, out of breath. “What!? A Diamond Wolf!? Get inside! Quick! You can hide in here.” Piggy Bloom said, unlocking her door and letting her sister inside. By the time the Diamond Wolf caught up with the little pig, the door of the twig house was already shut and locked. He angrily growled out of breath and looked at the cottage curiously. He grinned again and knocked on the door. “Little pigs, let me in.” The Wolf said just as he did before. “Why should we?” Piggy Bloom asked in a rude tone. “To be polite? So… Little pigs, little pigs. Let me in!” He said, raising his voice. “I’d rather have you out there than in here. So…” “Not by the hair of our chiny-chin, chins.” The two pigs said together. “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down!” The Diamond Wolf huffed and puffed and, just like he did before, he let out a strong gust of breath. The twig and apple hut swayed a bit in the foul scented gust of wind and some of the apples holding the sticks together came loose and almost plopped them on the head. “Oh no. Not this again!” Hog-a-loo said, clinging onto her sister in fear. “Hold on, sis! It’s gonna get a little bumpy!” Piggy Bloom said, holding her big sister close. As another breathy and disgusting smelling wind came around, Piggy Bloom and Hog-a-loo screamed as the apple stick house was completely blown to pieces, leaving the two pigs covered in little sticks and staring at the hulking creature before them. He grinned a sinister smile at them as he rubbed his enormous gray paws together. “Now I have you, little piggies.” He said as he approached the frightened pair. “Uh, Hog-a-loo… I’m thinkin' we should probably run now…” Piggy Bloom whispered. “You think?” Hog-a-loo whispered back. Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom quickly stood up and ran along the trodden path as fast as they could, screaming in terror all the while. A few minutes later, the two little pigs finally reached their sister Sweetie Swine’s brick house. They frantically knocked at her front door shrieking, shouting, and crying to be let inside. “Sweetie Swine, let us in! There’s a mad Diamond Wolf on the loose!” Piggy Bloom pleaded. “He’s gonna catch us and eat us! Let us in, please!” Hog-a-loo begged. “A Diamond Wolf!? Oh no. Get inside girls, quick! You’ll be safe in here with me.” Sweetie Swine said, ushering her older sisters inside before the Wolf could catch them. As he approached, the Wolf inspected the brick house curiously, just like he did with the other two houses. He walked around it, taking in all of its little details. As he did so, the three pigs cowered inside and kept quiet, hoping the Wolf had already left. But they were wrong because within a few minutes, he knocked on the door. “Little pigs, little pigs, let me in.” The Wolf said, trying his very best to keep calm. “No! Go away!” Sweetie Swine yelled. “Yeah!” Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom added. “I’m giving you one last chance to save yourselves, little pigs. Open the door and let me in!” The Wolf yelled in an impatient, annoyed, and angry tone. “Not by the hair of our chiny-chin, chins.” The three pig sisters said in unison. “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down!” The three pigs braced themselves for the blast, holding onto each other very tightly and closing their eyes. The Big Bad Diamond Wolf huffed and puffed and blew as hard as he could, but he couldn’t blow down the house made of bricks. He fell to his paws and knees, completely out of breath, and he slowly crawled away in defeat. The little pigs watched him through the window, they all sighed in relief. “Phew! That was a close one. I’m telling you, Sweetie Swine, this brick house of yours is a life-saver.” Hog-a-loo said, wiping her sweat covered brow. “You said it, Hog-a-loo. And the best part is that he won’t be comin’ back.” Piggy Bloom said before high-hoofing Hog-a-loo. “No, no, girls, let’s not be hasty! He probably will come back. And I think I have an idea on how we can beat him. But we’ll have to work together as a team. You game?” Sweetie Swine asked. Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom looked at each other, then back at Sweetie Swine; they nodded their heads and smiled, agreeing with their little sister. So, they huddled together and began to whisper ideas to each other on how to get rid of the Big Bad Diamond Wolf for good. And soon enough, they concocted the perfect plan to do just that. While the three pigs were setting up their trap, the Diamond Wolf had returned to the brick house to see if he could try again. “I’m back, little pigs. Are you still afraid of me?” The Wolf called out. “Oh no! The Big Bad scary Diamond Wolf is back! And here I am, a poor defenseless little piggy stuck up on the roof of my own house!” Sweetie Swine cried from above. The Wolf looked up and he saw Sweetie Swine standing on the roof clear as day. He smiled evilly and tried to grab her with his huge paws, but she was always just out of reach. “Hey! Whatever you do, don’t use a ladder!” Sweetie Swine said. “Ladder?! Where?” The Wolf demanded. “Behind the bush over there. Please don’t find it.” “There are a lot of bushes around here!” “Make a left. A left! A LEFT!” Sweetie Swine gently yelled, giggling under her breath. The Wolf found the ladder hiding behind a shrub and he was about to climb up and catch Sweetie Swine until she quickly jumped down the chimney and safely landed in the fire place before he could even reach the top. When he made it to the roof, the Wolf was surprised to see that the little pig was gone. He then heard a familiar young voice from inside the house call out, “Oh no! Now we’re all trapped inside the house!” Sweetie Swine and her sisters arranged a large pot filled with water that was beginning to boil over the now lit fireplace. Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom giggled under their breath at the Wolf, but Sweetie Swine quickly silenced them. Back on the roof, the Wolf was still trying to figure out how Sweetie Swine could’ve gotten inside her house without letting him see her get away; the pigs kept hearing his footsteps above their heads all the while. “Hey, Wolf! Whatever you do, don’t jump down the chimney!” Sweetie Swine shouted at the Wolf, trying not to burst out laughing; her sisters doing the same. “That’s it. I’ll jump down the chimney and catch them.” The Wolf said to himself as he made his way towards the chimney. “Oh boy, he’s coming. Girls, get the door. Quick.” Sweetie Swine whispered, standing beside the pot with Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom standing by the door, ready to open it. Soon, the Diamond Wolf climbed onto the rim of the chimney and jumped down to see Sweetie Swine standing in front of him with a proud expression on her face. “Try and trick me now, little pig!” The Wolf growled. “Don’t have to.” Sweetie Swine said smugly, her eyes glancing downward. Shortly after Sweetie Swine had spoke, the Wolf just realized that he was sitting in the pot of now boiling water. The Big Bad Diamond Wolf screamed and howled in agonizing pain as he flew out of the pot. Piggy Bloom and Hog-a-loo quickly unlocked and opened the door and the Wolf ran out of the little brick house at top speed, into the forest beyond never to be seen again. After the Wolf was gone, the three pig sisters were as happy as could be. That day, Hog-a-loo and Piggy Bloom had learned a very valuable lesson; when trying to build a proper house, always use something strong, sturdy, and sensible and anything worth doing is worth doing right all thanks to Sweetie Swine. Because she was so kind and forgiving, Sweetie Swine allowed her sisters to stay with her. And from that day on, the three little pigs all lived happily ever after.