The Three Little Pigs Comet, Cupid and Rudolph are now adults. Each of them decided to build their own house, which would be the home for their family in the future. Comet built a house of straw. As soon as he finished it, he decided to go to sleep which is what he likes the most. His mom is no longer around him to remind how lazy he was being.

         Cupid was a bit more organised than his brother and decided to build a house of sticks to endure bad weather. As soon as he finished building it, he went to rest as he was so tired.

         Rudolph, on the other hand, worked for several weeks and built a house of hard bricks which was very safe. His new home was beautiful and safe just as his old home. As soon as he finished it, Rudolph decided to invite his mom to visit him.

         They soon found out a wolf lived nearby. They thought he was a very bad one, but they were wrong. Zoe, the big wolf, was quite elderly. He had big ears and a long nose, which made him look bad. He was actually a very nice wolf who was very quiet and didn’t have many friends.

         Everything was going quite well with them until spring, the most beautiful of all seasons, arrived. What was the problem? The problem was that Zoe had flower pollen allergy.

         He sneezes and coughs a lot. He also has itchy and red eyes. Sometimes his whole body would itch a lot.

         When the symptoms first appeared, Zoe would go to the doctor, Mr. Orestes, who was his GP for many, many years. On his way back home, he went to a Pharmacy and bought the medicine.

         He sneezed throughout the whole path. His nose was really red and his body was itching. Who saw him in the streets probably thought he was quite weird: he looked quite ugly and angry, since he coughed and itched all the time.

         As soon as he got home, the wolf got a glass of water in order to drink his medicine. He then realised the wrong medication was given to him at the Pharmacy. Zoe actually got a medicine for stomach ache, rather than hay fever.

         Zoe decided to ask his new neighbours, the three little pigs, for help. If he had to go back to the Pharmacy, he would get much worse since there were lots of flowers on the way.

         He went to Comet’s house first to ask his neighbour to change the medication to the right one. Whilst he waited for the little pig to open the door, he felt the need to sneeze. He sneezed once, twice, three times... When he stopped sneezing he realised he destroyed the little pig’s home.

         The poor wolf was not even able to apologize to the little pig, since he ran away to Cupid’s home.

         Zoe was still feeling really sick and decided to go to Cupid’s house to ask for help. He was going to be more careful this time to avoid destroying this neighbour’s house.

         Zoe got closer to Cupid’s place and called his neighbour. Since his voice was quite weak due to the hay fever, he thought no one heard his cries for help. He then decided to come even closer to Cupid’s front door and knock at it. He then started to cough really, really load and quite strongly. When he stopped coughing, he realised his neighbour’s home had been destroyed. The two little pigs were running away from him since they were really scared of him.

         The wolf, for instance, got very upset for what happened. Therefore, he decided to go to Rudolph’s house. He wanted not just to ask them to help him get the right medication, but also apologise for what happened. He also wanted to say to them that as soon as he got better from the hay fever he would help them reconstruct their homes.

         As soon as he arrived at Rudolph’s house, he knocked at the door and waited. He sneezed a bit whilst he waited for them and scratched his nose. It was now looking even more reddish than before. No one opened the door, but he decided to knock at it again. Rudolph came to the window after a while and shouted:

         - Please go away, wolf. You won’t be able to destroy this house! We are safe here! You won’t be able to eat us for dinner!

         The wolf then explained that he was just an old sick wolf who was looking for help. He wanted someone to go to the Pharmacy to exchange the medicine he bought earlier on for a hay fever one.

         - Please, I can’t stop sneezing and coughing. My nose itches and my eyes are really red because I am scratching it so often. Please help! If I could go to the Pharmacy, I would! Otherwise, I will get worse!

         The three little pigs couldn’t trust him. They were reluctant to open the door. The old wolf begged them, one more time, whilst he was coughing:

         - Please help me. I have hay fever; I need my medication...

         The three little pigs looked at the wolf for a while. He seemed like he was very angry. He was also coughing quite intensively.

         Rudolph reminded his brothers they should not judge others by their looks. They thought for a while and decided to let the wolfd it. They would then hear what he had to say.

         The poor old wolf thanked them and said he had hay fever since childhood. He needed help to get his medicine.

         The three little pigs realised the wolf wasn’t as bad as they thought. Although he looked weird, he was a very nice wolf.

         Comet then went quickly to the Pharmacy and brought the medication to Zoe. The wolf took the medicine straight away and started to feel better. He thanked them for all help received and apologised for the issues he caused earlier. He promised to the three little pigs he would rebuild the homes he destroyed. They all laughed together when the wolf said his nickname used to be Sneezy when he was a child. Just like the one of the Seven Dwarfs from Snow White.

         Rudolph offered fruit juice to all of them. They then went on to sit at the library, far away from the flower pollen. The three little pigs and the wolf now became good friends.

         The three little pigs are now always telling their children this story. They want them to realise we should never judge someone by the way they look since could miss out on getting to know a very nice person and becoming friends with him/her. Besides, Comet and Cupid learned that when we need to do something, it is important to do it with care and dedication as their mother thought them. Their houses were not well-constructed and had to be rebuilt because of that.


         This story was adapted from The Story of the Three Little Pigs (by Joseph Jacobs).