The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Author: Jon Scieszka Category: Fairy tale Published: October 9, 2020 Language: English File Size: 9.3 MB Tags: Animals | Children's literature | comedy | Fairy Tales | Fantasy | Fiction | Humor |Theme:
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, explores the theme of lying and twisting the truth.
Summary:
The story highlights the importance of intelligent and practical hard work in life, as it will definitely pay off in the coming years. The first two pigs were reluctant to do the hard work and chose an easy way to build their houses, and these houses couldn’t protect them in the face of danger.
Famous Quotes:
“Well, as it turned out, he was just a really ugly duckling. And he grew up to be just a really ugly duck. The end.”
″‘This might sound odd,’ said the Princess. ‘But I think you need another mattress. I felt like I was sleeping on a lump as big as a bowling ball.‘”
“A long time ago, people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those stories were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are almost Fairy Tales. But not quite. The stories in this book are Fairly Stupid Tales.”
“The Prince and Princess were married. And everyone lived happily, though maybe not honestly, ever after.”
“In the afternoon, every subject is a problem. Social studies is a geography problem.”
“I’ve broken the math curse. I can solve any problem.”
“I look in my closet, and the problems get worse: I have 1 white shirt, 3 blue shirts, 3 striped shirts, and that 1 ugly plaid shirt Uncle Zeno sent me.”
“On Monday in math class Mrs. Fibonacci says, ‘You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.’ On Tuesday I start having problems.”
“English is a word problem: if mail+box=mailbox: Does lipstick-stick=lip.”
“There are 24 kids in the class. Rebecca has 24 cupcakes. So what’s the problem? Rebecca wants Mrs. Fibonacci to have a cupcake, too… I raise my hand and tell Mrs. Fibonacci I’m allergic to cupcakes. Everyone believes me and gets on cupcake. No one has to figure out fractions.”
“I stagger out of school. I’m a math zombie now. I have to find something to break this math curse. I decide to try chocolate.”
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