The 5 Aces... One Day At A Time: The Three Little Pigs, Halloween Style...

Once upon a time there were three little pigs, who wanted to go trick-or-treating to seek out their candy fortunes.

The first little pig lived in a house made out of straw. She was trying to get herself ready to go trick-or-treating, when along came a big, bad wolf who knocked at the door and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in and play. I want to gobble up all your candy today." But the pig answered,"Oh no, oh no, you can not come in and play. I need to get ready to go trick-or-treating today."

The wolf said, "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house in, and chased the little pig all around the house, but the little pig ran away. And the little pig felt very upset by the wolf's actions, and made sure to tell everyone she came in contact with, just how upset she was!

The second little pig lived in a house made out of sticks that his older sister pig made for him, since he did not know how to do it himself, because he is just a little pig, after all. And then once more came the wolf, and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in and play. I want to gobble up all your candy today." But the pig answered "No, no, no, no!" because let's face it, he's only a toddler and that's all he seems to say these days.

The wolf said, "Then I'll puff, and I'll huff, and I'll blow your house in." So he huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, and at last he blew the house in, and he chased the little pig all around the house, but the little pig ran away, found his blankie, and started sucking his thumb. And everything in the world was good again for the little pig.

The third little pig lived in a house made out of bricks. Now this pig had taken the time to do some research online before he started construction of his house, and he found out that bricks would be the best building material to use. But once again the wolf came along, and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in and play. I want to gobble up all your candy today." But the pig answered "Oh no, oh no, you can not come in and play. I'm trying to finish my turn on the computer before I have to go trick-or-treating today."

The wolf said, "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." So he huffed, and he puffed, and he huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed; but he could NOT blow the house down. Which, by the way, did not surprise the pig one bit.

Finding that he could not, with all his huffing and puffing, blow the house down, the wolf gave up and went home to take a nap.

Now in this time, the first two pigs found each other, and together they went searching for their big brother pig. And eventually, they found their big brother pig. And because they were all so excited to have found each other, they decided it was a good time to go trick-or-treating.

When they were done trick-or-treating, they all went inside the house made of bricks, and sat around the table eating their candy and talking about what their favorite part of the day was.

And because they were all in such great moods, they came to realize that the big, bad wolf wasn't so bad after all... he just gets grumpy when he's hungry. So, they decided to share their candy with the big, bad wolf, and their mommy pig too, who just happened to drop by for a visit!