P I G G Y T H E B R AV EIllustrated by Julian Schnaible

Once, in the green Whiskforest under the long-branched birch hustled and bustled Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow. Fine. They had a little carriage and on the carriage there was an axe a hammer, a drill and twelve great nails.They had decided to build a house under the birch just below the nest of Owl Oakhead. Fine. They cut down the trees with the axe and drew them with the carriage under the longbranched birch. And with the drill they made windows and with the hammer they

nailed all twelve great nails to the hallway to serve as a coat-rack. Then they collected moss to cover up tiny holes in the walls so that it would be warm inside and finaly they made a mighty fine roof. And then they

began to eat.

Toddling and waddling along the forest trail arrives tiny and thin Piggy the Brave. Howdy-Hey, it says. Im truly starving. Im Piggy the Brave and I fear nothing. It was so thin that you could see its ribs and its snout was thin as your pinkyfinger.

Fine. Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow served to it eight sandwitches and a bucket of potatoes. Oink Oink said Piggy the Brave Now I feel sleepy. But if Wolf Whitetheeth and Bear Honeypaw happen to come across the night then wake me up.

And then it washed its dirty snout and dirty hooves, put on its nightgown and went to sleep on the oven.

Fine. Great clock struck twelve and the moon watched in from the window. Then the Owl Oakhead hollered: U-huu. Rooster Redwattle opened its other eye and the Cat Meow both. U-huu hollered Owl Oakhead the second time. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Knock, knock, knock. There were Wolf Whiteteeth and Bear Honeypaw.

What to do now? Rooster Redwattle started to cry and whine: Now they have come to eat us, we shall surely perish! Cat Meow started to cry and whine: This is the end of us! But then they remembered the little Piggy the Brave and woke it up, Piggy the Brave yawned and rubbed its eyes and said: Its not as bad as it seems.

Fine. The little Piggy the Brave said quietly:I am Piggy the Brave and I fear nothing, but Iam hungry again. And Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow brought eight more sandwiches and eight eggs and one platter of porridge. And it ate it all. Fine.

But outside Wolf Whiteteeth and Bear Honeypaw struck the door: Knock knock, let us in, we are coming to eat you Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow. So come out, come out where ever you are, so we can eat you! Hell no, we wont go! said Rooster Redwattle. We dare not to venture there! said Cat Meow. But now Piggy the Brave had eaten itself full. Now it was a mighty fat pig. It was so fat that its tummy was like a barrel and its sn-out was like a huge mall. When it walked its legs went: Boom, boom, boom! It went to the door, grabbed the lock, opened the door and said: OINK!

It said it so loudly that Wolf Whiteteeth and Bear Honeypaw got frightened, turned their backs and ran away. And they ran and ran and they ran to the other side of the world. And there they stayed. But Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow and Piggy the Brave laughed so much that the Owl Oakhead said to its brother: Is that sane! And then Piggy the Brave ate eight sandwiches and one bucket of potatoes.

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

2012

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