"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24
"Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? The Big Bad Wolf? The Big Bad Wolf?
Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Tralalala!!!" - First and Second Little Pigs
One day, in the middle of brainstorming for the perfect blog site, I was telling the story of Walt Disney's version of "Three Little Pigs" to a group of children ages 3-4. I enjoyed the cadence of the words in the retelling:
"Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who went out into the big world to build their homes and seek their fortunes..."
They each built a house: the first one of straw, the second one of sticks and the third one of sturdy bricks.
The first and second little pigs were happy-go-lucky gay little pigs with nary a care in the world. They loved to sing and dance while playing the flute and sawing the fiddle. They invited the third little pig to join their merriment, to which came his resolute reply:
"I build my house of stones, I build my house of bricks, I have no chance to sing and dance 'cause work and play don't mix!"
The first two little pigs laughed foolishly at their hardworking brother and went their merry way.
And then along came the Big Bad Wolf liked nothing better than to catch pigs and eat them. He huffed and puffed the flimsy houses of the first two pigs. They both ran in fright to Third Little Pig's strong and sturdy house.
The wolf chased after them in frustration and huffed and puffed and PUFFED and HUFFED the brick house. Angry at his failure, he climbed up the red tiled roof, determined to eat the pigs, went down the chimney straight into a boiling pot of kettle. He shot up back to the chimney and ran in fright, never to be seen again.
And the Three Little Pigs spent the rest of their days singing and dancing in their well-built brick house.
The-End!
As I was retelling this story, I thought of my teenage dreams of becoming rich by building empires like my classmates' parents who owned and ran gasoline stations, hardware stores, general merchandise and other hardy businesses that made them live comfortably.
But then again, my forte and interest is writing, not "business" in the conventional sense. So here I am, writing in my own construction shop: building my home through my visions and interests and hoping to seek fortune through my Third-Little-Pig-Tenacity in writing.
I hope you enjoy coming to my brick house where we can sing gaily, since it's open house time!
Here's the wonderful 1933 Walt Disney Silly Symphonies clip for the Three Little Pigs, uploaded by newlookchick on youtube.
Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies Three Little Pigs
Many many quality pitons there.
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