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The Story of the 3 Little Pigs when pigs spoke rhyme, monkeys chewed tobacco, hens took snuff to make them tough and ducks when quack quack quack, O! First pig house was made of straw-- the wolf blew it down Second pig house was furze-- wolf blew it down Third pig house was brick-- wolf coudln't blow it down Wolf suggests going to get turnips for dinner and pig says ok Pig tricked wolf, went an hour before they said they would go Wolf suggested going to get apples pig got up an hour early  Wolf catches on and meets him by apple tree Pig threw apple so far for the wolf to get he was able to run home Wolf invited him to fair -- pig did the same thing as usual Pig hid in a butter-churn and rolled down the hill which scared the wolf so he ran home Wolf tried to go through the chimmy but the pig boiled water over the fire -- the pig ate the wolf The Three Little Pigs and Their Mom Web Source Story Source:  This story is part of the  English Fairy T...

I enjoyed going through and reading the different types of advice to writers. The piece of advice that stuck out to me the most was, "Streamline your story." The author put it simply, nobody is inherently interested in what you are doing or saying. This is so extremely true. I have always noticed, nobody has time to think of you because they are too busy thinking of themselves. This isn't rude or cruel it just means people are busy. So to make sure you stuff is read or listened to or watched, focus your idea. Make it interesting and make it count. I love this so much. I am about to go into the advertising industry and with people's attention span getting smaller we need to get our message across fast. We need to make it flashy and interesting but still tell a story. That is why I loved this author's advice. I think this is good imagery for the advice to streamline your story. Don't take unnecessary twist and turns, focus your point.  Web Source Lin...

Diddle, Diddle Son John went to bed with shorts on and one shoe left on AAAA Cock-a-doodle-doo AABA lost her shoe master lost his fiddling stick his dame will have to dance without her shoe Master found his fiddling stick but she never found her shoe Hey Diddle Diddle Cow jumped over the moon little dog laughed the dish ran after the spoon Jack and Jill went up the hill for a pail of water jack fell downa nd cracked his head jill came tumbling after Jack and Jill fell down the Hill Web Source Story source:  This story is part of the  Nursery Rhymes unit . Story source:  The Nursery Rhyme Book  edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).

Babes in the Wood AABACC Kids kidnapped to the woods The kids died the moon didn't shine that night Robins brought Strawberry-leaves and spread them over Crooked Man Moral: if you are a crooked person then everything you do will be crooked Web Source Simple Simon Wanted pie from pie man but didn't have a penny he wanted to catch a whale but the water he had was his mothers pail ABAB Needles and Pins NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins. When a man marries, his trouble begins. Sneezing on days Monday = for danger Tuesday = kiss a stranger Wed = for a letter Thursday = something better Friday = for sorrow Saturday = see your sweetheart tomorrow Story source:  This story is part of the  Nursery Rhymes unit . Story source:  The Nursery Rhyme Book  edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).