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Pig Pigger Piggest

by Rick Walton

(Identifying the Scenes wasn't as important in this manuscript as it has been in some of my books, but I did it anyway. I also gave more suggestions of what could be in the illustrations to add to the comparative/superlative concept.)

Once upon a time there were three pigs: a big pig named Pig, a bigger pig named Pigger, and the biggest of the three named Piggest.

They all lived in the castle of their father, the king.

One day their father called them in. "Pig," he said, "when you were born you were a little pig. And Pigger, you were an even littler pig. And Piggest, you were the littlest of my dear, sweet, dirty babies. But now you are great big pigs. And this castle isn't big enough for the four of us. It is time for you to go out and build homes of your own."

"Oh yay!" said the pigs. "Homes of our own!" And off went Pig, Pigger, and Piggest.

(Illustration note: In each Scene are characters or items that illustate comparatives or superlatives. For example, in the castle can be a bright knight, a brighter knighter, and a brightest knightest, and a white knight, a white knight, a whiter knighter, and a whitest knightest. To make the nouns (e.g. knight) comparative and superlative, exaggerate the characteristics that define who they are. 'Knighter' would be bigger than knight, have a longer lance, look bravest, etc. 'Knightest' would be the biggest knight, have the longest lance, the biggest horse, wear the most flags, and look the bravest.)

Big Pig found a nice, muddy spot for his castle. He formed the mud into a million bricks and began to build.

And soon he had a tall-wall, thick-brick castle of his very own.

(Illustration could include the following: near deer, bony pony, bright light, brown town, fat cat/flat rat--with weak squeak)

Pigger found a nicer, muddier spot for his castle. He formed the mud into a billion bricks and began to build.

And soon he had a taller-waller, thicker-bricker castle of his very own.

(Illustration could include the following: nearer deerer, bonier ponier)

Piggest found the nicest, muddiest spot for his castle. He formed the mud into a trillion bricks and began to build.

And soon he had the tallest-wallest, thickest-brickest castle of all.

(Illustration could include the following: nearest deerest, boniest poniest)

One day there was a knock at Pig's castle door. He opened it. There stood Witch, who lived in the forest with her two sisters.

"Big Pig, big Pig, let me come in," said Witch. "I am rich, and I want to buy your castle."

"Oh, go build your own," said Pig.

"I'm a witch, not a builder," said Witch. "And I must have your castle!"

"Not by the hair on your warty-wart-wart!" said Pig, and he slammed the door shut in Witch's face.

"Then Huff and Puff will blow your house down!" And Witch waved her arms to the air.

(Illustration could include the following: dry sky, cheap sheep, quick chick, slow crow, sick chick, lazy daisy, floppy poppy. With witch--fat bat, red head, evil weevil sits on witch)

In came Huff and Puff. They blew, they thundered, and then they rained big drops of rain.

(Illustration could include the following: loud cloud--rainstorm)

Soon all that was left of Pig's castle was one big mud field.

(Illustration could include the following: soggy doggie, wet pet, damp lampa, cool pool, cool mule, watery pottery, frail quail, mucky duck--after rain, in mud, Pig wallows in the mud)

That same day there was a knock at Pigger's castle door. He opened it. There stood Witcher, who lived in the forest with her two sisters.

"Bigger Pigger, bigger Pigger, let me come in," said Witcher. "I am richer than anyone you know, and I want to buy your castle."

"Get someone else to build you one," said Pigger.

"No one will build for me," said Witcher. "So I must have your castle!"

"Not by the hair on your nosey-nose-nose!" said Pigger, and he slammed the door shut in Witcher's face.

"Then Huffer and Puffer will blow your house down!" And Witcher waved her arms to the air.

(Illustration could include the following: dryer skyer, cheaper sheeper, quicker chicker, slower crower, sicker chicker)

In came Huffer and Puffer. They blew, they thundered, and then they rained. Big drops of rain, then bigger drops.

(Illustration could include the following: louder clouder--rainstorm)

And soon all that was left of Pigger's castle was one huge mud field--a muddier field Pigger had never seen.

(Illustration could include the following: soggier doggier, wetter petter, muckier duckier, Pigger wallows in the mud)

That same day there was a knock at Piggest's castle door. He opened it. There stood Witchest, who lived in the forest with her two sisters.

"Biggest Piggest, biggest Piggest, let me come in," said Witchest. "I am the richest witch around and I want to buy your castle."

"Oh, go conjure up your own," said Piggest.

"I can't. I only have one kind of magic," said Witchest. "And I must have your castle!"

"Not by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin!" said Pigger, and he slammed the door shut in Witchest's face.

"Then Huffest and Puffest will blow your house down!" And Witchest waved her arms to the air.

(Illustration could include the following: dryest skyest, cheapest sheepest, quickest chickest, slowest crowest, sickest chickest)

In came Huffest and Puffest. They blew, they thundered, and then they rained. Big drops of rain, bigger drops of rain, and then the biggest drops that had ever fallen in the land.

(Illustration could include the following: loudest cloudest--rainstorm)

And soon all that was left of Piggest's castle was one tremendous mud field--the muddiest field Piggest had ever seen.

(Illustration could include the following: soggiest doggiest, wettest pettest, muckiest duckiest, Piggest wallows in the mud)

The next day Pig, Pigger, and Piggest all happened to show up, at the same time, at the door of a small but very nice hut in the forest.

They knocked.

The door opened slowly. "Yes?" said the witches, their faces peering through the crack.

"You make such beautiful mud!" said Pig, Pigger, and Piggest, "And, well, we...we love you! You can make mud for us and we will build castles for you if you'll only marry us!"

"You want to marry us?" said the witches, as they opened the door wide. A fat tear rolled down Witch's face. A fatter tear rolled down Witcher's face. The fattest tear rolled down Witchest's face, for no one had ever loved them before.

"We do!" said the pigs. "Will you marry us?"

"Yes!" said Witch.

"Yesser!" said Witcher.

"Yessest!" said Witchest.

And the next day everyone turned out for the largest and most beautiful wedding that anyone had ever seen. And when the ceremony was over, Pig and Witch were very happy, Pigger and Witcher couldn't have been happier, and Piggest and Witchest were the happiest that anyone has ever been.

And they all lived sloppily ever after.

(Illustration note: Background, a huge, beautiful mud brick castle. Foreground, a variety of characters play in a huge mud puddle.)

(Illustration note--the following, in adjective, comparative and superlative form could also be placed, where appropriate, throughout the book, many at the wedding: