三只小猪 (SānzhīXiǎozhū): The Three Little Pigs (fairy ta…

Classic English fairy tale (first printed 1886, popularized by Disney in 1933) widely known in China through children's books and cartoons. The three pigs build houses of straw (稻草), sticks (木头), and bricks (砖) respectively; only the brick house survives the wolf.

grammar

只 here is the measure word for animals (pronounced zhī, not zhǐ). You count small animals as 一只, 两只, 三只.

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三只小猪 Sān zhī Xiǎozhū

The Three Little Pigs

English fairy tale about three pig brothers who build houses of different materials to defend against a wolf. The brick-house pig survives — moral lesson about hard work and planning. A staple of Chinese early-childhood reading.