The 3 Hedgehogs and the 1Big Ginger Bear
by
Emma Rose

One day the three Hedgehog's mother said that they had to pack their bags because they had to go to another house because, "you are too big," she said.

So they went off to build their house and the first little hedgehog, that was, the youngest, saw a man carrying some straw and the hedgehog said, "Please may I have some of your straw."

And the man said, "Yes, you may."

The youngest hedgehog said, "the ginger bear can't get me in this strong house."

But he was wrong. Then what happened is the second youngest saw a man carrying some sticks and he said, "please may I have some of your sticks."

"Yes you may." So he went off and built his house and then the oldest hedgehog saw a man with some bricks. "The ginger bear can't get me here; definitely not."

So the little hedgehog hopped round and round the house and then that night they remembered that their mother said they had to be careful about the big ginger bear.

So they all went to bed and then the big ginger bear came and he said to the youngest hedgehog, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I will blow your house and down."

And the hedgehog said, "Oh no you won't!"

And then the ginger bear said, "I'll huff . I'll puff and I'll blow your house in."

And the hedgehog said, "Oh no you won't!"

And the ginger bear said, "Oh yes I will"

But the hedgehog said, " It's too strong."

And the ginger bear laughed so much that he forgot to roar and then he said, "how silly are you."

"I am not silly," said the hedgehog. And the ginger bear laughed again and he said, "I can blow it down. I will prove it," said the ginger bear. So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in. The youngest hedgehog ran as fast as he could to his brother's house.

And then his brother said, "what is the matter little one?"

"The ginger bear came and blew my house down. Please can you help me".

"Just sit down and I'll get you a cup of tea," said Hedgehog. "Don't be afraid of the ginger bear, he can't get us."

"Oh yes he can, he nearly blew me in pieces." said the little Hedgehog.

The ginger bear came to the second youngest Hedgehog's house, and he said "I'm going to blow your house down." And the youngest that saw him before said that's him and before they could say another word the ginger bear blew the house down, and then two of them ran to their sisters home.

She said "What's the matter with you boys."

"The ginger bear came and blew our house down. Please can we come in."

"OK" she said and then she said "you to sit down, and have a cup of tea," and just when they were halfway through their tea the ginger bear came. He said "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in," and the Hedgehog said "Oh no you won't it's made out of bricks you silly!"

The ginger bear said "I will just prove it," as he sat down under the umbrella that was near the pond. Then he huffed and he puffed and he tried to blow the house down but he couldn't, so he said "ahrrr I've got a good idea. I will climb down the chimney," and the Hedgehogs loved ginger bear stew, so they put a hot pot of stew under the chimney pot and the Hedgehog saw the ginger bear poke his head through, so as fast as he could, he climbed up to the chimney and then he had an arrow and then he poked it into the ginger bears bottom.

The ginger bear said "Yoweee" and he ran out of the pot and through the door and straight into the fish pond and then he went "Yoweeeee" again because a fish bit him and then he said "I've had enough of this. I'm going to run all the way home and never return again"

The end.

The grandmother of Emma Rose, (no surname added), has kindly sent Emma's version of the Three Little Pigs.
The story shows a good use of imagination and dialogue. We have copied faithfully the text as written apart from one omitted speech mark, which has been added to give clarity.