13 PIGGY WIG'S HOUSE

JACK RABBIT: Good morning, Piggy Wig!

Where are you going?

PIGGY WIG: I am going to the woods.

I want to make a house.

JACK RABBIT: May I go with you?

PIGGY WIG: What can you do?

JACK RABBIT: I can cut down trees.

You can not cut them down.

PIGGY WIG: Come with me. I want you.

GRAY GOOSE: Good morning, Piggy Wig!

Where are you going?

PIGGY WIG: I am going to the woods.

I want to build a house.

GRAY GOOSE: May I go with you?

PIGGY WIG: What can you do?

GRAY GOOSE: Your house will have cracks.

I can fill all the cracks.

PIGGY WIG: Come with me. I want you.

RED COCK: Good morning, Piggy Wig!

Where are you going?

PIGGY WIG: I am going to the woods.

I want to build a house.

RED COCK: May I go with you?

PIGGY WIG: What can you do?

RED COCK: I can wake you up.

I say, “Cock-a-doodle-doo! ”

PIGGY WIG: Come with me. I want you.

Soon they came to the woods.

Jack Rabbit cut down the trees.

Piggy Wig built the house.

Gray Goose filled the cracks.

Red Cock woke them up.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo! ”he said.

(Folk Tale)

Word list

woods: forest

cracks: small holes

cock: rooster

You Practice

A) Answer the following questions.

1) What is Piggy Wig going to build?

2) Which animals offer to help Piggy Wig?

3) How do you think Jack Rabbit cut down the trees?

4) How does Red Cock help the other animals?

5) Why do you think the other animals wanted to help Piggy Wig?

B) Word Scramble—Using the clues, unscramble these words from the story.

1) a place to live in: shoue _________

2) a place with many trees: owosd _________

3) the early part of the day: ngirnom _________

4) an animal with big teeth: bbatir _________

5) a colour: ygar _________

C) True or False? Read the sentences carefully and write True or False for each one.

1) _____ Piggy Wig built his house alone.

2) _____ Piggy Wig has some friends.

3) _____ Red Cock can cut down trees.

4) _____ Gray Goose is a kind of bird.

5) _____ Piggy Wig built his house in the city.