History Literature / TheTrueStoryOfTheThreeLittlePigs

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Wolf doesn't really seem to see accidentally killing his neighbors by knocking over their houses with them inside and then eating their corpses as especially wrong. This is noted in the story where the Wolf notes it's not his fault his species' diet is cute little animals like bunnies, sheep, and pigs.
* DownerEnding: Depending on how you view this story, the story ends rather badly for the Wolf as [[spoiler:he is sent to jail after going crazy at the third little pig's house and he still didn't get the sugar he needed to bake his grandmother's cake]].

* AnimatedAdaptation: An animated short based on the tale was made. It is very faithful, repeating every line from the book word for word. It can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF0h7NqpJQc here]].

* ShoutOut: The second thing the Wolf says after introducing himself as Alexander T. Wolf is "Music/YouCanCallMeAl".

[[caption-width-right:260:Here’s what really happened with the Three Little Pigs!]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Due to the story being told from the Wolf’s perspective, the three pigs are portrayed as being more aggressive and rude towards the Wolf, who was on a harmless errand. To elaborate, the first little pig ignored the Wolf and pretended he wasn't home, the second little pig said he couldn't come in because he was shaving, and the third little pig told the Wolf to get lost and never come back, and even insulted the Wolf's grandma.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Wolf was polite to the pigs throughout the story (although he still ate them after he accidentally killed them). But when the third pig insults the Wolf’s grandmother, the wolf then goes ballistic.
* TheBigBadWolf: Averted. Not only is the Wolf in this story not actively bad, he knocked down the first two pigs’ houses entirely by accident.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Wolf doesn’t really seem to see accidentally killing his neighbors by knocking over their houses with them inside and then eating their corpses as especially wrong. This is noted in the story where the Wolf notes it’s not his fault his species’ diet is cute little animals like bunnies, sheep, and pigs.
* DownerEnding: Depending on how you view this story, the story ends rather badly for the Wolf as [[spoiler: he is sent to jail after going crazy at the third little pig’s house and he still didn’t get the sugar he needed to bake his grandmother’s cake]].

* PerspectiveFlip: This retelling of “The Three Little Pigs” is told from the Wolf’s perspective and here the pigs are portrayed as being rude characters who wouldn’t give the wolf the sugar he needs to bake his grandmother’s cake.

* RuleOfThree: The three pigs, although they don’t get a lot of focus due to the story being told from the Wolf’s point of view.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happened to the Wolf's grandmother [[spoiler: after the wolf went to jail]]. Although, we can safely assume that the grandmother is still alive, after the wolf [[spoiler:asks the prison guard if he can still have a cup of sugar.]]

* BeardOfSorrow: The wolf in the jail cell at the end.

* Institutional Apparel: [[spoiler:The Wolf wears a black and white striped uniform after being sent to jail.]]

* PolicePig: At the end of the book, the officer standing guard outside the Wolf's cell is a pig.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The wolf is named Alexander T Wolf.

''The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'' is a children's book written by Creator/JonScieszka, with illustrations by Creator/LaneSmith, released in 1989. It's a parody of Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs with the story being told from the perspective of "A. Wolf" or "Alexander T. Wolf", as the wolf is known in this story.

''The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'' is a children's book written by Jon Scieszka, with illustrations by Creator/LaneSmith, released in 1989. It's a parody of Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs with the story being told from the perspective of "A. Wolf" or "Alexander T. Wolf", as the wolf is known in this story.

''The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'' is a children's book written by Jon Scieszka, with illustrations by Lane Smith, released in 1989. It's a parody of Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs with the story being told from the perspective of "A. Wolf" or "Alexander T. Wolf", as the wolf is known in this story.

In this story, the Big Bad Wolf tells the audience about what really happened between him and the three little pigs and how he became the "Big Bad Wolf". At the beginning of the story, he is shown baking a cake for his grandmother's birthday, but he's out of sugar and decides to go ask his neighbors, the three little pigs, for some sugar. Due to a cold he's suffering from, a SneezeOfDoom has disastrous effects on two of the houses. And his story gets worse from there.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Due to the story being told from the Wolf’s perspective, the three pigs are portrayed as being more aggressive and rude towards the Wolf, who was only trying to ask the pigs whether or not they have any sugar for his cake. To elaborate, the first little pig ignored the Wolf and pretended he wasn't home, the second little pig said he couldn't come in because he was shaving, and the third little pig told the Wolf to get lost and never come back, and even insulted the Wolf's grandma.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Wolf was polite and timid towards the pigs throughout the story [[spoiler: although he still ate them after he sneezed down their houses and killed them in the process]]. But, when the third pig insults the Wolf’s grandmother, the wolf then goes ballistic, which [[spoiler: leads to him getting arrested by the police]].

* SavageWolf: Averted in this version as the Wolf is portrayed as being polite and timid [[spoiler: although, he still ate the first two pigs in this story as in the original version]].

* TheBigBadWolf: Averted. Not only is the Wolf in this story is not actively bad, he knocked down the first two pigs’ houses entirely by accident.

* TheBigBadWolf: Averted, as the Wolf in this story is not actually bad, but he just wanted to get some sugar for his grandmother's cake and he just happened to accidentally sneeze down the pigs’ houses.
* BlackComedy: The first two pigs are killed when the Wolf accidentally sneezes on their houses, causing enough force to blow the houses down and crush the pigs.
* BlowYouAway: The Wolf's sneezes are so powerful that they have this affect on the pigs' poorly-built houses.

* BlowYouAway: Or more like sneeze you away, as the Wolf sneezes down the pigs’ houses as he was suffering from a cold and his sneezes were powerful enough to blow down the pigs’ homes.

* FracturedFairyTale: A parody of the Three Little Pigs story.
* FrameUp: The Wolf claims that [[spoiler:the newspapers didn't think that the Wolf suffering a cold and trying to get a cup of sugar was boring, so they jazzed up the story and turned him into the Big Bad Wolf]].

BeardOfSorrow: The wolf in the jail cell at the end.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Due to the story being told from the Wolf’s perspective, the three pigs are portrayed as being more aggressive and rude towards the Wolf, who was only trying to ask the pigs whether or not they have any sugar for his cake. To elaborate, the first little pig ignored the Wolf and pretended he wasn't home, the second little pig said he couldn't come in because he was shaving, and the third little pig told the Wolf to get lost and never come back, and even insulted the Wolf's grandma.

''The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'' is a children’s book written by Jon Scieszka along with illustrations by Lane Smith and it was released in 1989. It was a parody of Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs with the story being told from the wolf’s perspective, who was known as “A.Wolf” or “Alexander T. Wolf” in this story.

In this story, the Big Bad Wolf or as he is known in this story as Alexander T. Wolf, is trying to tell the audience about what really happened between him and the three little pigs and how he became the “Big Bad Wolf.” At the beginning of the story, he is shown baking a cake for his grandmother’s birthday, but he ran out of sugar and he decided to go ask his neighbors, the three little pigs, for some sugar. The first two pigs told the wolf that they don’t have any sugar and when the wolf tried to leave their homes, he ends up accidentally sneezing their houses down due to a cold he got. Since the two pigs were already dead due to their houses being blown down, the wolf decided to eat them up and go to the third little pig’s house. When the wolf went to the third little pig’s house, he started sneezing again, but the third pig’s house stood still due to it being made out of bricks and that is when the third little pig insulted the wolf’s grandmother. The wolf got so angry at this that he started going crazy and banging on the third pig’s door. [[spoiler: It was then that the cops ended up arresting the wolf and the wolf was sent to jail, without getting any sugar for his dear grandmother’s birthday cake]].

The story became so successful, that it spawned several other Fractured Fairy Tale retellings of popular fairy tales such as “The Frog Prince Continued” (which was also written by Scieszka) and Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan.

* FracturedFairyTale

* AdaptationalVillainy: Due to the story being told from the Wolf’s perspective, the three pigs are portrayed as being more aggressive and rude towards the wolf, who was only trying to ask the pigs whether or not they have any sugar for his cake.
* BerserkButton: The wolf is pleasant enough throughout the story, but when you insult his grandmother, as the third pig did, he will go berserk and try to bust your door down.

* TheBigBadWolf: Averted, as the wolf in this story is not actually bad, but he just wanted to get some sugar for his sick grandmother and he just happened to accidentally sneeze down the pigs’ houses.
* BlackComedy: The first two pigs are killed when the wolf accidentally sneezes on their houses, causing enough force to blow the houses down and crush the pigs.
* BlowYouAway: Or more like sneeze you away, as the wolf sneezes down the pigs’ houses as he was suffering from a cold and his sneezes were powerful enough to blow down the pigs’ homes.

* RuleOfThree: The three pigs, although they don’t get a lot of focus due to the story being told from the wolf’s point of view.
* SavageWolf: Averted in this version as the wolf is portrayed as being polite and timid [[spoiler: although, he still ate the first two pigs in this story as in the original version]]

* BlowYouAway: Or more like sneeze down the pigs’ houses as the wolf suffered from a cold and his sneezes are powerful enough to blow down the pigs’ homes.

* EatenAlive: This happens to [[spoiler: the first two pigs]] after the wolf accidentally sneezes down their houses and kills them in the process.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a children’s book written by Jon Scieszka along with illustrations by Lane Smith and it was released in 1989. It was a parody of The Three Little Pigs with the story being told from the wolf’s perspective, who was known as “A.Wolf” or “Alexander T. Wolf” in this story.

* Postmodernism: It, along with Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan (also by Scieszka and Smith), were arguably two of the first postmodernist picture books.