Reading Notes: The Old Woman and Her Pig, Reading A

In this story, an old woman found a crooked sixpence and wanted to buy a little pig for it. She went to the market and found a pig, but the pig wouldn't go over the stile. The woman asked many other animals to help get the pig to cross it, but none would. After asking a series of items and animals, the old woman asked a cat to participate in a domino-type event where each object she previously asked would force the next to help the pig get over the stile.

The cat told the woman she needed milk from the cow, and if she could get that she would begin the series of events to get the pig over the stile. The old woman went and fetched the milk, and then brought the milk to the cat. The cat kept her word and did as she said, and the domino effect took place, making the woman and pig able to get home that night.

This reading was somewhat repetitive - I wondered if it'd ever have an ending. If I retold this story, I'd like to do it to where the cat asks the woman for something else besides milk in exchange for helping her get the pig over the stile. Then, it could have more of a plot.

A stile is an arrangement of steps that allows people to cross, but not animals. Photo from Wikipedia.

Bibliography
"The Old Woman and Her Pig." English Fairy Tales. Joseph Jacobs, 1890.

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