The little pig began to pray. But Wolfie blew his house away. He shouted, "Bacon, Pork, and Ham! Oh what a lucky wolf I am!"And though he ate the pig quite fast, He carefully kept the tail till last.
Roald DahlAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: british
- Born: September 13, 1916
- Died: November 25, 1990
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