The "Big Bad Wolf" and chickens?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/4/2011 04:56 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>There are quite a few incorrect dates for books containing "big, bad
>wolf" but this link goes to a 1914 work that looks ok.
>
>Life and Literature Readers: First Reader
>http://books.google.com/books?id=zjlCAAAAIAAJ&q=%22bad+wolf%22#v=snippet&

But nary a chicken -- except in an illustration on the title
page.  (Or is that a duckling?)

And not only the bbw, but also Little Fat Pig (in a different story)
and Big Pig, Middle Pig, and Little Pig.

Joel

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