The "Big Bad Wolf" and chickens?

[Victor Steinbok]

Duh!! OED lists the 1909 book as the first quotation for Big Bad Wolf.

     VS-)

On 3/5/2011 12:38 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> Yes, and the 1909 work is fun because in one tale the big, bad wolf
> faces off against three small color-coded cats: black, white, and
> gray.
>
> There is a hen character in a few stories and a chicken character too,
> but I do not believe that either appear in a story with the wolf.

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