|
Mother Pig is forced to send her children into the world to fend for themselves. Intent upon building a house, each of the three piglets chooses to explore a different direction. Upon completion of their dwellings, each piglet has an encounter with the Big Bad Wolf. All of them leave their homes and return to Mother Pig. To their disappointment, they are tracked by the Big Bad Wolf.
The wolf tries to break into Mother Pig's house by ramming the front door with his head. He gets injured and cannot remember anything. The pigs persuade him that he is a bear. They send him "home" to Mrs. Grizzly's den. She is not pleased to receive him and says that he is really "for the birds." Convinced that he is a bird, the wolf tries to fly from a cliff and is injured even further.
As the pigs celebrate the end of the wolf, they are interrupted by Mrs. Grizzly Bear. She pounds upon the front door and begs to enter. When the pigs refuse to admit a bear into their home, Mrs. Grizzly becomes hostile and promises to return. The pigs prepare to cope with their new problem.
At the same time an opera story is unfolding on stage, the pianist is trying to present a formal piano recital on the same stage! They are surprised to become involved in the operatic action, even becoming engrossed in what is happening and providing appropriate musical accompaniment. The simultaneous activities of opera and recital finally merge with the moral of the story: “Sometimes a problem can seem to last for an eternity”!
|