I legit have a copy of this story somewhere that ends with a “the moral is…” statement along the lines of “that’s why you should work hard and not be lazy”.
Like, what? We did not cover the work ethic of the pigs at all here. As far as I can tell, they each built an entire goddamn house! What about the wolf?
alwaysorg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The cartoon that I saw showed the first 2 pigs dancing and goofing around after they quickly built their houses, while the third pig continued working on his brick house. I always thought the moral was a simple “work now, play later”.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I thought it was, “Never trust a wolf who wants in your house?”
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I thought it was that you should build your house out of decently strong materials or it may collapse under a stiff breeze
qevlarr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How is that different from blaming poor people they have a bad work ethic?
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because it was a message about needed to stockpile for the winter or other emergencies. It was a message from parents to their children.
ReiRose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes, exactly. If those silly poor people only worked harder they too could be aristocracy.