Chapter Ten: The Three Little Pigs
Scully was gone for the night and it was up to Mulder to watch the girls and tuck them into bed. Mulder had already tucked Ingrid into bed and was about to do the same with Gwynn. "Read me a story?" asked the toddler. Mulder smiled and asked her which one. The toddler responded, "The Three Little Pigs!" "Okay! Let me get you into bed first, then I will tell you a story." Gwynn climbed into bed and Mulder grabbed the book from the bookshelf. Thinking to himself that there needs to be a different telling of this classic tale, he had an idea.
"Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. One pig wore glasses and had no hair. The second pig was tall and had brown hair. The third little pig was small and had red hair. The three little pigs were busy working for a mean old wolf who blew smoke. Each of the pigs did not like the mean wolf and decided to run away. That wolf was not happy that the three pigs ran away and chased after them. The tall pig who had brown hair ran into the field and built his house of straw, hoping that it would keep himself safe. The mean old wolf knocked on the door and asked 'little pig, little pig, will you please let me in?' 'No, you may not!' 'I will huff and puff and blow your house down!' And with that, the mean old wolf blew down the house made of straw. The pig ran out of the house and ran to the forest where the pig who wore glasses was hiding in a house made of sticks. Both pigs thought they were safe until the mean old wolf came to the door and knocked. 'Little pig, little pig, will you please let me in?' 'No, you may not!' 'I will huff and puff and blow your house down!' With a big huff of smoke, the mean old wolf blew the house down. Both pigs were safe and ran to the redhead pig who built her house out of bricks. 'Quick, in here! You should be safe!' called out the redhead pig. But, the mean old wolf tracked the pigs and came to the house made of bricks. 'Little pig, little pig, will you let me in?' 'No, you may not!' 'Then I will huff and puff and blow your house down!' The wolf tried to blow the house down. He tried again and again, till he began to wheeze. The three little pigs laughed at the wolf. The wolf tried again and wheezed so hard, that he couldn't breathe. So the wolf decided to go home and vowed to return one day for the three pigs. The three pigs celebrated and continued to live happily ever after. The end."
Gwynn was sound asleep and Mulder chuckled to himself. "I'm impressed Mulder, you used us, Skinner and Cancer Man to be characters in a fairy tale," stated Scully. Shocked, Mulder responded, "Why yes, Scully. Do you know how many times have I told this story? I had to change this story for my sanity." "It is a cute story, Mulder. I guess, I am the smart pig?" "Yep, you are the smart one in the bunch!" Scully gave Mulder a kiss on the cheek and grabbed his hand. Mulder smiled and followed Scully out of the room.