But slowly the three little pigs realized that the wolf had somehow gotten stuck before he had made it all the way down.  Understanding what had happened, Penny started to giggle nervously.  "I think he got caught in the crooked part of my chimney!"

Peter nodded with disbelief, jumped up and threw some wood onto the fireplace.  Patty grabbed the matches and started a fire which was soon roaring.  It didn't take long for the three little pigs to hear the anguished howl of the wolf as he scrambled back up the chimney.  The flames licked his hairy coat and his tail became a flaming torch.

"Never again!  Never again will I go down a chimney!"  he squealed, as he tried to put out the flames in his tail.   Then he ran away as fast as he could.
  

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