A Cautionary Tale

Once there were three little pigs who went off to seek their fortune. The
first one founded the Kingdom of Pigonia, and built himself a beautiful
palace made of straw. He decreed that all his subjects must build their
houses of straw. The second founded the Kingdom of Porkovia, and built
himself a beautiful palace made of sticks. He, too, decreed that all his
subjects must build palaces made of sticks. The third little pig went and
founded the Kingdom of Baconatus. He build his palace out of stone, and
allowed his subjects to build out of whatever material they wanted, so long
as it was up to the rather rigorous fire and wolf codes.

One day, a wolf in sheep's clothing came to Baconatus. He had no food, just
a stone. Well, you know the old stone soup trick. The wolf tried to pull
it, but was driven out of the country, which had very stringent anti-wolf
laws. The wolf filed a lawsuit with the BCLU, which was tossed out on the
grounds that it was unBaconatus to question the laws of the land.
Distraught and hungry, the wolf continued on his way.

The next day, the wolf went to Porkovia. He tried the stone soup trick
there, and in the process set fire to the stables. The sticks did not burn
very quickly, luckily, for it had rained the day before, and only the
stables had to be rebuilt. The soup pot was big enough to hold all the
subjects of Porkovia, however, so the wolf didn't bother blowing any of the
houses down. He was actually a decent wolf at heart.

Then the wolf went to Pigonia. When he built the fire for stone soup there,
he managed to burn the entire kingdom down by accident. He was very sorry,
and did his best to see the smoked bacon had not died in vain.

Primary Moral: People who live in grass houses should not stew stones.
Secondary Moral: Good anti-Wolf laws save you a lot of trouble.