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“Revising the Fairy Tale of The Three Little Pigs.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 36.4(2010): 171-185. This paper aims to find the differences such as its newly added contents, narrative structures, and general characteristics between the various versions of The Three Little Pigs. It also tries to observe the elements of parody in The Three Little Pigs and The Wolf and The Seven Little Kids. Joseph Jacobs collected The Three Little Pigs in English Fairy Tales in 1890. This fairy tale is one of the best known among children worldwide. There are many different versions. For example, there is The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs written by Jon Scieszka; The Three Little Pigs written by Roald Dahl: The Three Little Wolves and The Bad Pig written by Eugene Trivizas: The Wolf and The Seven Little Kids written by the Brothers Grimm; The Three Little Pigs written by Joseph Jacobs, as well as The Three Little Pigs written by Andrew Lang. Jacobs’ work is characterized vulgarism in the mouths of common people and presented as a traditional story. Lang’s one is characterized as a lesson for children. Scieszka’s one is an interesting story written from the perspective of the wolf. Trivizas’ fairy tale provides various interesting themes to readers. Through these we see the differences, the commonalities, the subversion and new possibilities for an interpretation of the traditional English fairy tale. (Hannam University)