The story begins with the title characters being sent out into the world by their mother, to "seek their fortune" & " live their own lives". The first little pig builds a house of straw, but a wolf blows it down and the pig runs to his brother's house. The second pig builds a house of wooden sticks and when he sees his brother he lets him in, with the same ultimate result. Each exchange between wolf and pig features ringing proverbial phrases, namely:
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in."
"No, no, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in."
The third pig builds a house of hard bricks and when he sees his brothers he lets them in. The wolf fails to blow down the house. He then attempts to trick the pigs out of the house, but the pigs outsmart him at every turn. Finally, the wolf resolves to come down the chimney, whereupon the pigs boil a pot of water in which the wolf then lands and is cooked.
The story utilizes the literary rule of 3, expressed in this case as a "contrasting three", as the three pigs' brick house turns out to be the only one which is adequate to withstand the wolf.
Now lets look at the Pigs with respect to the 3 Guna's
1st is probably Tamo Gun - lazy & built with Straw! Did not think long term and did a quick job.
2nd will fit into Rajo Gun as he did some effort to build a house with wood, but did not think enough.
3rd will probably fit into Sato Gun as he did the effort with a long term view and was able to live safely as well as give shelter to his brothers.
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