ɹᵻlˈiːst ɪn ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ᵻdˈɪʃənz sˈɪns ɪts fˈɜːst ɹᵻlˈiːs baɪ vˈaɪkɪŋ kˈɛstɹəl, ɐn ɪmpɹˈɪnt ʌv vˈaɪkɪŋ pˈɛŋɡwɪn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi nˈaɪn, ɪɾ ɪz ɐ pˈæɹədi ʌvðə θɹˈiː lˈɪɾəl pˈɪɡz æz tˈoʊld baɪ ðə bˈɪɡ bˈæd wˈʊlf, nˈoʊn ɪnðə bˈʊk æz "ˈeɪ. wˈʊlf", ʃˈɔːɹt fɔːɹ "ˌælɪɡzˈændɚ tˈiː. wˈʊlf".
Released in a number of editions since its first release by Viking Kestrel, an imprint of Viking Penguin in 1989, it is a parody of The Three Little Pigs as told by the Big Bad Wolf, known in the book as "A. Wolf", short for "Alexander T. Wolf".