Three pigs lived happily ever after.

Meaning: The three pigs lived in a state of contentment for the rest of their lives.

Choice of Words: Three is the number of pigs, pigs are the animals, lived is the verb describing their state of being, happily describes their emotional state, ever means always, and after indicates a point in time following the events of the story.

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Three little pigs lived happily ever after.

Meaning: This means the three little pigs were content and joyful for the rest of their lives.

Choice of Words: The three little pigs are the main characters of the story. They are little which means they are small and pigs which means they are animals that have a snout, four legs, and a curly tail. Lived is a verb that means they existed and spent time in a particular place. Happily means they were content and joyful. Ever after means for all time to come.

The three pigs were happy and lived forever.

Meaning: This means the three little pigs were content and joyful for the rest of their lives.

Choice of Words: The three pigs are the main characters of the story. They were happy which means they were content and joyful. Lived is a verb that means they existed and spent time in a particular place. Forever means for all time to come.

There were three pigs who lived happily for the rest of their days.

Meaning: This means the three little pigs were content and joyful for the rest of their lives.

Choice of Words: The three pigs are the main characters of the story. Were is a verb that means they existed. Lived is a verb that means they spent time in a particular place. Happily means they were content and joyful. For the rest of their days means for all the time that they had left.

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