History, through the eyes of a fruit loop

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there were three little pigs. Each lived in a separate house and abided by his own rules. Alone, however, each little piggy became very lonely and wanted a friend, so they got together, wrote some articles, and made a confederation. This weak alliance held them together for a while, but eventually the first little piggy got fed up with the third little piggy, and the second little piggy was torn between sides, tried to ignore it, but couldn't, so he got frustrated at the both of them, and it was one BIG MESS! They realized they needed a new plan.

Now over the hill lived a pack a wolves--vegetarian wolves, of course--they had made alliances with the three little pigs too, and so went to help them revise the Articles of Confederation. When the day of the meeting arrived, the wolves got there early, new plans bubbling in their heads. The pigs were running late, so the wolves, too excited to wait, started planning without them. They thought, they schemed, they wrote and revised and revised and revised, crumpled paper after crumpled paper finding its way to the floor. Finally, they had it. However, this was not a simple revision of the Articles of Confederation but a plan for a whole new Constitution: The Virginia Plan, named after the Alpha's mother. This plan focused on a strong central government--the pack. All states should be unified under one leader, working together under common law. Further more, representation in the new government would be decided by size: large state, large representation; small state, small representation.

The little pigs, who had shown up late and therefore missed most of the planning, felt like this plan would inhibit their liberties, and, being so small, were afraid they would be forever overruled by the large wolf packs. Theirs was The New Jersey Plan--after all they were creating a new kind of team, so why not get new jerseys for everyone? The New Jersey Plan focused on the state. Having a leader was definitely important--they needed someone who could help keep everyone in check. But they wanted to have the freedom to do things their own way too. They also thought that every state should get the same amount of votes, because little piggies are just as important as the big ones.

The pigs and the wolves fought and fought, and eventually they made a Great Compromise, combining the Virginia and the New Jersey plans. Unfortunately for the pigs, since their plan came in last, after the Virginia Plan had practically been put into practice, only a few parts of the New Jersey Plan made it into the constitution, but it was enough.

And that, my friends is how the American Constitution was formed.

--Red