Little Red Riding Hood

		Little Red Riding Hood
Home Folk & Fairy Tales Wolves Activities Our Site Credits		Little Red Riding Hood

			Little Red Riding Hood Online Story Book Castle Wolf Country Internet Public Library SurLaLune Fairy Tales Classic Fairy Tales
	This folklore fairy tale is about a little girl everyone nicknamed Little Red Riding Hood. They nicknamed her this because she always wore a red cloak with a hood. One day her grandmother becomes ill and Red Riding Hood is told to go through the woods and deliver a basket of bread, fruit, and soup to her. Her mother tells her not to talk to any strangers on her way. Red Riding Hood agrees and goes through the woods skipping along happily; a wolf spots her and decides to play nice so he can soon eat her for lunch. She tells him that she is going to her grandmother’s house. The wolf decides to go to her house and eat the grandmother first, that way he would have 2 meals. So he goes to grandmother’s house, gobbles her up, and then gets into bed wearing grandmother’s night gown and cap. He hides under the covers and waits for Little Red Riding Hood. When she comes to the door, he softens his voice and she doesn’t notice it is the wolf. She looks and says, “Grandmother, what big ears you have!” And the Wolf answers, “All the better to hear you with.” Red Riding Hood Says, “Grandmother, what a big nose you have, and such big eyes!” And the Wolf answers,“All the better to smell you with, and see you with my dear.” Red Riding Hood says, “Grandmother, what big teeth you have!” Then the Wolf growls and shouts, “ALL THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH!” She screams and he eats her. A wood chopper hears her screams and cuts open the wolf’s stomach to rescue Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. He fills the wolf with rocks. When he wakes up from his nap, he thinks the weight of the rocks is little Red Riding hood and the Grandmother. The three hide and he is so heavy he falls down the hill. This ending is just the one I liked best; there are many other versions of the story where sometimes the wolf may die, or in some he might sometimes get away with his crime. The moral of this story is never trust or talk to strangers.