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Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Little Red Riding Hood Version by Charles Perrault Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her: “Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she had been very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter.” Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village. As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, which had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, “I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.” “Oh. Hurry and go on then! Don’t keep your grandmother waiting.” said the wolf to Little Red Riding Hood. She nodded her head and continued her journey to her grandmother’s house. An idea struck the wicked and cunning wolf and he went on to carry out his plan. Finally, Little Red Riding Hood managed to arrive at her grandmother’s house safely. She gave the cakes and little pot of butter to her grandmother who was bed-ridden as she was too ill to get up. Her grandmother was elated to see her beloved grandchild coming to visit her and said to her: “My dear, I’m glad to see you coming over to visit me but it is a dangerous and tedious journey for a little girl like you to come alone. There lived a cunning wolf out there in the woods that might eat you up.” She gave Little Red Riding Hood a pat on her head as she talk. Little Red Riding Hood exclaimed: “Grandma, the wolf is not as bad as what you think; I did bump into him on my way here. But look! Grandma, I’m still safe and sound.” Grandma was shocked to hear that and immediately sat up holding Little Red Riding Hood’s hands tightly saying: “oh god! My dear, you must be cheated by the cunning wolf, he must be afraid that the woodcutters might kill him if he lays his hand on you so he pretended to be friendly to you. Please stay away from the wolf and be extremely careful on your way home!” Grandma let out a sigh. Little Red Riding Hood who was very innocent and naïve nodded her head and set off back home. On the other hand, the wolf had already set up some traps in the woods to catch Little Red Riding Hood not knowing that the woodcutters had already got suspicious of his acts. The woodcutters decided to stay and hid in a corner to see what the wolf was up to. Little Red Riding Hood felt tired after a long walk and decided to take a rest in the woods on a log. The cunning wolf had already spotted her long ago and pretended to walk past her. Little Red Riding Hood was surprise to see him but still friendly despite grandma’s warning and waved to him. The wolf pretended to smile back and waved back while at the same time signaling her to go over to his side. Little Red Riding Hood who was still ignorant of his traps underground took her first step towards him and let out a loud scream. The next moment she was shouting and yelling away high up in the trees. The wolf began to laugh wickedly at her and said: “I’ve been waiting for this day for so long already, finally you are in my hands. Let me think of a better way to eat you up so that I can enjoy myself thoroughly.” Little Red Riding Hood was in tears, she blamed herself for being so gullible and not listening to grandma’s advice. However, the wolf’s dream did not come true as the woodcutters rush up and saved Little Red Riding Hood. They caught the wolf and wanted to kill him while the wolf cried for mercy. Little Red Riding Hood being a magnanimous girl forgave the wolf and pleaded for him to the woodcutters to let him off. The woodcutters were in objection at first, however, seeing Little Red Riding Hood’s perseverance to plead for the wolf, they finally agreed but warn the wolf not to try any more tricks again or they would really kill him. The wolf kept in silence; he was touched by the kind and big hearted little girl. After they released him, he walked towards Little Red Riding Hood, heads down mumbling out a ‘Sorry’. He felt remorseful and while he was about to go back home, Little Red Riding Hood ran towards him and said: “it’s okay, I don’t blame you for Mummy taught me, as long as someone is sincere in apologizing for his wrong deed, we should forgive and forget.” She held out her hand towards the wolf and her smile still as sweet as ever. The story in pink are continued by me. It's for my LLA assignment. Is this story interesting enough? lols . Comments pls. 10:59 AM |
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