“Little Red Riding Hood”

Cultural

A fairy tale from the collections of Charles Perrault and the brothers Grimm. A girl called Little Red Riding Hood (after the red, hooded cloak she wears) meets a wolf in the woods while traveling to visit her sick grandmother. When she tells him where she is going, the wolf takes the short way there, swallows the grandmother, puts on her clothes, and climbs into her bed to wait for Little Red Riding Hood. She arrives and exclaims, “Grandmother, what big eyes you have!” “The better to see you with, my child,” says the wolf. “Grandmother, what big teeth you have!” remarks the girl. “The better to eat you with!” replies the wolf, who then devours Little Red Riding Hood. A huntsman rescues both the girl and her grandmother by cutting the wolf open.

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After “Rumpelstiltskin” come “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

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From Scientific American

Flower cherished a Little Red Riding Hood cape and felt certain of her identity from the start.

From Seattle Times

Chaim obliges, with Hank Azaria chewing his way through a monologue about Little Red Riding Hood.

From New York Times

Julia Lester, a nominee for her turn as Little Red Riding Hood in the revival of “Into the Woods,” was leaving with her father as many attendees were still arriving.

From New York Times

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