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Little Red Riding Hood is one of the most famous tales known.
This is the story of a little girl
sent to her grandmother's house to drop off groceries.
As she merrily skips up the trail and through the woods
She decides to stall a bit to play.
During this time she encounters the "Big Bad Wolf"!
Sweet Little Red Riding Hood is so trusting
That she tells the wolf where she is headed.
The wolf leaves her and runs ahead
To grandmother's house, opens the door,
and promptly eats the grandmother and puts on her gown!
Little Red Riding Hood arrives and
Lo' and behold the wolf is in bed
hiding under the covers, ready to eat her.
Little Red Riding Hood begins talking to the wolf
under the assumption it is her grandma when she notices
"Grandmother what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see you with!"
"Grandmother what big ears you have!"
"All The better to hear you with!"
"Grandmother what big teeth you have!"
"All the better to eat you with!"
At this point, in the original story
Little Red Riding Hood tricks the wolf
by telling him she must use the restroom.
Later, there was a lumber jack added
Who bursts in, kills the wolf,
and slices the stomach open
to release the grandmother.
What is the moral?
In some of the older versions Little Red Riding Hood
has actually slipped into bed with the wolf
when the lumberjack bursts in.
In fact, the moral has changed several times for this story.
Moral #1 "Always be prepared to take care of yourself!"
Moral #2 "Don't talk to strangers!"
Moral #3 "Women stay chaste for your safety!"
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