Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood is a European folk tale with several variants, collected by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Although the ending is different, depending on the version, the common thread of the story follows the little girl’s journey through the forest, towards her grandmother’s house, and her encounter with a terrifying wolf. Over time, the fairy tale has been illustrated by hundreds of artists from all over the world.

There was once a very cute little girl. One day, her grandmother knitted her a little red hat. The girl liked it so much that she wore it every day. Over time, everyone started calling her Little Red Riding Hood. One day, her grandmother fell ill, and the mother sent the girl to bring her food. When the girl entered the forest, towards her grandmother’s house, she met a wolf who, learning that she was going to her grandmother’s house, made a plan: to get there first and eat them both.
The wolf convinced the girl to pick flowers for her grandmother and had time to go ahead of her to her grandmother’s house. In the meantime, the wolf ran to the house in the forest, ate the grandmother and took her place in the bed. After a while, Little Red Riding Hood arrived and, seeing that the grandmother looked strange, began to ask her why her eyes were so big, why his nose is so big, why his mouth is so big. On the spot, the wolf swallowed her too. The wolf then fell asleep and started snoring.
A hunter passed by the house and, hearing the snoring, entered and saw the animal with a full belly. He immediately realized that the wolf had swallowed the girls, so he decided to cut its belly to free them. What a joy it was when he found Little Red Riding Hood and grandma unharmed! At the end, they all filled the wolf’s belly with stones and the bad wolf couldn’t run away, so he fell wounded to the ground.

Retelling of the original story