A short story of little red riding hood
The story of Little Red Riding Hood
[en español]
by Leanne Guenther
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other.
"That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.
When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye.
"Remember, go straight to Grandma's
house," her mother cautioned. "Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous. "
"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."
But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother. She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more.
Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...
Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.
"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could muster.
"I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook," Little Red Riding Hood replied.
Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house.
The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut.
..
The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door.
"Oh thank goodness dear! Come in, come in! I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.
The wolf let himself in. Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!
The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked. He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.
A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door. The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose. "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.
"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."
"Oh how lovely! Do come in, my
dear," croaked the wolf.
When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother.
"Grandmother! Your voice sounds so odd. Is something the matter?" she asked.
"Oh, I just have touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough at the end to prove the point.
"But Grandmother! What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.
"The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.
"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.
"The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl.
Almost too late, Little
Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her
Grandmother, but a hungry wolf.
She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she could.
A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.
He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece."Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."
"There, there, child. You've learned an important lesson. Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"
The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.
Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.
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Once upon a time there was sweet little girl. Everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood, because she always wore a red riding hood. It had been given to her by her grandmother, who loved the little girl very much.
One day Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said, “Here, child, take this basket to your grandmother.
It’s got bread, butter, cake and berries in it. She’s feeling sick and I hope this will make her feel better. Don’t talk to strangers, don’t leave the path and walk straight to your grandma’s house. “
Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother lived half an hour away in the woods outside the village. So Little Red Riding Hood set off. The girl had just entered the woods, when a wolf came out of the trees. She wasn’t scared because she didn’t know wolves are dangerous.
“Good day, Little Red Riding Hood”, the wolf greeted her. “Good day, Mr Wolf”, the girl replied. “Where are you going?” he asked. “I’m going to visit my grandmother, because she isn’t feeling very well”, Little Red Riding Hood replied. “What do you have in that basket?” asked the wolf. “I have some bread, butter, cake and berries to take to grandma”, she replied. “Excellent! And where does your grandmother live?” asked the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood explained exactly where her grandma lived.
They walked together for a while. Then the wolf spoke again. “What lovely flowers there are here! Why don’t you pick some for your grandma?” The girl looked around and saw all those beautiful flowers. She thought that her grandmother would be delighted to have some fresh flowers and, despite her mother’s advice, she left the path.
While Little Red Riding Hood went deeper into the woods to pick flowers, the wolf went straight to her grandmother’s house. He knocked on the door and heard a voice inside “Who is it?” ‘It’s me, Little Red Riding Hood. I’ve brought you bread, butter, cake and berries”, the wolf said, disguising his voice. “How lovely! Give the door a big push and come in. I don’t have the strength to come and open it.”
The wolf entered the house, went to the old woman’s bed and ate her whole. Then he put her clothes on and slipped into the bed.
When Little Red Riding Hood arrived at her grandmother’s house, she noticed that the door was open.
The girl went in and went to the bedroom.
Usually she felt very happy at her grandma’s but that day something felt different. “Good morning!” she said, but no one replied.
Her grandmother looked strange. “Oh, Grandma, what big ears you have!” exclaimed Red Riding Hood. “All the better to hear you with!” the wolf replied in a fake voice. “Oh, Grandma, what big eyes you have!” she continued. “All the better to see you with!” the wolf said. “Oh, Grandma, what big hands you have!” “All the better to grab you with!”, the wolf said.
“Oh, Grandma, what a big mouth you have!” exclaimed Red Riding Hood. “All the better to eat you with!” The wolf roared, jumped off the bed and ate the poor girl whole.
With his stomach full, the wolf got back into grandma’s bed and fell asleep, snoring loudly. A huntsman, who was passing by the house, heard him and thought it was very strange for the old woman to snore so loudly. He looked inside and saw that it was the wolf who was snoring.
The huntsman had been looking for the wolf for a long time. At long last he had found him!
The huntsman lifted his gun and was just about to shoot, when he had a thought. Maybe the old woman was still alive inside his belly!
So the man took a pair of scissors and cut open his belly. He saw a red hood popping out and then Little Red Riding Hood jumped out. The huntsman cut a bit more and the grandmother came out, too.
Little Red Riding Hood gathered some stones and they filled the wolf's belly with them. When he woke up, he was scared and tried to run away but the stones were so heavy that he fell down dead.
The three ate some cake, happy in the knowledge that the wolf was not going to be a danger anymore. Little Red Riding Hood decided never to leave the path again and to listen more carefully to what her mother told her.
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"Little Red Riding Hood" summary for the reader's diary based on Perrault's fairy tale (grade 1) - review, main idea that you liked it
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Average rating: 4.3
Total ratings received: 97.
Updated on August 6, 2021
"Little Red Riding Hood" is an instructive story about a gullible girl who, due to her frivolity, almost became a victim of an evil gray wolf.
Summary of "Little Red Riding Hood" for the reader's diary
Name of the author : Charles Perrault
Title : Little Red Riding Hood
Number of pages : 4. Charles Perrault . "Red Riding Hood". Publishing house "Rosmen". 2008
Genre : Fairy tale
Year of writing : 1697
The material was prepared jointly with the teacher of the highest category Kuchmina Nadezhda Vladimirovna.
Experience as a teacher of Russian language and literature - 27 years.
Main characters
Little Red Riding Hood is a kind, sweet girl, overly trusting and frivolous.
Mom is a kind, caring woman who sent her daughter to visit her grandmother.
Grandmother is a loving, kind old woman who became a victim of the Wolf.
The wolf is an angry, hungry and treacherous predator trusted by Little Red Riding Hood.
Lumberjacks are brave and determined men who saved Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood.
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Plot
In a village there lived a kind little girl who was very much loved by her mother and grandmother. For her birthday, her grandmother gave her a wonderful little red cap. She liked the girl so much that she went everywhere in it and never took it off. Since then, everyone began to call her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day, her mother asked Little Red Riding Hood to visit her grandmother - to bring her pies and butter, to ask about her health.
The road ran through a dense forest, but Little Red Riding Hood fearlessly set off. Soon she met the Wolf, who asked the girl where she was in such a hurry. Little Red Riding Hood told him everything.
The wolf decided that the old grandmother would be easy prey for him, and ran to her house. He swallowed the old woman, and he lay down in her bed and began to wait for Little Red Riding Hood. When the girl knocked on the door, the Wolf in a hoarse voice invited her to enter. She did not recognize the voice of her beloved grandmother, but decided that she was simply hoarse from a cold.
When Little Red Riding Hood entered the house, she wondered why her grandmother had such big eyes, hands, ears and teeth. At that moment, the Wolf pounced on the girl and swallowed her.
Luckily, there were lumberjacks walking nearby. Hearing the noise, they hurried to the rescue and ripped open the belly of the Wolf. Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood were alive and unharmed.Retelling plan
- Mother sends Little Red Riding Hood on the road.
- Road through dense forest.
- Meeting with the Wolf.
- Little Red Riding Hood tells the Wolf about her grandmother.
- The wolf eats the grandmother and lies down in her place.
- Little Red Riding Hood does not recognize her grandmother.
- The wolf also eats Little Red Riding Hood.
- Lumberjacks come to the rescue.
Main idea
Do not trust strangers and tell them about yourself and your loved ones.
What
teachesThe fairy tale teaches to be careful and attentive when dealing with strangers. Not all people are kind and harmless, some of them can cause serious harm.
Review
Even if a person is as kind, sweet and open as Little Red Riding Hood, you still need to be always on the alert. You can get into big trouble, and not always someone can come to the rescue.
Illustration for the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.Proverbs
- Trust but verify.
- God saves the safe.
Liked
I really liked that the Wolf, no matter how cunning he was, still got what he deserved, and Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were free.
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9000 9000 and what will you put?The Scariest Tale: The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood
In France, her name is La Chaperone Rouge, in Germany, Rotkäppchen, and in the Czech Republic, her funniest name is Červená Karkulka ("Chervena Karkulka"). Little Red Riding Hood is known all over the world, but few people know the story of this fairy tale.
The tale of Little Red Riding Hood was first heard in Europe in the 14th century. Like many fairy tales that later became children's, at first it was not at all childish, but terrible and nasty. For example, a wolf does not eat a grandmother, but prepares some vile food from her and feeds her granddaughter with it. And no rescue lumberjacks at the end!
Where did the cap come from
Charles Perrault was the first to remove the horrors from the fairy tale in 1697. He also dressed Little Red Riding Hood in a red cap: before that, the fairy tale did not specify how the girl, deceived by the wolf, was dressed.
Perrault gave her not just a cap, but a chaperon - a headdress, which at that time was not worn in the cities for a long time, but it was still found in the villages. Thus, it was emphasized that Little Red Riding Hood is a village girl, “from the people”, and this story happened, most likely, a long time ago.
Chaperon headdressUninvented wolf
Brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote down the fairy tale in the usual form for us in 1812. Jacob Grimm, the eldest of the brothers, was a great lover of antiquities, ancient legends and myths, and for some time served as the personal librarian of Jerome Bonaparte, younger brother of Emperor Napoleon I.
Most likely, it was then that Jacob Grimm heard the story of a vicious and cunning wolf that attacked the children and women of the French county of Gévaudan almost 50 years ago. From 1764 to 1767, the Gevaudan wolf, or, as it was more commonly called, the "Gevodan monster", attacked people more than 200 times, with almost 100 people killed.
Eyewitnesses spoke of a terrible beast, in comparison with which the famous Hound of the Baskervilles would seem like a poodle. Incredibly huge and strong, the wolf was also distinguished by rare cunning. The King of France personally sent his best hunters to capture or kill this monster, but it always managed to escape. The local governor sent a detachment of 50 soldiers to Zhevodan, but even they could not find and kill the Zhevodan beast.
Attack of the Gevaudan monsterResidents locked themselves at home and did not go out alone. Many called the Zhevodan wolf a "werewolf": they say that he can, imitating a human voice, call travelers by name and lure the unwary into the forest or into the swamp.
Courageous children
Some still managed to escape - almost like Little Red Riding Hood. Once, seven peasant children were walking from the village of Villare when they were attacked by a Zhevodan beast. However, the children were not afraid: they had sticks with tied knives, and they were able to fight off the monster.
The most courageous was 12-year-old Jacques Portfay, and as a reward for bravery, the King of France personally ordered the boy to be educated. When Jacques grew up, he became an artillery lieutenant in the French army.
On another occasion, a monster attacked a group of girls from the village of Pollac-en-Marjoride. One of the girls, Marie-Jean Vallee, grabbed a wooden stake and inflicted a serious wound on the beast, after which it ran away - so she escaped herself and saved her friends.
A wolf or an extinct animal
Three years later the attacks stopped. But the mystery remained a mystery: was this monster a wolf? Eyewitnesses said that the beast “looks like a wolf, but not a wolf”: it was a huge predatory beast, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, but at the same time with a long thin tail and hooves instead of claws.
In addition, the “wolf” allegedly never howled like dogs or wolves howl, and his voice rather resembled human laughter. The skin of the "wolf" was not gray or black, but light brown, with dark spots.
Finally, the “wolf” ran beautifully over rocks and swamps, and during the attack it often stood up on its hind legs, which real wolves never do.
At the end of the 19th century, scientists discovered the bones of ancient predators - mesonychia, such as Andrewsarchus or Synonyx. These animals were very large in size, with a long thin tail, a huge mouth with sharp teeth and hooves instead of claws.
The descriptions of the "Gevaudan monster" surprisingly coincided with the conclusions of scientists in many details. For example, scientists believe that mesonychia lived in coastal or swampy areas. The "Zhevaudan Beast", according to the memoirs of contemporaries, also incredibly skillfully hid from hunters in the swamps. But mesonychia became extinct more than 30 million years ago. Where could such a beast appear in France in the 18th century?
A hundred years later, in Chauvet, not far from the county of Gévaudan, a previously unknown cave was discovered. More than 400 ancient rock paintings were found inside.
The drawings depicted animals: horses, deer, the extinct woolly rhinoceros, as well as predators - lions, bears, wolves and a mysterious beast, which scientists called the "panther from Chauvet".
Enormous in size, with spotted skin, thin long tail and head like a wolf or a bear. This animal does not look like a panther at all, but at the same time it very well resembles the ancient mesonychia and the "Gevodan monster". So, just 30 thousand years ago, prehistoric hunters knew an animal that lived on Earth 30 million years ago? 30 thousand years is a very short time for biology.
It is not known whether individual specimens of ancient mesonychia could have survived in impenetrable swamps, but perhaps the “Gevodan monster” was one of the last representatives of a biological species considered extinct. Be that as it may, the story of the Gevaudan werewolf was preserved in the well-known fairy tale thanks to the Brothers Grimm.
This article was published in Luchik magazine, the best children's magazine in the country according to the results of the All-Russian Children's Media Competition.
