Short story of 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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The Short Story of Little Red Riding Hood
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The short story Little Red Riding Hood is one of the world’s best-known fairy tales.
It is a folktale of European origin and there are many other variants from around the world. The Brothers Grimm collected the tale in their Children’s and Household Tales and there exists a much more sinister Italian version named La Finta Nonna (‘The False Grandmother’). However, most scholars date Charles Perrault’s Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (1697) as the first ‘fixed’ version of the tale.
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by Charles Perrault
Once upon a time, there lived in a certain village, a little country girl, the prettiest creature was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grand-mother doted on her much more. This good woman got made for her a little red riding-hood; which became the girl so extremely well, that every body called her Little Red Riding-Hood.
One day, her mother, having made some girdle-cakes, said to her:
“Go, my dear, and see how thy grand-mamma does, for I hear she has been very ill, carry her a girdle-cake, and this little pot of butter.
”
The Big Book of Fairy Tales – Illustrated by Charles Robinson
Little Red Riding-Hood set out immediately to go to her grand-mother, who lived in another village. As she was going thro’ the wood, she met with Gaffer Wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he durst not, because of some faggot-makers hard by in the forest.
He asked her whither she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and hear a Wolf talk, said to him:
“I am going to see my grand-mamma, and carry her a girdle-cake, and a little pot of butter, from my mamma.”
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“Does she live far off?” said the Wolf.
“Oh! ay,” answered Little Red Riding-Hood, “it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.”
“Well,” said the Wolf, “and I’ll go and see her too: I’ll go this way, and you go that, and we shall see who will be there soonest.”
The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way; and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little flowers as she met with.
The Wolf was not long before he got to the old woman’s house: he knocked at the door, tap, tap.
“Who’s there?”
“Your grand-child, Little Red Riding-Hood,” replied the Wolf, counterfeiting her voice, “who has brought you a girdle-cake, and a little pot of butter, sent you by mamma.”
The good grand-mother, who was in bed, because she found herself somewhat ill, cry’d out:
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault – Illustrated by Harry Clarke
“Pull the peg, and the bolt will fall.”
The Wolf pull’d the peg, and the door opened, and then presently he fell upon the good woman, and ate her up in a moment; for it was above three days that he had not touched a bit. He then shut the door, and went into the grand-mother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding-Hood, who came some time afterwards, and knock’d at the door, tap, tap.
“Who’s there?”
Little Red Riding-Hood, hearing the big voice of the Wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grand-mother had got a cold, and was hoarse, answered:
“‘Tis your grand-child, Little Red Riding-Hood, who has brought you a girdle-cake, and a little pot of butter, mamma sends you.
”
The Wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, “Pull the peg, and the bolt will fall.”
Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the peg, and the door opened. The Wolf seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes:
The Now A Days Fairy Book – Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
“Put the cake, and the little pot of butter upon the bread-bin, and come and lye down with me.”
Little Red Riding-Hood undressed herself, and went into bed; where, being greatly amazed to see how her grand-mother looked in her night-clothes, she said to her:
“Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!”
“That is the better to hug thee, my dear.”
“Grand-mamma, what great legs you have got!”
“That is to run the better, my child.”
“Grand-mamma, what great ears you have got!”
“That is to hear the better, my child.”
“Grand-mamma, what great eyes you have got!”
“It is to see the better, my child.”
“Grand-mamma, what great teeth you have got!”
“That is to eat thee up.
”
And, saying these words, this wicked Wolf fell upon poor Little Red Riding-Hood, and ate her all up.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Charles Folkard, 1911.
The Moral
From this short story easy we discern
What conduct all young people ought to learn.
But above all, young, growing misses fair,
Whose orient rosy blooms begin t’appear:
Who, beauties in the fragrant spring of age,
With pretty airs young hearts are apt t’engage.
Ill do they listen to all sorts of tongues,
Since some inchant and lure like Syrens’ songs.
No wonder therefore ’tis, if over-power’d,
So many of them has the Wolf devour’d.
The Wolf, I say, for Wolves too sure there are
Of every sort, and every character.
Some of them mild and gentle-humour’d be,
Of noise and gall, and rancour wholly free;
Who tame, familiar, full of complaisance
Ogle and leer, languish, cajole and glance;
With luring tongues, and language wond’rous sweet,
Follow young ladies as they walk the street,
Ev’n to their very houses, nay, bedside,
And, artful, tho’ their true designs they hide;
Yet ah! these simpering Wolves! Who does not see
Most dangerous of Wolves indeed they be?
Little Red Riding Hood, The Tales of Mother Goose illustrated by D.
J. Munro
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"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.
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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 and what will you put?Summary perro little red riding hood in 2 minutes retelling of the plot - CIC Sevastopol
A short tale about a gullible girl and a cunning gray wolf. Disobeying her mother, the girl turns off the road and talks to a stranger - a gray wolf ...
Little Red Riding Hood read
Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her mother loved her without memory, and her grandmother even more. For her granddaughter's birthday, her grandmother gave her a red cap. Since then, the girl went everywhere in it. Neighbors talked about her like this:
- Here comes Little Red Riding Hood!
Once a mother baked a pie and said to her daughter:
- - Go, Little Red Riding Hood, to your grandmother, take her a pie and a pot of butter and find out if she is healthy.
- Little Red Riding Hood gathered and went to her grandmother.
- She is walking through the forest, and towards her is a gray wolf.
– Where are you going. Red Riding Hood? Wolf asks.
– I go to my grandmother and bring her a pie and a pot of butter.
– Does your grandmother live far away?
“Far away,” answers Little Red Riding Hood. - Over there in that village, behind the mill, in the first house from the edge.
– Okay, Wolf says, I also want to visit your grandmother. I'll go down this road, and you go down that one. Let's see which one of us comes first.
Wolf said this and ran as fast as he could along the shortest path.
And Little Red Riding Hood took the longest road. She walked slowly, stopping along the way, picking flowers and collecting them in bouquets.
Before she had even reached the mill, the Wolf had already galloped up to the grandmother's house and was knocking on the door:
Knock-knock!
– Who is there? Grandma asks.
- - It's me, your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, - answers the Wolf, - I came to visit you, I brought a pie and a pot of butter.
- And the grandmother was sick at that time and lay in bed. She thought it was really Little Red Riding Hood and called out:
- - Pull the string, my child, the door will open!
- The wolf pulled the rope - the door opened.
The wolf rushed at the grandmother and swallowed her at once. He was very hungry because he had not eaten anything for three days. Then he closed the door, lay down on his grandmother's bed and began to wait for Little Red Riding Hood.
Soon she came and knocked:
Knock knock!
– Who is there? Wolf asks. And his voice is rough, hoarse.
Little Red Riding Hood was frightened, but then she thought that her grandmother was hoarse from a cold, and answered:
– It's me, your granddaughter. I brought you a pie and a pot of butter!
- The wolf cleared his throat and said more subtly:
- Pull the string, my child, and the door will open.
- Little Red Riding Hood pulled the rope-door and opened it. The girl entered the house, and the Wolf hid under the covers and said:
- - Put the pie on the table, granddaughter, put the pot on the shelf, and lie down next to me!
- Little Red Riding Hood lay down next to the Wolf and asks:
- – Grandma, why do you have such big hands?
- - This is to hug you tighter, my child.
- – Grandma, why do you have such big ears?
- - To hear better, my child.
- – Grandma, why do you have such big eyes?
- - To see better, my child.
- – Grandma, why do you have such big teeth?
- - And this is to quickly eat you, my child!
Before Little Red Riding Hood had time to gasp, the Wolf rushed at her and swallowed her.
But, fortunately, at that time, woodcutters with axes on their shoulders were passing by the house.
They heard a noise, ran into the house and killed the Wolf.
And then they ripped open his belly, and Little Red Riding Hood came out, followed by her grandmother, both safe and sound.
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Little Red Riding Hood — fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her mother loved her without memory, and her grandmother even more. For her granddaughter's birthday, her grandmother gave her a red cap. Since then, the girl went everywhere in it. Neighbors said so about her: -Here comes Little Red Riding Hood! Once a mother baked a pie and said to her daughter: - Go, Little Red Riding Hood, to your grandmother, take her a pie and a pot of butter and find out if she is healthy. Little Red Riding Hood got ready and went to her grandmother. She goes through the forest, and towards her is a gray wolf. - Where are you going. Red Riding Hood? Wolf asks. - I go to my grandmother and bring her a pie and a pot of butter.
- How far does your grandmother live? “Far away,” says Little Red Riding Hood. - Over there in that village, behind the mill, in the first house from the edge. - Okay, - says the Wolf, - I also want to visit your grandmother. I'll go down this road, and you go down that one. Let's see which one of us comes first. The Wolf said this and ran, which was in his spirit, along the shortest path. And Little Red Riding Hood went along the longest road. She walked slowly, stopping along the way, picking flowers and collecting them in bouquets. Before she even had time to reach the mill, the Wolf had already galloped up to her grandmother's house and was knocking on the door: Knock-knock! - Who's there? Grandma asks. - It's me, your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, - answers the Wolf, - I came to visit you, I brought a pie and a pot of butter. Grandmother was sick at the time and was in bed. She thought it really was Little Red Riding Hood, and she called out, “Pull the string, my child, and the door will open!” The wolf pulled the rope - the door opened.
The wolf rushed at the grandmother and swallowed her at once. He was very hungry because he had not eaten anything for three days. Then he closed the door, lay down on his grandmother's bed and began to wait for Little Red Riding Hood. Soon she came and knocked: Knock knock! - Who's there? Wolf asks. And his voice is rough, hoarse. Little Red Riding Hood was frightened, but then she thought that her grandmother was hoarse from a cold, and answered: - It's me, your granddaughter. I brought you a pie and a pot of butter! The wolf cleared his throat and said in a thinner voice: “Pull the rope, my child, the door will open.” Little Red Riding Hood pulled the rope-door and opened it. The girl entered the house, and the Wolf hid under the covers and said: - Put the pie on the table, granddaughter, put the pot on the shelf, and lie down next to me! Little Red Riding Hood lay down next to the Wolf and asked: - Grandmother, why do you have such big hands? “This is to hug you tighter, my child. “Grandma, why do you have such big ears?” “To hear better, my child.
“Grandma, why do you have such big eyes?” “To see better, my child. “Grandma, why do you have such big teeth?” - And this is to eat you faster, my child! Before Little Red Riding Hood had time to gasp, the Wolf rushed at her and swallowed her. But, fortunately, at that time, woodcutters with axes on their shoulders were passing by the house. They heard a noise, ran into the house and killed the Wolf. And then they cut open his belly, and Little Red Riding Hood came out, and behind her and grandmother - both whole and unharmed.
The main characters of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" and their characteristics
Little Red Riding Hood, a kind girl who used to be frivolous and too trusting. Grandmother, a kind old woman who opened the door to anyone The wolf, angry and hungry, deceived a gullible girl and almost ate her grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood Mom, a kind woman, sent her daughter alone into a dark forest. Woodcutters, good men who killed the Wolf.
Plan for retelling the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”
Mom and Little Red Riding Hood Pie and butter Way through the forest Sly Wolf Short road Eaten grandmother Why does the Wolf have big teeth Lumberjacks.
The shortest content of the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood”
- Mother sends Little Red Riding Hood with gifts to grandmother Little Red Riding Hood meets the Wolf and tells him about the grandmother The wolf runs along a short road and swallows the grandmother Little Red Riding Hood comes and is surprised by the large hands, ears, eyes and teeth of the grandmother Wolf swallows Little Red Riding Hood The woodcutters kill the Wolf and free Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother.
- Never talk to strangers and tell them about your loved ones and yourself.
What the Little Red Riding Hood tale teaches
This tale teaches us to be careful and prudent, because a stranger may seem friendly, but in fact be a bloodthirsty wolf.
Feedback on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"
I really liked this fairy tale, because Little Red Riding Hood was so cheerful, she loved nature and treated other people and animals with trust.
But this trust played a bad joke on her and almost led to tragedy. It's good that the woodcutters arrived in time and saved Little Red Riding Hood.
Proverb for the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood
Trust, but verify. God saves man, who save himself.
Summary, brief retelling of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"
There lived a little girl in the village, who was loved by her mother and grandmother. Grandmother gave the girl a red riding hood and since then the girl was called that - Little Red Riding Hood. One day, my mother sent Little Red Riding Hood to her grandmother, to take a pie and butter, and to find out about her health. Little Red Riding Hood went through the forest, and towards the Wolf.
The Wolf asked where Little Red Riding Hood was going, and the girl told him everything. Wolf ran down the short path to his grandmother's house and knocked. Grandmother decided that Little Red Riding Hood had come and told the Wolf to pull the rope.
The wolf pulled, the door opened and he immediately swallowed his grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood walked a long way and picked flowers.
She went to her grandmother's house and knocked. The wolf asked in a hoarse voice who was there, and Little Red Riding Hood decided that the grandmother was hoarse from a cold. She entered the house and put the pie and butter on the table, and then she began to ask her grandmother why she had such big hands, eyes, ears and teeth. Then the Wolf swallowed Little Red Riding Hood.
Luckily, woodcutters passed by and cut open the belly of the Wolf, and the living grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood jumped out.
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Little Red Riding Hood
A short story about a girl who wears a little red riding hood. The brave heroine of the story goes to visit her sick grandmother alone through the dense forest.
The fearless Little Red Riding Hood meets a cunning wolf on the way, but the fairy tale ends well. A story where good triumphs over evil is suitable for reading to children at bedtime.
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Fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood read
Once upon a time there was a little girl. She was modest and kind, obedient and hardworking. Mother could not get enough of the fact that she was growing such an assistant: her daughter helped her with the housework, and when all the work was done, she read something aloud to her mother.
Everyone liked this sweet girl, but her grandmother loved her the most. She once sewed a hat out of red velvet and gave it to her granddaughter for her birthday.
The new cap suited the girl very well, and since that day she did not want to wear any other, people called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day the mother decided to bake a cake.
She kneaded the dough, and Little Red Riding Hood picked apples in the garden.
The pie came out great! The mother looked at him and said:
- Little Red Riding Hood, go visit your grandmother. I will put a piece of cake and a bottle of milk in your basket, you will take it to her.
- Little Red Riding Hood was delighted, immediately got ready and went to her grandmother, who lived on the other side of the forest.
- The mother went out on the porch to see the girl off and began to admonish her:
- - Do not talk to strangers, daughter, do not turn off the road.
- - Don't worry, - said Little Red Riding Hood, said goodbye to her mother and went through the forest to the house where her grandmother lived.
Little Red Riding Hood was walking along the road, but suddenly she stopped and thought: “What beautiful flowers grow here, and I don’t even look around, how loudly the birds sing, but I don’t seem to hear! How nice it is here in the forest!”
Indeed, the sun's rays made their way through the trees, beautiful flowers were fragrant in the clearings, above which butterflies fluttered.
And Little Red Riding Hood decided:
“Let me bring grandma a bouquet of flowers along with the pie. She will probably be pleased. It’s still early, I’ll always have time for her.”
- And she turned off the road straight into the thicket and began to pick flowers. Will pick a flower and think:
- "And then it grows even more beautiful" - and will run to that; and so she went deeper and deeper into the forest.
- A girl is walking through the forest, picking flowers, singing a song, and suddenly an angry wolf meets her.
- Little Red Riding Hood was not afraid of him at all.
– Hello Little Red Riding Hood! - said the wolf. Where are you going so early?
- To my grandmother.
– What do you have in your basket?
- A bottle of milk and a cake, my mother and I baked it to please my grandmother. She is sick and weak, let her get better.
- – Little Red Riding Hood, where does your grandmother live?
- - A little further in the forest, under three large oaks, there is her house.
- - Good luck to you, Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf muttered, and thought to himself: “A nice girl, a tidbit would be for me; tastier, perhaps, than the old woman; but in order to capture both, it is necessary to lead the matter cunningly.
- And he rushed with all his might by the shortest way to his grandmother's house.
- Little Red Riding Hood is walking through the forest, not in a hurry, and the gray wolf is already knocking on Grandma's door.
- - Who's there?
- - It's me, Little Red Riding Hood, who brought you a cake and a bottle of milk, open it for me, - answered the wolf in a thin voice.
- - Press the latch, - grandmother shouted, - I am very weak, I can’t get up.
- The wolf pressed the latch, the door opened, and without saying a word, he went straight to the grandmother's bed and swallowed the old woman.
- Then the wolf put on her dress, cap, lay down in bed and pulled the curtains.
- And Little Red Riding Hood was picking all the flowers, and when she had already collected so many of them that she could no longer bear, she remembered her grandmother and went to her.
- Little Red Riding Hood came up to her grandmother's house, and the door was open. She was surprised, went inside and shouted:
– Good morning! “But there was no answer.
Then she went up to the bed, parted the curtains, saw - grandmother was lying, the cap was pulled over her very face, and she looked strange.
– Oh, grandmother, why do you have such big ears? asked Little Red Riding Hood.
- – To hear you better!
- – Oh, grandma, what big eyes you have!
- - This is to see you better!
- – Oh, grandma, why do you have such big hands?
- - To make it easier to hug you.
- – Oh, grandmother, what a big mouth you have!
- - This is to make it easier to swallow you!
- The wolf said it, jumped out of bed - and swallowed poor Little Red Riding Hood.
- The wolf ate and lay down again in bed, fell asleep and began to snore loudly, very loudly.
- A hunter was walking by.
- He heard some strange sounds coming from the house and became alert: it cannot be that the old woman was snoring so loudly!
- He crept up to the window, looked inside - and there in the bed was a wolf.
– There you are, gray robber! - he said. “I have been looking for you for a long time.
The hunter wanted to shoot the wolf first, but changed his mind. Suddenly he ate his grandmother, and she can still be saved.
Then the hunter took scissors and cut open the belly of the sleeping wolf. Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother got out of there - both alive and unharmed.
And all three were very, very happy. The hunter removed the skin from the wolf and carried it home. Grandmother ate a cake, drank the milk that Little Red Riding Hood brought her, and began to get better and gain strength.
Little Red Riding Hood realized that you should always obey your elders and never turn off the road in the forest.
Moral of Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood is one of the most popular fairy tales and not only among the fairy tales of Charles Perrault, but also among the fairy tales of all authors all over the world.
This fairy tale is included in the list of those that are read among the first children. A simple and seemingly uncomplicated story of a girl in a red cap, in fact, is a fairy tale with a deep meaning and psychological overtones.
Fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood is a story with morals and clear conclusions:
- You can't do what your mother doesn't tell you
- Don't talk to strangers
- You must not leave the intended path
- You can't be too trusting
However, Little Red Riding Hood does bad things. At the first meeting with danger, with a wolf, she forgets all the instructions of her mother and begins to talk with the beast. That is why the girl was eaten at the end of the tale. The sad ending turns into a kind and happy ending with the arrival of the hunters, who kill the wolf and free Red and her grandmother.
Do not try to interpret this tale more seriously and look for hidden subtext in it - it will be wrong.
The story has a very clear and subtle meaning.
Source: https://aababy.ru/skazki/zarubezhnye-skazki/sharl-perro/krasnaya-shapochka
Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault
In a small village there lived a girl who did not go anywhere by a direct road. Usually, for her walks, she chose the most distant paths and detours. On the way, she picked flowers and berries and entered into conversations with all the people she met along the way. Mom was very worried about her little daughter, because she lingered on walks until sunset.
Therefore, the grandmother sewed a bright red cap for the girl, which she liked so much that the little one never parted with her headdress. Soon both mother and grandmother and everyone after them began to call her Little Red Riding Hood.
The girl's grandmother lived on the very edge of the forest, and her mother often had to visit her and bring gifts. One day, my grandmother became very ill, and my mother could not go to her and take the medicine - a decoction of wild berries.
Then she decided to send her daughter with a parcel. But she was very worried that she would start playing and be late to come to her grandmother before sunset, then no one would see her and would not help her get on the road.
Mom called her daughter and said: Little Red Riding Hood, grandma is seriously ill, you should go and bring her medicine. But an evil and terrible wolf has settled in our forest, which can eat you.”
The girl was very frightened and refused to go alone to her grandmother. Mom reassured her and promised that nothing would happen to her if she only followed the path without turning anywhere. The girl took a basket of medicine, plum cake and a jar of jam and went to the forest.
At first she was very afraid and did not even look around, but then she saw ripe strawberries and got so carried away picking them that she went deep into the forest. There, some furry and gray beast called out to her. It was, of course, the Wolf, but the girl did not recognize him.
So she greeted him politely and, out of habit, talked to him. She told where and why she was going.
Then the Wolf quickly said goodbye and ran to the old woman's house, where he knocked on the door, and when he was allowed to enter, he burst into the house and swallowed the poor old woman. Then he lay down in her bed and waited for the girl.
Soon Little Red Riding Hood came up to the house, although when she entered she was very surprised by the sight of her beloved grandmother. She asked her why Grandma had such big hands, ears, eyes and, finally, teeth.
The Sly Wolf first spoke politely to the girl, and then, when she came close enough to the bed, grabbed her and swallowed her. After that he fell sound asleep.
Luckily, at that moment a forester was passing by the house, he sensed something was wrong when he saw the open door and heard loud snoring. He took off his gun from his shoulder and went inside the hut. There he saw a wolf sleeping on a bed.
The brave forester did not lose his head, but grabbed a knife and cut open the belly of the wolf. A whole and unharmed grandmother and granddaughter jumped out of there. They were very scared in the dark belly of the Wolf.
But since then there have been no scary animals in that forest, and everyone could safely walk there even after sunset. Mom no longer worried about Little Red Riding Hood when she was late for a walk.
Be sure to read the entire story. She is very interesting! -Red Riding Hood. Charles Perrault
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Fairy tales are full of creepy stories and adventures. Little Red Riding Hood is no exception. The story that we know in the retelling of Charles Perrault is actually not so joyful. Unlike the naive and gullible heroine, who can't tell a grandmother from a wolf, in most of the older versions of the story, the real Little Red Riding Hood was eaten alive.
Long before it was first written down, Little Red Riding Hood was a folk tale passed from mouth to mouth for centuries.
Anthropologist Jamie Tegrani claims Charles Perrault was not the first to document this story. Historian Robert Darnton explains that Perrault drew most of the stories from oral tradition. The nanny of his son helped him in this, telling the child fairy tales.
Little Red Riding Hood's story has deep roots and many versions. The story of a girl in red who wanders through the woods and encounters a wolf dates back to the eleventh century.
Even after Perrault made a literary adaptation and published a fairy tale, the oral tradition did not die. The French, who fled to Germany from the wars of religion, carried it with them.
From them the fairy tale came to the Brothers Grimm, who created their own version of the story.
One of the distinguishing features of the main character is her little red riding hood - she appears in almost every illustration created for this story over the past 200 years.
But in some versions of the tale, the little girl did not wear a red headdress at all.
In one of these, told in 17th and 18th century France, the heroine is described simply as a "little girl".
Other versions mention a hood made of gold. Little Red Riding Hood does not appear until the 17th century.
Where did she come from? Most likely, it was the notion of the nanny of the son of Charles Perrault. The writer first mentioned this detail of clothing in a fairy tale published in 1697 year. The girl's mother "made her a little red riding hood," explains Perrault, "it suited the girl very well, so everyone started calling her Little Red Riding Hood." And after that, the red headdress became a permanent attribute.
The detail became decisive for almost the entire story. Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm argued that the red hood is a symbol of girlish maturation, when a girl becomes a girl. The story turns into a lesson in morality for young people who can "go astray", putting their honor at risk. The wolf, according to Fromm, becomes a seducer of young girls.
When Charles Perrault wrote his fairy tale in the 1690s, red was associated with sin. Many folklorists note that the color red was often a symbol of a girl's coming of age, associated with the onset of menstruation. When the wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood into eating her, the message is clear: beware of predators who want to take advantage of young, inexperienced girls.
The old versions of Little Red Riding Hood are so terrible that we won't retell them all. In most cases, the ending was like this: the wolf ran into the grandmother's house, killed her and cooked a delicious dish out of her. When Red came, the wolf, pretending to be a grandmother, persuaded her to pour herself some wine and have a snack. Some researchers have found parallels in this with the Christian Eucharist.
In most cases, Red will never recognize the wolf. She may have had poor eyesight. The main moral of the tale was that children should be warned against real danger. The scarier the tale, the greater the certainty that the child will not trust strangers.
