The story displays similarities to stories from classical Greece and Rome. "Little Red Riding Hood" illustration by Arthur Rackham. Sanitized versions of the story have the grandmother locked in the closet rather than being eaten and some have Little Red Riding Hood saved by the lumberjack as the wolf advances on her rather than after she is eaten, where the woodcutter kills or simply chases away the wolf with his axe. In the Grimms' version, the wolf leaves the house and tries to drink out of a well, but the stones in his stomach cause him to fall in and drown (similarly to the story of " The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids"). The wolf awakens and attempts to flee, but the stones cause him to collapse and die. Then they fill the wolf's body with heavy stones. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother emerge shaken, but unharmed. A woodcutter in the French version, or a hunter in the Brothers Grimm and traditional German versions, comes to the rescue with an axe, and cuts open the sleeping wolf. In later and better-known versions, the story continues. In Charles Perrault's version of the story, the first to be published, the tale ends here. Lastly, "What a big mouth you have" "The better to eat you with!", he responds, at which point the wolf jumps out of the bed and eats her as well. "And what big hands you have!" "The better to embrace you with", responds the wolf. "Goodness, what big eyes you have!" "The better to see you with", responds the wolf. She says, "What a deep voice you have!" "The better to greet you with", responds the wolf. When the girl arrives, she notices the strange appearance of her "grandmother". Gustave Doré's engraving of the scene: "She was astonished to see how her grandmother looked." He swallows the grandmother whole (or, in some versions, he locks her in the closet) and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. As she does so, he goes to the grandmother's house and gains entry by pretending to be Riding Hood. He suggests that she pick some flowers as a present for her grandmother, which she does. After he enquires as to where she is going, she tells him. In the Grimms' version, her mother had ordered her to stay strictly on the path.Ī stalking wolf wants to eat the girl and the food in the basket. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother ( wine and cake depending on the translation). The story centers around a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hooded cape that she wears. The tale Original version "Little Red Riding Hood", illustrated in a 1927 story anthology It is number 333 in the Aarne–Thompson classification system for folktales. Other names for the story are " Little Red Cap" or simply " Red Riding Hood". The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. " Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Problems playing this file? See media help.
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