乐播传媒

Tale Summary

There once was a young girl who lived in a pretty cottage at the edge of the forest with her father, a woodsman, and her mother, who stayed at home and tended to the cow and the food. On the other side of the wood was another pretty cottage, where the girl鈥檚 grandmother lived; she gave her granddaughter many gifts, including a little red hood, which is how the girl came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood. One day after breakfast, Little Red鈥檚 mother gave her a basket holding a cake, butter, and six eggs which the girl had found that morning, and instructed her to bring it to her grandmother, who had been ill. She advised her not to run, as she would break the eggs, but that she also must not loiter. There were many things to listen to and see in the woods, and Little Red decides to wander from the path to pick some wildflowers for her grandmother. When a wolf greets her, she is naively unafraid, and answers straightaway where she is headed towards. The wolf hurries onwards to the grandmother鈥檚 house, where he gobbles her up whole, and settles into bed to wait for the girl. When Little Red arrives, she remarks what big ears, eyes, nose, and teeth her grandmother has, not realizing it is a trick. The wolf lunges to eat her just like her grandmother, but at that moment, the girl鈥檚 father comes through the door with his axe and saves her by chopping off the creature鈥檚 head. Little red returns to her cottage and lives happily ever after with her parents.