So, in our story, Grandma returns home in the nick
of time to save Red Riding Hood. However, Little Red Riding Hood has
not been so lucky in earlier versions of this tale. In Jacob and Wilhelm
Grimm's story, the wolf eats both Grandma and Red Riding Hood. While
the wolf is sound asleep, a hunter passing by the house cuts open
the wolf's stomach with a pair of scissors and frees Grandma and Red
Riding Hood. In other stories, the wolf eats Grandma but Red Riding
Hood is saved when a hunter kills the wolf with an arrow before he
can eat her. In another ending, the wolf eats both Grandma and Red
Riding Hood. This tragic ending may have been used to frighten children
into learning the lesson of the story. What lessons do you think can
be learned from this story?
Host: kyle hicks macdonald Narrator: fred j dobbs Illustrations: ps luo Original story:the brothers Grimm
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