The theme also appears in the story of the life of Saint Margaret, where the saint emerges unharmed from the belly of a dragon. The theme of the ravening wolf and of the creature released unharmed from its belly is also reflected in the Russian tale Peter and the Wolf, and the other Grimm tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, but its general theme of restoration is at least as old as Jonah and the Whale. It also warns about the dangers of not obeying one's mother (at least in the Grimms' version). The tale makes the clearest contrast between the safe world of the village and the dangers of the forest, conventional antitheses that are essentially medieval, though no written versions are as old as that. The wolf awakens and tries to flee, but the stones cause him to collapse and die (Sanitized versions of the story have the grandmother shut in the closet instead of eaten, and some have Little Red Riding Hood saved by the Huntsman as the wolf advances on her rather than after she is eaten where the woodcutter kills the wolf with his axe). They then fill the wolf's body with heavy stones. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother emerge unharmed. However, in later versions the story continues generally as follows:Ī Huntsman (in the Brothers Grimm and traditional German versions, but in the French version, a Woodcutter) comes to the rescue and with his axe cuts open the sleeping wolf. In Charles Perrault's version of the story (the first version to be published), the tale ends here. Little Red then says, "What a deep voice you have!" ("The better to greet you with"), "Goodness, what big eyes you have!" ("The better to see you with"), "What big ears you have!" ("The better to hear you with"), "And what big hands you have!" ("The better to hug/grab you with"), and lastly, "What a big mouth you have" ("The better to eat you with!"), at which point the wolf jumps out of bed, and eats her up too. When the girl arrives, she notices that her grandmother looks very strange. He swallows the grandmother whole (in some stories, he locks her in the closet) and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandma. In the meantime he goes to the grandmother's house and gains entry by pretending to be the girl. ![]() He suggests that the girl pick some flowers which she does. He approaches Little Red Riding Hood and she naïvely tells him where she is going. He secretly stalks her behind trees, bushes, shrubs, and patches of little and tall grass. In the Grimms' version, she had the order from her mother to stay strictly on the path.Ī Big Bad 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). In the Grimms' and Perrault's versions of the tale, she is named after the red hooded cape/cloak that she wears. Jackie Gleason's character Ralph Kramden - "One of these days.The story revolves around a girl called Little Red Riding Hood." Red and Tweety supply the rest of the line: "Pow! Right/wight in the kisser!" only for them to be forcibly ejected by none other than Granny! "I told them, one of these days. Their pursuers chase after the bus and immediately board at the next stop. Red says, "Eek! The Big Bad Wolf!" Tweety says, "Eek! The Big Bad Puddy Tat!" The chase begins.Īfter several back-and-forth chases, with Big Bad and Sylvester getting the worst end of things, Red and Tweety flee Grandmother's home and head for the nearest bus stop. Once Red arrives and presents "Grandma" with Tweety, she sets it down as asked Sylvester immediately approaches the cage, prompting Tweety to ask, "Hewwo, Wittle Wed Widing Hood's Gwandma! Whatcha doin' under da' bed?" After the signature exchange ending with "The better to see, smell, and eat you with," and each character's realization of their sworn enemy. ![]() Big Bad takes his place in the bed, while Sylvester is shooed underneath. Big Bad and Sylvester hurriedly dress in Granny's clothing, anticipating Red's arrival. Sylvester overhears the requisite exchange of Big Bad asking Red where she is headed and soon joins Big Bad in trying to reach Granny's house first.īig Bad ousts Granny from the house, to which she immediately swears revenge. In the woods, the Big Bad Wolf waits for Red to come by, signs announcing who he is, much to Big Bad's disgust. Red boards the bus, but Sylvester continues after her as it drives into the woods, the inattentive puddy striking a road sign along the way. Sylvester sees Red's cargo and immediately follows her, his primary interest being Tweety. The present she plans to bring her grandmother is Tweety in his cage. Red Riding Hood is off to see her grandmother who lives in a house in the woods.
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