1. A Modern Tale
The Fairy-tale Name: Little Red Ridinghood.
What happens?
One day a girl in a red cloak (Little Red RidingHood) bakes muffins to give to her grandmother and has to walk
through a forest to get to her house. On the way a wolf starts to followher but makes itto her grandmother’s
house before she does. The wolf eats her grandmother and dresses in her clothes. Little red ridinghood comes
in and asks ‘’Grandmother what big eyes you have?’’ The wolf replies,‘all the better to see you with.’’ The girl
then says,‘’Grandmother what big nose you have?’’ The wolf replies, ‘all thebetter to smell you dear.’’ The
girls then says,‘’Grandmother what bigteeth you have?’’ The wolf replies, ‘all the better to eat you with.’’ The
wolf growls and littlered ridinghood screams.A nearby axe man hears her and comes to her recuse. Chops
the wolf and frees the grandmother from his stomach.
The Modern Twist
What happens?
Little red ridinghood needed money so her and her boyfriend (the axe man) comes up with a scheme which
makes the headlines. They tied and gagged her grandmother and locked her in the basement. They killed her
largedog and called the police.Little red ridinghood claimed that she was attacked and the axe man had
saved her life.However, a neighbour hears her grandmother in the basement and sets her free. The story is
then told to the press and littlered riding hood and the axe man is jailed for charges on preventing the course
of justice,kidnappingand animal cruelty.
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