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Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, in a friendly little village, there was a friendly little girl. She was loved and spoiled near to pieces by her parents and she was loved and spoiled even more by her dear old grandmother who happened to live just on the other side of the woods.

The girl had a name, but no one used it and we won't either. Instead, we'll call her what everyone called her. Little Red Riding Hood, because she wore a bright, apple-red hooded cloak everywhere and anywhere she happened to go.

One day, Little Red Riding Hood's mother made up a basket of food for her grandmother. They were a very close family and often sent little treats back and forth between them, mainly as an excuse to keep Little Red Riding Hood busy and have her visit her grandmother often.

Today, the treats were a freshly baked blackberry pie and a big wheel of soft yellow cheese. Little Red's mother wrapped pie and cheese both in a warm red cloth and snugged them into Red's wicker picnic basket.

Now, Little Red Riding Hood, her mother said, you head out of the gate and through the trees and deliver this basket to your grandmother.

Yes, mother! Little Red replied eagerly. And what are the rules of walking to grandmother's?

Make sure you're watching for all the woods dangers and most important, never talk to strangers. Little Red replied, they had made it into a little song because they were smart folk who knew that things put to song are much more easily remembered.

Alright, off with you then! So Little Red Riding Hood left, basket in hand, singing to herself as she skipped down the path.

Out the back gate and on through the trees, a blackberry pie and a big wheel of cheese. Make sure you're watching for all the woods dangers and most important, never talk to strangers.

Halfway through the woods, she came upon a group of woodcutters clearing some trees to make space for a new house. They were big and burly and bearded and they waved at her and she went back.

Oh girl! One shouted, that smells mighty good, what's in the basket today?

Little Red was going to answer and then she remembered the song and instead kept on skipping down the path. The woodcutters laughed as she went. They were good men with families of their own and they appreciated a girl smart enough to know the rules about walking alone.

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