鈥淟ittle Red Riding-Hood.鈥 Histories or听Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers,听London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23.
Tale Summary
There was once a pretty country girl who was loved dearly by her mother and grandmother, who gifted her a red riding hood, which is how the girl鈥檚 nickname 鈥淟ittle Red Riding-Hood鈥 came to be. One day, Little Red鈥檚 mother made some custards and instructed the girl to carry them and a pot of butter to her grandmother, who was ill and lived on the other side of the wood. As she is walking in the forest, Little Red comes across Gaffer Wolf, who wants to eat her up but can鈥檛 because of nearby woodsmen. He asks where she is going, and she tells him because she does not realize the danger. The wolf suggests that they each take separate paths to see who can get there faster. Little Red takes a longer time, as she is distracted by flowers and butterflies, and Gaffer Wolf makes it there first. He knocks on the door, pretending to be Little Red, and then eats up the grandmother. By the time Little Red arrives, he is waiting for her in bed. She is tricked and remarks on how different her grandmother looks. When she gets close enough and notices what big teeth 鈥榮he鈥 has, the wolf eats her up.
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Fairy Tale Title
Little Red Riding-Hood
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)听
None listed
Common Tale Type听
Little Red Riding Hood
Tale Classification
ATU 333
Page Range of Tale听
pp. 31-36
Full Citation of Tale听
鈥淟ittle Red Riding-Hood.鈥 Histories or听Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers,听London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23.
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
This is the moral of the tale:
"From this short Story easy we discern,
What Conduct all young People ought to learn.
But above all, young growing Misses fair,
Whose orient rosy Blooms begin t鈥檃ppear:
Who, Beauties in the fragrant Spring of Age,
White pretty Airs young Hearts are apt t鈥檈ngage,
Ill do they listen to all Sorts of Tongues,
Since some enchant and lure like Syrens鈥 Songs.
No wonder therefore, 鈥榯is, if over-powered,
So many of them has the Wolf devour鈥檇.
The Wolf, I say, for Wolves too sure there are
Of every Sort, and every Character.
Some of them mild and gentle humour鈥檇 be,
Of Noise and Gall, and Rancour wholly free;
Who tame, familiar, full of Complaisance,
Ogle and lear, languish, cajole, and glance;
With luring Tongues, and Language wond鈥檙ous
Sweet,
Follow young Ladies as they walk the Street,
Ev鈥檔 to their very Houses, nay, beside,
And artful, tho鈥 their true Designs they hide:
Yet ah! These simpering Wolves, who does not see,
Most dang鈥檙ous of all Wolves in fact they be?"
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Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2022
Book Title听
Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals
Book Author/Editor(s)听
Charles Perrault, J. Saxon Childers
Illustrator(s)
None listed
Publisher
The Nonesuch Press
Date Published
1925
Decade Published听
1920-1929
Publisher City
London
Publisher Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Book Notes
This book includes morals at the end of each tale.