Little Red Riding Hood in Art

Music : Anael.
Album : Arrival of the Cherubs.
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Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.

As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He went and knocked on Grandma's door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,
And Wolfie said, ''May I come in ?''
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,
''He's going to eat me up!'' she cried.
And she was absolutely right.
He ate her up in one big bite.
But Grandmamma was small and tough,
And Wolfie wailed, ''That's not enough!
I haven't yet begun to feel
That I have had a decent meal!''
He ran around the kitchen yelping,
''I've got to have a second helping!''
Then added with a frightful leer,
''I'm therefore going to wait right here
Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood
Comes home from walking in the wood.''
He quickly put on Grandma's clothes,
(Of course he hadn't eaten those).
He dressed himself in coat and hat.
He put on shoes, and after that
He even brushed and curled his hair,
Then sat himself in Grandma's chair.
In came the little girl in red.
She stopped. She stared. And then she said,

''What great big ears you have, Grandma.''
''All the better to hear you with,'' the Wolf replied.
''What great big eyes you have, Grandma.''
said Little Red Riding Hood.
''All the better to see you with,'' the Wolf replied.

He sat there watching her and smiled.
He thought, I'm going to eat this child.
Compared with her old Grandmamma
She's going to taste like caviar.

Then Little Red Riding Hood said, ''But Grandma,
what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.''

''That's wrong!'' cried Wolf. ''Have you forgot
To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?
Ah well, no matter what you say,
I'm going to eat you anyway.''
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, ``Hello, and do please note
My lovely furry wolfskin coat.''

By Roald Dahl, Revolting Rhymes

Category:

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[mmbmbmbmb]

Fabulous!!!

And Roald Dahl's text hilarious!

As someone before me said ~ thank you for such a collective delight

[joshje777]

@mmbmbmbmb ....Thank you, Karin !

I love wolves...

but beware of wolves wearing clothes...

and wolves in sheeps clothing...

[Oakleaf700]

My son thought Red riding hood was all about a girl ''losing her innocence'' and ''straying from the path''-he was then about eleven-maybe ''Fairytales DO tell messages on a deep level to children-as a child, I knew that Red Riding hood had been ''disobedient'' but didn't tie it up with a loss of innocence..The old stories often have a ''warning'' element to them it seems

[joshje777]

@Oakleaf700 ..Indeed, Fairy tales are much more deeper directed for children...

Intuitively, they understand the symbolism much better...like most adults...

I also love the esoteric secret meaning behind the Fairy tales..☆..they go really deep...

[SuperLuckydream]

Love the video and the poem! Thanks a lot for coming back to the childhood, perhaps nothing can diminish its memories. And it is so interesting to look at the images now! Your presentation as always touches the soul,dear Josh.

[AquarelleO1]

Un magnifique partage *****

Un conte qui m 'a toujours fasciné

Bravo ! et Merci Josh

[ComUmaPiscada]

Era uma vez uma menina indigesta...que nos ensinou que o peixe não é o único animal que morre pela boca...cuidado com o que comes lobo...

Uma postagem mui bela, impressionante!

[mmbmbmbmb]

@joshje777 ~ oh ~ how I would have needed your "warning" many, many moons ago ;o)

I do love wolves as well. They are awesome animals. Awesome & beautiful! And more and more people are realizing, that they are not the "bad guy" as there image was previously perceived.

Kind regards from Canada!

[WolfregensConstanze]

Hello Josh, very nice, I like it! Do you know about the film "Zeit der Wölfe" (The Company Of Wolves"), directed by Neil Jordan? It's the same theme.

[RoseMarieRaccioppi]

Many a tale did I live anew... Thank You for such collective delight - indeed a most expressive array - here again your magic dear Josh!!