Summary of Little Red Riding Hood 

"Little Red Riding Hood" is the story of a beautiful young girl whose mother sends her, with a basket of goods, to her ill grandmother the next village over. 

Upon entering the woods, the girl comes across a hungry wolf who wants to eat her right away but becomes scared because of some wood-cutters nearby. Instead, he asks her where she is going, and she says that she is going to her grandmother's house. He asks if it is far, to which she responds that it is the first house in the next village over.

Meaning of Little Red Riding Hood

The meaning, or moral, behind "Little Red Riding Hood" can vary based on the interpretation that is read. In some versions, the mother gives the young girl specific instructions to keep to the trail and not wander. The mother's instructions emphasize the moral of the importance of listening and following instructions. However, this is not the case in its other versions. Instead, another version urges beautiful young girls not to talk to strangers because a wolf is not always "noisy, hateful, or angry" and easy to spot; it is the "tame, obliging, and gentle" wolves that are the most dangerous.

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