The Little Red Riding Hood - A Short Story For Kids
This is a short story about a little girl nicknamed Little Red Riding Hood. She embarked on a journey to her Grandma’s house, but she has to pass through the woods. Read on to find out what happened.
A
long time ago in a certain village very close to the forest lived a little girl
with her family. She was fond of putting on a red cloak whenever she went out.
Soon, the villagers nicknamed her little riding hood.
One
faithful day, the little girl asked her mother if it was ok for her to go and
visit her grandmother since it’s been a while she visited her. “oh dear, that’s
a lovely thought. I will prepare a few things for your journey then,” her
mother said. Her mother quickly packed a few things into the basket for her and
a few presents for her grandmother. She kissed her goodbye and said, “go
straight to Grandma’s house, the woods are filled with dangerous creatures. Do
not get into any troubles.”
The
little girl promised her mother that she would be careful not to speak to
strangers or get into any trouble. She hugged her mother and headed for
Grandma’s house. When she arrived in the
woods, she quickly forgot her promise to her mother and started picking
beautiful flowers in the woods. She watched the butterflies fly about and
listened to the frogs croaking in the woods. “what a lovely view,” she said and
continued picking more flowers.
The
little girl was enjoying the beautiful summer day in the woods when suddenly a
dark shadow came upon her. She was so engulfed by the lovely view of the woods
that she didn’t notice.
“what
are you doing here, little girl?” a sweet loving voice said to her.
The
voice quickly jerked her backed to reality and when she opened her eyes, she
saw a wolf staring keenly at her.
Little
Red Riding Hood replied, “I am on my way to my grandmother’s house. She lives
close to the brook near the forest.” It was getting dark and she quickly
realized how much time she had spent in the woods.
“I
must go now,” she said to the wolf and quickly rushed down the path leading to
her grandmother’s house.
The
wolf, being so familiar with the paths in the woods took a shortcut and reached
her grandmother’s house before she could.
When
the wolf arrived, he gave a little knock on the door and her grandmother
thinking that it was her opened the door for the wolf to come in. The wolf
quickly pounced on her and devoured her up.
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Having
eaten to his satisfaction, the wolf let out a satisfied burp and went through
Grandma’s clothes to find a nightgown she loved wearing. He dabbed a frilly hat
to conceal his identity and also applied some of Grandma’s perfume to smell
like her.
A
few minutes after the incident, Little Red Riding Hood arrived at her Grandma’s
house and gave a knock on the door. The wolf quickly took his position on the
bed pretending to be Grandma. “who is it?” he asked in a very calm voice as he
could muster.
Little
Red Riding Hood replied, “it’s me, Grandma.”
“Oh
how wonderful of you to visit me at this time, please do come in,” the wolf
said.
When
Little Red Riding Hood went into the cottage, she could barely recognize her
grandmother. “Grandma, are you ok? Your voice seems a bit off and your
appearance a lot different from before.” She said.
“Oh
my dear, the weather hasn’t been so kind to me. I have got cold,” the wolf
replied coughing to buttress his point.
She
asked again, “Grandma, what big eyes and ears you have. These are new to me.”
“It
is for me to hear and see you better my dear,” the wolf replied.
“But
Grandma you have got big teeth,” she said slightly afraid this time.
“Yes,
to eat you with it my dear,” roared the wolf. He immediately jumped out of the
bed and started chasing Little Red Riding Hood.
It
was too late for Little Red Riding Hood when she realized that the wolf wasn’t
her Grandma. She started calling for help at the top of her voice as she ran
across the room and through the door.
“Help
me! Wolf!” she yelled loudly as she ran through the woods.
Nearby,
a woodsman was chopping logs of woods, he heard her cry and quickly rushed
towards her to help.
The
woods caught the wolf, grabbed him by the neck, and made him spit out Little
Red Riding Hood’s grandmother. Grandma was a little exhausted by the whole
experience, but was ok. “thank God you are alright Grandma. I will not speak to
strangers or get carried away again in the woods. I have learned my lessons,”
replied Little Red Riding Hood.
“You
have learned an important lesson today my child, thank God you shouted loud
enough for anyone to hear, and thank goodness this woodsman came to your
rescue,” replied Grandma.
Little
Red Riding Hood and her Grandma thanked the woodsman and gave him some gifts.
The woodsman knocked out the wolf and took him deep into the forest where he
would no longer disturb people again. Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma
had a wonderful time thereafter.
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