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The Earliest Known Version of Little Red Riding Hood
(I swear I am not making this up)
Once a little girl was told by her mother to bring some bread and
milk to her grandmother. As the girl was walking through the forest, a wolf came
up to her and asked where she was going.
"To grandmother's house," she replied.
"Which path are you taking, the path of the pins or the path of the needles?"
"The path of the needles."
So the wolf took the path of the pins and arrived first at the house. He killed grandmother, poured her blood into a bottle, and sliced her flesh onto a platter. Then he got into her nightclothes and waited in bed.
"Knock, knock"
"Come in, my dear."
"Hello grandmother. I've brought you some bread and milk."
"Have something yourself, my dear. There is meat and wine in the pantry."
So the little girl ate what was offered; and as she did, a little cat said, "Slut! To eat the flesh and drink the blood of your grandmother!"
Then the wolf said, "Undress and get into bed with me."
"Where shall I put my apron?"
"Throw it on the fire; you won't need it any more."
For each garment- bodice, skirt, petticoat, and stockings ; the girl asked the same question; and each time the wolf answered, "Throw it on the fire; you won't need it any more."
When the girl got in bed, she said, "Oh grandmother! How hairy you are!"
"Its to keep me warmer, my dear."
"Oh grandmother! What big shoulders you have!"
"Its for better carrying firewood, my dear."
"Oh grandmother! What long nails you have!"
"Its for scratching myself better, my dear."
"Oh grandmother! What big teeth you have!"
"Its for eating you better, my dear."
And he ate her.
Another early version ends like this:
"Oh granny, what a big mouth you have!"
"The better to eat you with, my child!"
"Oh granny, I have to go badly. Let me go outside."
"Do it in the bed, my child!"
"Oh no, granny, I want to go outside."
"All right, but make it quick."
The werewolf attached a woolen rope to her foot and let her
go outside. When the little girl was outside, she tied the end of the
rope to a plum tree in the courtyard. The werewolf became impatient and said: "Are you making a load out there? Are
you making a load?"
When he realized that nobody was answering him, he jumped
out of bed and saw that the little girl had escaped. He followed her but arrived at her house just at the moment she entered.
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