“Little Red!” Mother called, “Go to the baker to pick up a loaf of bread for Granny”
“But Mother,” Little Red whined, “I just went to Granny’s!”
“I don’t care! It’s time you get out of the house. Your father and I don’t have time for you!”
Just as Little Red walked out the door to go to the baker’s, her father said to his wife, “I’m sure that the baker put the poison in the bread, but are you sure it will work?”
Just as the words escaped his mouth the wolf with outstanding hearing walked by. He crept to the window and put his ear against the wall, careful not to make a sound. The wolf was known as the Big Bad Wolf but inside he was actually a kind hearted fellow who had a soft spot for children. He had to do something!
Later...
Little Red had just walked out of the baker’s shop and started down the path to Granny’s house. She noticed the baker gave her a piece of sweet milk bread. Her favorite! She wanted to gulp it up right then and there, but then she had a thought.
“I will share this with Granny when we get to her house. She will like that, I hope!”
The wolf who was following her breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, “Maybe she will last until Linda’s house. She would never trust me!”
“No… Granny won’t mind if I take a few bites”
The Wolf watched in horror as Little Red sat down on a rock and took the milk bread out of her pouch. She was about to take a bite when the wolf jumped out of the bushes with his teeth bared. She screamed and dropped the bread. Unfortunately her tongue licked the bread! The wolf held his breath as Little Red stood there screaming. All the sudden her eyes drooped and she sat down on the rock sleepily. The wolf’s mind raced wondering what he should do. She only took a lick of the poison so she wouldn’t be hurt, just asleep for a while, so he did what any wolf would do-— he gave her a nip on the cheek.
“Ow!” Little Red cried “what was that for?!”
“I’ll explain at Linda’s,” the wolf said.
Later...
“I can’t thank you enough, Wolf! I don’t know what she would have done without you!” Linda exclaimed gratefully.
“Wait a minute… do you know each other?” Little Red asked.
“Yeah,” Wolf replied, “Me and your grandmother go way back.”
“I was the only one who knew who he really was,” Granny replied.
“It’s a good thing he was watching to scare me out of eating that bread!” Little Red exclaimed happily, “but I have a question, what would have happened if I had really eaten that bread?”
Wolf sighed, “Well your parents used a bad poison but it wasn’t deadly.”
“It’s a highly advanced remedy that some scientists in Asia discovered.” Granny added.
“Well you guys still have not answered my question!” Little Red said impatiently.
“It would have put you to sleep for about 7 years,” Wolf said in a whisper.
“Really!?” Little Red exclaimed, surprised.
“Your parents thought that if you were asleep for that long you would wake more mature.”
“In my opinion they are completely wrong!” Granny said angrily, “I can’t believe that my own daughter would do that!”
“This is kind of off topic,” Little Red said sheepishly, “But I’m hungry.”
“Well let’s not keep you waiting! We can have milk and cookies to celebrate!”
After that Little Red lived happily ever after with Granny and Wolf.
Illustration by Emma, 5th Grade
