Katie Halpin
Writing and Reporting the News 621.02
A noble huntsman saved the lives of Red Riding Hood and her grandmother after a malicious wolf swallowed them whole. Early yesterday morning the wolf followed Elisabeth to her sick grandmother’s house deep in the forest.
Elisabeth’s mother had sent her with a bread basket to bring to her ill grandmother. Elisabeth says she felt confident and capable enough to endure the half hour journey through the woods on her own. Nearly fifteen minutes down the road the devious wolf of the woods persuaded Little Red to stray from her familiar path.
Meanwhile, the wolf made his way to Elisabeth’s grandmother’s house. He knocked on the door and opened the latch as Red’s grandmother was too weak to leave her bed. It was there that he swallowed her whole and proceeded to dress himself in one of her nightgowns.
When Red finally made it to her destination she was nervous to enter the cottage as the door was left ajar. Nonetheless, she tip toed into her grandmother’s bedroom. Elisabeth says “I could feel it! I just knew something was not right!” After a quick exchange of words the wolf had eaten Little Red too.
A huntsman passing by entered the cottage after what he thought to be Red’s grandmother snoring a bit louder than usual. He saw the wolf’s bulging belly and thought maybe he had a chance of sparing the life of Red’s grandmother. He was right! He cut through the notorious wolf’s stomach without harming Little Red Riding Hood, or her grandmother. He skinned the wolf’s head as a trophy.
