Page 12 - Storytime - Issue 32 (April 2017)
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Compare It!
This version of this favourite
fairy tale dates is from the 19th
century. Compare it with Little Red
Riding Hood from Storytime Issue 9.
How do the two tales differ? Could
you write your own version with
a different-coloured hood –
and with a boy instead
of a girl?
“Oh my, what big teeth you’ve got,
Granny!”
“All the better to cruncH you with,
“Perhaps,” said the wolf. “Sit next to
my child!”
me, dear. That will make me better.”
And the wolf leapt forward, opened
So Little Golden Hood sat down on his huge jaws and snapped his big
the bed and was very surprised to yellow teeth at Little Golden Hood.
see how much her grandmother
looked like Friend Wolf. But she was far too quick for him!
She had already jumped off the bed,
“Oh my, what hairy arms you’ve got,
leaving the big, bad wolf with nothing
Granny!” said Little Golden Hood.
in his mouth but her golden hood.
“All the better to hug you, my child.”
Then ... what a commotion! What a
“Oh my, what a big nose you’ve got, hullabaloo! The wolf began to hop
Granny!” and yelp and howl in agony, holding
his mouth with his paws. It was as
“All the better to smell your sweet though red-hot coals were burning
scent, my child.” his tongue and his throat.
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