Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Week 15: Reading Notes Part A (Brother Grimm)

Brother Grimm: Little Red Cap

This story is part of the Brothers Grimm unit. Story source: The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales translated by D. L. Ashliman (1998-2013).


  • Little Red Cap is little girl liked by everyone 
  • She is closest with her grandmother
  • One day, Little Red Cap's mother told Little Red Cap that she needed to take some cake and a bottle of wine to her grandmother because she was very weak 
  • Her mother emphasized to Little Red to stay on the path!
  • Her grandmother lived out in the woods a half hour away 
  • A wolf approached her and she didn't know he was a dangerous animal 
  • The wolf walked with Little Red Cap for awhile and asked where she was going and what she was doing
  • Little Red explained that she was going to her grandmother's 
  • The wolf got Little Red distracted
  • He pointed out all the beautiful flowers and Little Red thought to herself how much her grandmother would appreciate them 
  • She strayed from the path to pick some flowers 
  • While Little Red was picking flowers the wolf headed straight for Grandmothers
  • The wolf approached the house and said he was Little Red 
  • Then he went inside and gobbled her up and put her clothes on 
  • Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!"

    "All the better to hear you with."

    "Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!"

    "All the better to see you with."

    "Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!"

    "All the better to grab you with!"

    "Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!"

    "All the better to eat you with!"
  • The wolf then ate up Little Red 
  • Soon after a huntsman heard big snoring at the Grandmother's house he came and said I have been hunting you for a long time 
  • Instead of shooting the wolf he cut his belly with scissors and out popped little red and her grandmother 
Little Red Postage Stamp

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