“Little Red Riding Hood”

Cultural  

1. A fairy tale from the collections of Charles Perrault and the brothers Grimm. A girl called Little Red Riding Hood (after the red, hooded cloak she wears) meets a wolf in the woods while traveling to visit her sick grandmother. When she tells him where she is going, the wolf takes the short way there, swallows the grandmother, puts on her clothes, and climbs into her bed to wait for Little Red Riding Hood. She arrives and exclaims, “Grandmother, what big eyes you have!” “The better to see you with, my child,” says the wolf. “Grandmother, what big teeth you have!” remarks the girl. “The better to eat you with!” replies the wolf, who then devours Little Red Riding Hood. A huntsman rescues both the girl and her grandmother by cutting the wolf open.

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Example Sentences

The island’s first social campaign against sexual harassment originated on college campuses in the early 1990s, known as the “Little Red Riding Hood” movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

A grandpa tells the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” all wrong, giving the heroine an encounter with a giraffe.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

“The Company of Wolves” is her memorable “revisioning” of “Little Red Riding Hood”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2020

In junior high or high school my friends and I did a version of “Little Red Riding Hood” all over town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2018

After “Rumpelstiltskin” come “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller