Little Red by Kevin Earl
For Jackson, Cody, Brooke, Luke, and Vivian!
“Little Red” The story of Little Red Ridinghood as retold and Illustrated by 故事重述 插画绘图 Kevin Earl
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Little Red lives in a forest of buildings. They rise so high that she can't see the tops. For most little girls this would be a scary place, but not for Little Red.
One day, Little Red's mom asked her to take Grandma Blue some fresh vegetables from their rooftop garden.
Grandma Blue lived nearby but on the other side of the park.
”Go straight there,” Little Red's mom told her. ”Grandma is expecting you.”
The young girl put on her favorite red hat and set out on her errand with much importance.
At first, she walked very fast, but when she came to the playground she slowed down.
She really wanted to play, but she remembered what her mom said and kept going. Nearby, a wolf watched Little Red.
She was a big, hairy, scary, bad wolf who liked to eat little girls.
The wolf stopped Little Red and asked...
”Where are you going?” ”To my Grandma Blue's. I'm giving her some yummy vegetables from our garden.”
”Oh, how nice!”
The wolf replied excitedly. Really, she was thinking about how much she liked to eat grandmas. She came up with a plan to get both.
”It is a lovely day, but it
is supposed to rain later,” the wolf said.
”Oh, no! I wanted to play on the swings on my way home,” Little Red cried.
”I'm sure your Grandma Blue won't mind if you play a little before you go to her,” suggested the wolf.
”But my mom said to go straight there,” the little girl pleaded.
”She loves you too much to get mad at you for playing a little bit,” the wolf said.
”Ok, I guess it won't be too long,” Little Red reasoned.
Little Red went through the gate and found her favorite swing while the wolf ran to the building on the other side of the park where she found Grandma Blue's apartment.
After swinging and going down the slide a couple of times,
Little Red picked up her bag and continued to Grandma Blue's.
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Little Red rang the bell and was buzzed in. She left the front door open and called out for Grandma Blue when she wasn't greeted with a hug at the front door.
�I'm in here lying down,� came a voice from the bedroom.
”What's wrong?” asked Little Red. ”Are you not feeling well?” ”I feel a little sick,” replied the figure in bed.
”Come a little closer, so I can see you better.”
?! Little Red got right next to the bed and noticed how funny her grandma looked.
”What big ears you have, grandma!” exclaimed Little Red.
”The better to hear you with,” the figure said.
”What big eyes you have!” marveled the girl.
”The better to see you with, my dear,” the invalid said.
”What big teeth you have!” Little Red worried.
”The better to eat you with!” the wolf howled.
The wolf jumped out of bed and gobbled Little Red down in one bite!
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Just then, a neighbor noticed the open door and heard the wolf. She went in and found the fat wolf snoring. The neighbor also heard a faint cry from inside the wolf.
The woman got a knife from the kitchen and cut the wolf open. Out climbed Little Red and Grandma Blue.
�Thank You!�
they said, and they gave the neighbor a big hug.
Little Red learned two important lessons that day. She learned to listen to her mother and to finish her work before playing.
Meet the Storyteller
Kevin Earl Originally, from Texas, Kevin grew up with largerthan-life stories about Pecos Bill and the Alamo. As a child, he travelled the United States with the Texas Boys Choir telling stories through song and learning stories from host families and of places he visited. With the choir Kevin travelled overseas for the first time to Latvia solidifying his wanderlust. Kevin has degrees from LDS Business College, Brigham Young University, and Grand Canyon University. He has lived and traveled around the world experiencing stories from all over the globe. He believes that through the stories of people and places we learn to appreciate and understand others we share the world with, we learn valuable lessons about why things are the way they are, and we pass down our culture and traditions to connect the past with the future. One children's story lesson that he has continued to learn through his life of adventure comes from a story by Dr. Seuss. Horton, the elephant, states plainly, �A person's a person, no matter how small.�