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| Topic: A MODERN DAY RED RIDING HOOD MAKES HER POINT. | |
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uk1971
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Once upon a time, in a far away country, there lived a little girl called Red Riding Hood.
One day, her mother asked her to take a basket of fruit to her grandmother, who had been ill and lived alone in a cottage in the forest. It happened that a wolf was lurking in the bushes and overheard the conversation. He decided to take a short-cut to the grandmother’s house, and get the goodies for himself. The wolf killed the grandmother, then dressed in her nightgown, and jumped into bed to await the arrival of the little girl. When she arrived, he made several nasty suggestions and then tried to grab her. But by this time the child was very frightened, and ran screaming from the cottage. A woodcutter working nearby, heard her cries, and rushed to the rescue. He killed the wood with his axe, thereby saving Red Riding Hoods life. All the towns people hurried to the scene and proclaimed the woodcutter a hero. But, at the inquest, several facts emerged: 1) The wolf had never been advised of his rights. 2) The woodcutter had made no warning swings before striking the fatal blow. 3) The Civil Liberties Union stressed the point that, although the act of eating Grandma may have been in bad taste, the wolf was only ‘doing his thing’ and thus, didn’t deserve the death penalty. 4) The CPS contended that the killing of the grandmother should be considered self-defence since she was over thirty and therefore, couldn’t be taken seriously, because the wolf was trying to make love, not war. On the basis of these considerations, it was decided there was no valid basis for charges against the wolf. Moreover, the woodcutter was charged with unaggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Several nights later, the woodcutters cottage was burned to the ground. One year from the date of ‘The incident at Grandma’s,’ her cottage was made a shrine for the wolf who had bled and died there. All the village officials spoke about the dedication. But it was Red Riding Hood who gave the most touching tribute. She said that, while she had been selfishly grateful for the woodcutters’ intervention, she realized in retrospect that he had over-reacted. As she knelt and placed a wreath in honour of the brave wolf, there wasn’t a dry eye in the whole forest.   
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