![]() Both reinforce the moral of avoiding strange creatures and “keeping to the path”.Īfter Perrault’s version it appeared in eighteenth century collections of fairy tales. ![]() The Grimm brother’s version, Rotk äppchen ( Little Red Cap), written down in 1812, has a different ending to Perrault’s, in which Red Riding Hood and her grandmother are cut out of the wolf’s belly and saved by the huntsman. Charles Perrault’s Le Petit Chaperon Rouge is the first known version of the tale written down. Versions of it or tales with similar themes are found across Europe. The story existed orally long before Perrault wrote it down but there is not enough evidence to date it firmly. ![]() The dialogue between Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in grandma’s bed has become an iconic story moment. When we asked visitors to the museum to tell us their favourite fairy stories Little Red Riding Hood was second only to Cinderella. ![]() The wolf runs ahead to get to grandmother’s house first and when Red Riding Hood knocks on the door, there is a surprise waiting for her… When walking through the woods to visit her ill grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood encounters a wolf. ![]()
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