"Was Grandmother still naked!?"
By foxyfire33
@foxyfire33 (10005)
United States
June 24, 2008 10:52am CST
LOL...leave to kids to take classic stories and find something no one else ever thought of. Last night my 5 year old asked me to tell him "Little Red Riding Hood". I prefer the friendlier version which has the wolf locking grandmother in her closet after taking her night gown rather than the one where he eats her. And at the end instead of the hunter killing the wolf he just scares him and makes him apologize and then all four of them (grandmother, Little Red, the Hunter, and the Wolf) all sit down together to eat the goodies in Little Red's basket.
Well as I told the part of them letting Grandmother out of the closet and sitting down to eat....my son looked at me, eyes all big, almost horrified looking and said "But Mommy, was Grandmother still naked? The wolf stole her clothes!"
LOL...it caught me a bit by surprise and I laughed but then quickly told him that Grandmother put her other clothes on while she was locked in her closet. I was still chuckling the rest of the night about it.
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14 responses
@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
25 Jun 08
You have a very smart son, as I am 60 yrs old and heard and told the story many, many times, but never once did I ever think of that question.. It never crossed my mind.. That is so funny but also makes me feel so very simple..
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
It had never crossed my mind either until he asked! It seems so obvious now...how did we go all that time never realizing that Grandmother was not wearing clothes after the wolf stole her nightgown?!
@Crystalxdr (443)
• China
25 Jun 08
How cute your lovely son is!Children seems more creative and give us adults big surprises!
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Thanks! Children's brains do seem to be more creative!
@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
24 Jun 08
I really like your version of the story , sounds like a much better way to tell it . I will have to remember so I can tell it to Cooper that way . Your son is a very observant 5 year old . Most people just take the story, and don't stop to think the wolf stole grannies night clothes.
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Well, I learned the hard way several children ago that talking about a wolf eating grandmother and getting cut open in the end was not good right before bed!
I know I never thought about what grandmother was wearing after the wolf stole her clothes LOL!
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Kids do think of the silliest things. I am surprised you didn't bust out laughing then. Leave it to them to think of things like that.
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
It was so hard not to burst out laughing! But he gets embarrassed easily and I knew if I laughed he'd think I was laughing at him and then he'd be less likely to share observations about other things. He also wanted to know exactly what kind of goodies Little Red had in her basket...but what kind of cookies? what kind of cake? Did it have frosting? what color? LOL
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Out of the mouth of babes. They can come up with the cutest little sayings. Those are the moments that we remember and cherish!
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Oh I know, bed times stories when they are little are special moments anyway but these little things make them that much more memorable!
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
In all the years I've been telling that version, I'd never thought about it either! None of the other kids ever asked either.
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
26 Jun 08
You've all got me trying to remember where I came up with the nicer version...if I heard it somewhere or if I made it up. I've been telling it that way for too long to remember but no one else seems to have heard it.
@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
25 Jun 08
That is soooo cute and too funny!!! Leave it to the little ones to see the obvious flaw in the story.
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
25 Jun 08
I had to finish laughing about your post yesterday before I actually got back to you lol. It amazing the two and twos children put together about things at a young age. This sounds like something my four year old daughter would say.
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
26 Jun 08
LOL...it's alright I was laughing for quite a while too and still can't tell the story to other people without laughing.
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
26 Jun 08
Yep, he's a smart one lol, he always has to know even the tiniest details about stories.
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@neelygal (1022)
• Bahamas
25 Jun 08
Kids will often find questions to ask that will truly amaze us the parents,lol.Good version of the story though.I will try to remember if the next time I have to tell this story to my kids.Of course Im sure my son will correct me with "thats not how it goes".
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
26 Jun 08
Yeah, kids don't like it when you change their stories on them!You could try telling him that you don't want to tell the other version anymore because it might give him bad dreams...but chances are it never has given him bad dreams but will once you say something!
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
26 Jun 08
I honestly don't remember anymore if I heard the alternate version somewhere or if I made it up when my older ones were little, I just know it's the version I've been telling for 8-10 years.
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
24 Jun 08
children will catch you by surprise won't they? When my daughter was small she wanted to know what the old saying "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush" meant after i explained that it meant that it was better to have one bird already in hand that to let the one go to try to get the two in the bush she looked so confused and said "Yuck, why would anybody want a bird in their hand it might poop on you!" I finally told her it just meant to keep what she had and don't worry about what she didn't have. After taking the pooping birds out she understood. But even after more than 20years i still laugh about it! And every time i tell that story she just rolls her eyes.
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
25 Jun 08
LOL...even though it's so funny there is a good lesson in the pooping bird part too. If it's worth having, you're going to have to take some 'poop' over it. Going through life without ever getting 'pooped' on is like chasing birds through bushes, clean but unsatisfying.
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@BambooPanda13 (867)
• United States
23 Nov 09
lol! I think a lot of times we as adults do not give small children enough credit. They see things in ways that we don't, and while they may want to colour on the walls from time to time or pick their noses, they can sometimes see the things we don't and they see the world in a different way. And they pick up on the small things that even publishers and story writers missed lol! Awesome. Bright and clever kid.
