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Originally Posted by Drolefille
But even the French versions have been sanitized. Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood involved both Red and the Wolf eating grandma for lunch (Red didn't know better) and then sleeping together... and not just sleeping if you know what I mean...
/Perrault wanted to scare his daughter (niece?) away from wolves after she saw one while the went through the forest and said "Nice doggy" (Bon Chien?)
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Not true on the ending for Perrault. Red didn't eat granny at all, the wolf did. I've read the original many times(in French) and recently last week while prepping for my comprehensive exams for my MA in French lit. Red dies because the wolf eats her, there is no sex. He asks her to take of her clothing so he can have a meal, not a sexual act. The end. There is a morality poem at the end warning those who read of various types of wolves (i.e. men) who pursue young ladies.