Tonight I was reading my four year old Little Red Riding Hood as a bedtime story. Let me just say this story has many flaws in the plot, and I intend to point out just one - see below.
As you may recall, LRRH is walking to Grandma's house with a basket of goodies for Grandma because she is sick. As she is walking through the forest to Grandma's house, she is approached by the wolf. There appears to be nobody nearby. As clearly stated in the story, the wolf would like nothing more than to eat LRRH. And it is also made clear that this is quite a wiley wolf. There is nobody around, and the wolf wants to eat LRRH. Clearly he could take advantage of the situation and eat her right on the spot - so what does the wolf do?
He comes up with an elaborate plan to sneak off to Grandma's house and wait for LRRH there. The wolf takes the risk of complicating the situation by changing the setting and involving more people.
As you know, this ends terribly for the wolf. He sneaks off to Grandma's house, enters the house and Grandma faints in fear, he then puts on Grandma's nightgown and hat and gets in bed (can you imagine the wiley wolf taking off Grandma's nightgown and putting it on himself)?
LRRH comes in the house, realizes with the big ears, big eyes, and big teeth it is not Grandma (she doesn't realize it is not her until she is standing next to the bed), and escapes the house unharmed. As the wolf is chasing LRRH out of the house, the wolf is shot dead by a hunter who was tracking the wolf all day.
The wolf made a fatal mistake by playing games. Obviously the right move would be to eat the little girl on the spot. Instead he decided to make things hard on himself and it ended up costing him everything....
Moral of the story - always take a trick you can win?
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