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The story of Grandmother - Paul Delarue  Bzou = warewolf  Bzou asks "needles road or pin road?"  Little red takes the pins road bc she enjoys picking up pins  Wolf goes to grandmothers - kills her skins her and puts some of her flesh in the pantry and a bpttle of her blood on the shelf  Little red shows up and the wolf offers her something to eat - she eats her grandmother  Crow slut shames her  Bzou tells her to undress and get into bed with it  She gets into bed and then after commenting on all the things that are different about her grandmother she says she has to go pee outside - bzuo says ok and ties a woolen thread to her foot to let her out  Red is taking a while and bzuo asks if she is making cables  Red runs home and escapes just in time Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault  Classical starting to the story - mother sends her out with baked cakes on the griddle and butter- granny is sick and this will make her better  In the woods she meets a wolf  He says he will go meet grandmother too, tells red to take a different road then him to see who gets there first  Wolf gets to grandmas and impersonates little red  Wolf eats grandma - lays in her bed to wait for red  Red shows up knocks and wolf tells her to walk in pretending to be grandma  Tells red to lie down with him  Red undresses  Red comments on all diff things about her grandmother  He eats red  Moral provided at the end = pretty little girls should never talk to strangers - smooth tonged smooth pelted wolves are the most dangerous beasts of all Little Red Cap - Jacob and Wilhem Grimm  Mom sends red out with cake and wine to grandmother - she is sick  Mother tells her not to talk to strangers  She goes and meets the wolf and literally tells him everything  "how young and tender she is"  Wolf distracts little red by flowers and stuff and he beats her to grandmothers house - she leaves the path  Wolf goes to grandmothers and impersonates red  Eats grandma and wears her clothes  Red gets to house and feels strange - walks right in the door doesn’t knock or anything - door was left open  Goes to see the wolf sleeping and comments on all the things that’s unusual about her grandmother  Wolf eats red  Hunter is passing by and notices how loud the old woman is snoring  Goes to shoot wolf, thinks otherwise in case grandmother is still alive  Cuts sleeping wolfs belly open with scissors  Grandmother and red jump out  Replace the weight of them leaving with stones  Wolf wakes up - is so heavy from stones he stays in one spot and dies  All three were happy  Moral at the end "never again will I leave the path and run off into the wood when my mother tells me not to"  In another story they tell o Little red cap was taking another cake to her grandmothers - sees the wolf - doesn’t fall for his antics goes to grandmothers - tells her - they lock the door - wolf tries to get in - they don’t let him in - frustrated he goes to the roof to wait - grandmother anticipates this - tells little red to take the sausage water to the trough at the front - aroma is so strong wolf looses footing falls and drowns The Chinese Red Riding Hoods - Isabell C Chang  Moral at the beginning "Beware of the wolf in sheep's clothing"

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Mother is a widow and she has 3 girls - leaves them at home while she goes to visit grandmother bc its her bday Says to lock the door and not let anyone in Wolf is hiding close to the house at the edge of the woods - disguises himself as an old lady and knocks on door Girls ask who it is - he replies that it is gammie Wolf says hes sick and needs to come in - girls kind heartedly let him in Wolf blows out candle says it hurts his eyes Wolf sits down on his tail and yells ouch (tail is hidden in his skirt) Tells the kids to go to bed with im Girls notices differences about him and ask - he makes excuses Felice lit a candle and noticed the wolfs hairy face o Tells wolf that jeanne is thirsty - Felice pinches her so she starts to cry o She sends Mayling with Jeanne to get water Felice asks grannie if she has ever had gingko nuts o 'the meat of the gingko nut is softer and more tender than a firm baby and tastes like a delicious fairy food" Wolf now really wants these nuts She says shell go get him the nuts - takes sisters with her Wolf gets sick of waiting and yells to see where they are They are up in the trees eating the nuts Girls tell the wolf that the nuts are fairy nuts and they change if they leave the tree Tells wolf to go get a clothes basket so that they can pull him up They pull and keep dropping him He says "all right but mind you be very careful or ill bite your heads off" He was 30 ft high when Felice coughed and everyone let go and dropped him and he died Called out to make sure wolf was dead then went inside to bed

Flossie and the Fox - Patricia C McKissack  Gives authors note before story - she says how she loved hearing stories from her grandfather in his rich southern dialect - she didn’t like her grandmothers Dunbar poem - it is through her writing that her grandfathers stories live on. He would always start a story by saying "Did I ever tell you bout the time lill flossie finely came out the piney woods heeling a fox?"                    

Big Mama Calls Flossie Hands flossie a bunch of eggs and tells her to take them to Miz Viola over at the McCuthin Place Big mama explains that flossie is to do this bc Miz Violas chickens are too scared to lay an egg bc of the fox "they cant even lay a stone" Flossie wonders why Mr JW cant catch the fox with his dogs Flossie wonders what a fox looks like and asks Big Mama - big Mama says a fox is a fox and hed do anything for eggs Flossie leaves and wonders about coming upon a fox - says she wont be worried bc a fox is just a fox Flossie runs into the fox and properly introduced himself - he introduced himself as a fox Flossie says she doesn’t believe that he is a fox and that shes not afraid - fox gets upset Asks if he will have to prove himslef to be a fox for her to be scared and she says yes He asks if she wants to feel his fur to prove himself - she does and says he is a rabbit Fox is offended and says he is a 3rd generation of fox who has out smarted and out run Mr. JW McCutchins fine hunting dogs - demands for respect She skips away and he says his nose is long and pointed like a fox - flossie said so is a rats and that he is a rat Flossie goes and pets an orange cat - the fox tries to make the cat speak up to prove that he is a fox the cat says "this is a fox because he has sharp claws and yellow eyes" Flossie says well you the cat also have those features so its not true Flossie goes to leave - fox gets desperate and says he has a bushy tail Flossie approaches Miz Viola and JW cabin Fox is desperate and says how will I prove it I have sharp teeth and im fast Flossie says it doesn’t matter bc the hound is behind him and the hound has sharp teeth and is fast Fox says I don’t care what you think the hound knows I am a fox - and I am a fox blah blah Flossie says I know

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Little Red Riding Hood - David McPhail  There once was a girl named little red riding hood because whenever she went out she wore a pretty red cape  Mother bakes cookies and asks her to take them to grandmother  Mother tells her to stay on the path and don’t dwell  Wolf runs into her and asks her stuff  She answers  Wolf says that the grandmother would love some flowers - she goes to pick flowers  Wolf gets to grandmothers and impersonates red  Grandmother tell him to come in and that the door is not locked  Grandmother notices wolf - realizes her mistake and runs into the wardrobe - wolf puts on her cap and glasses and gets into bed bc he sees red  Red was surprised to see the door open but goes inside anyways  Comments on her "grandmothers" appearance  Wolf lunges for her but she hides under the bed  Red yells for help  Grandmother hears and leaves wardrobe  A woodcutter hears what's going on along with everyone else and goes to help  Wolf hears this and runs away  Red never sees or hears from him again Wolf - Francesca Lia Block  Modern day - mom has a boyfriend that rapes her daughter - she runs to grandmothers to seek refuge boyfriend followers her there - she takes her grandmothers gun and shoot him - is in a hospital or something  "They don’t believe me, They think I am cray but let me tell you something, it be a wicked wicked world out there if you didn’t already know"  She is leaving her house - she took all her piggy bank money  Asks what people think about homeless teens, and if they chose the streets what their alternative home must have been like  Says she had to leave - doesn’t want to tell her mom what he did because he might hurt her mom even more  Talks about how close she is to her mom and that people thought hey were sisters  She gets on the bus to the desert and wants a smoke  Says if she had a choice she would go to bali or someplace where people are more natural and believe in art and dreams and color and love  On the bus she sees a guy with straight brown hair who has freckles and looks sad  Shes scared of getting close to a boy bc he might find out what happened to her - thinks that hell hate her  She talks about how her assignment is to write about the perfect day - she wonders about the boys perfect day which she thinks is to fuck Pamela lee - and this is contrasting to her perfect day which is very juvenile (kittens and ice cream)  She falls asleep on the bus and has a bad dream  Boy gives her the picture he drew of her before she leaves the bus - comments on how its pretty  Walks to grandmas house  Explaisn how her grandmother had always begged her mom to leave her boyfriend and LA and move out there with her- but her mom wants to be an actress so she stayed in LA  Knocks on door - grandma isnt there she panics bc she sees his Buick  Sees grandma and boyfriend fighting  Grandma is holding a gun to him and she asks what happened to Nance - he says it was a little argument and to put down the gun - red goes crazy and boyfriend laughs - she takes the gun and shoots him  Grandma says she is the one that shot him

Cinderella Attraction of this tale has a lot to do with its theme of virtue revealed and rewarded - it invites us to recall times when we felt ourselves unappreciated and rejected It would be interesting to know what version perrault used as the basis for Cinderella since in a number of respects it is quite unique and no other tail for example do we find a fairy godmother transforming a pumpkin into a coach mice into horses or lizards into Luckys and no other tail contains that famous glass slipper

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Cinderella: Or the little Glass Slipper - Charles Perrault  There once was a man who married twice and his second wife was the haughtiest and most stack up woman in the world  Cinderella’s mothers dies and her father remarries  Step mother gives Cinderella all of the harsh work to do including washing the pots and pans cleaning out but I am bedroom and those of her stepsisters to she slept at the top of the house on a thin lumpy mattress  Cinderella for everything patiently endure not to complain to her father because he would have lost his temper with her  Prince decide to tackle all and Cinderella help her stepsisters look as beautiful as possible sisters are glad of her assistants but did not show it  Cinderella dear wouldn’t you like to go to the ball yourself oh don’t make fun of me my ladies how can I possibly go to the ball quite right to everyone would like them self silly to see cinderbritches at a ball  Cinderella is very kind to her stepsisters even though they are evil to her  When is the stepsisters leave to go to the ball Cinderella starts crying uncontrollably and so she wants to go to the ball  Ferry godmother has to tell Cinderella why she’s crying  She instructs Cinderella to get a pumpkin from the garden and a bunch of other stuff so she can go to the ball  Cinderella transforms into a beautiful princess ball where she moves the prince but she runs home before midnight  Sisters come home from the ball and they are chilling central up at the beautiful princess they saw central asks her stepsister to borrow the yellow gown so she can go see for herself the next night  Cinderella goes to ball the next night and is even more beautiful than the night before and she parties with the prince  It’s about to be midnight Cinderella‘s got a bounce and she leaves her slipper behind  The Princetons always meant out to find out who is the slipper they come across in the stepsisters trying on Central watch them Cinderella recognizes her slipper and then she tries it on  The slippers a perfect fit the sister start crying because they realize their mistakes  Cinderella is overly nice to everyone lives happily ever after Cinderella fines men to marry her stepsisters Vasilisa the Beautiful - Aleksandr Afanasev  When the girl was 8 her mother died - before her mother dies she gives her this doll and says keep the doll with you don’t let anyone see it and if you get in trouble give the doll food and ask its advice  Father remarries a woman that has two daughters Vasilisas age  Vasilisa was the most beautiful - step mother and sisters were jelly  They gave her a bunch of nasty work to do - vasalisa grew more beautiful from it and her sisters/step mother grew ugly from spite  Vasalias doll would help her - she showed her an herb that would protect her from getting a sun burn  Sometimes she wouldn’t eat so she could give the food to her doll  The father went to a town far away to trade stuff - step mother moved houses with the girls  New house is by a glade of forest where Baba Yaga lived  Steps sisters would send her out into the woods to get stuff hoping Yaga would get her but she always returned home safely o Baba yaga would eat humans as if they were chickens  Autumn came and the step mother gave all the girls a task to complete - one had to make lace, one had to knit stockings and vasalisa had to spin  Step mother only gave them one light to work with  Candle starts to burn out and the one sister goes to trim it but snuffs it instead  Says there is no light in the hosue and they need to finish their tasks so one of them needs to go to baba yagas to get some light  The steps sisters say they wont go bc their tools give them light  Vasilisa gets shoved into her room and feeds her dolly - dolly tells her to keep her with her  She makes the sign of the cross and leaves into the deep forest  Red horsemen goes past her = sun rises  She walks the whole night and day  Fence around baba yagas hut was made of human bones  Another horsemen who was all black and he brings night  Eyes of the skulls light up

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Baba yaga appears vasilisa is scared and says she was sent to get light - BY says she knows the step sisters and that she will give V light if she lives with her and does all the tasks otherwise BY will eat V BY goes to sleep after she eats - leaving only cabbage soup, a crust of bread, and a piece of pork for V. tells V to do a bunch of tasks after she leaves tomorrow and if V doesn’t complete them she will get eaten V feeds her doll, doll tells her not to worry and to say her prayers White horsemen = daybreak The doll does all the work expect make dinner - tells V to make dinner with the help of god BY is annoyed bc there is nothing she can complain about - so she summons her hand servants to grind her wheat Before BY goes to sleep she tells V to do everything she did today as well as take the poppy seed from the bin and get rid of the dust grain by grain bc someone threw dust into the bins out of spite V feeds her doll, doll tells her to pray to god and sleep All the work is done BY tells her servants to squeeze the oil out of the poppy seeds BY asked V why she doesn’t speak and says she stands there as if she were dumb V wants to ask BY a Q she says ok but not every Q has a good answer and that she could grow old V asks about the horsemen and BY tells her (they are her faithful servants - the 3 hands) "One who knows too much will soon grow old" BY says “it is well that you only ask about what you have seen outside my house, not inside my house, I do not like to have my dirty linen washed in public, and I eat the over curious. Now I shall ask you something. How do you manage to do the work I set for you? V responds by telling her that it is with the help of her mothers blessing BY yells and says she doesn’t want any blessed ones in her house BY pushes her out of the house and gives her a skull on a stick She ran home and was about to throw the skull away - skull says do not throw me away and to take it to her step mother Step family told V that since she was gone no fire would last - neighbours fire would get blown out as soon as they brought it into their house Skull was brought into the room and burns the step family V left and stayed with an old woman who had no kids V is bored wo work so she tells the woman to buy flax so she can spin V made super fine yarn - nothing could comb it - asks her doll for help Doll tells her to get an old comb, old shuttle and a horses name so she can make a loom V makes a dope ass linen and tells the woman to sell it and keep the money Woman says hell no this is too good only the tsar can wear it She takes it to him and hes like wow thanks He wants a shirt to be made - but no one can do it bc it is so fine so he asks the woman where she got the linen from V was like yeah I knew I would have to do this work the whole time so she sets to work and makes a dozen shirts She gets herself ready Tsar is like damn these are nice I wanna thank you personally Tsar is like cool imma wife you

Cap O Rushes - Joseph Jacobs  No step mother  Dad has 3 daughters  Dad asks them how much they love him  Cap o rushes says “why I love you as fresh meat loves salt”  Dad gets pissed bc he thinks she doesn’t love him so he kicks her out  She was out and about and came across a fen where she made a cap and cloak out of rushes to hide her nice clothes  She went to a great house and asked if they wanted a maid, and that she asks no wages and will do any sort of work  They said well if you like to wash the pots and scrape the sauce pans you can stay  There was one day a great dance Cap o rushes was like nah im not going even-though the other servants were going  Once the other servants leave she gets herself ready and she goes to the ball - the prince falls in love with her

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The next morning all the servants are talking about it and how Cap looked so pretty - but they don’t know that it is cap There was another dance that evening and theyre all like omg you should go so you can see her She goes to the dance and dances with the masters son and its great but then she slips away and pretends to be sleeping They talk about it again and say that there is another dance this evening and that she should come to see the pretty lady Cap goes again and this time the prince gives her ring and says if he does not see her again he will die Next day other maids are like well fuck cap youll never see the pretty lady bc there are no more dances The maids are like the young master is dying for the young lady and he is sick in bed - they tell the cook to make some gruel for the young master Cap walks in and is like ill make the gruel She puts the ring in it Young man drinks it and sees the ring and says to send for the cook He asks who made the gruel, cook says she did it, man say no you didn’t, tell me who did and you wont be harmed Cook says it was cap o rushes - he says to send for her Young man is like did you make this gruel where did you get this ring from Shes like ill show you and she takes off her cap o rushes and exposes her beautiful self The masters son got well very soon and they were to be married Cap o rushes is like damn ok lets invite everyone in the kingdom and do not put any salt on any meat Caps dad goes to the wedding and begin...