Little Red Riding Hood

The Original Story

10 min · Included with membership

The majority of fairy tales read to children these days are so watered down they bear little resemblance to the original folk stories from which they descend. This is particularly true of many tales written, or, perhaps it should be said, collected, by the Brothers Grimm. For those who prefer their children hear the stories as they were told for generations before the days of political correctness, health and safety and Hollywood, Acorn Classics bring you the unadulterated, original tales as written down over a century ago by the Brothers Grimm themselves. In this tale, originally called simply 'Little Red', a hungry wolf gets the better of a young girl and her grandmother, at least to start with…