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SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO ... | The Little Girl and the Wolf (1939) by James Thurber (1894-1961); One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did come along and she was carrying a basket of food. "Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?" asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she was. So the wolf asked her where her grandmother lived and the little girl told him and he disappeared into the wood. When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother's house she saw that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She had approached no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she saw that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look any more like your grandmother than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks like Calvin Coolidge. So the little girl took an automatic out of her basket and; shot the wolf dead. (Moral: It is not so easy to fool little girls nowadays as it used to be.) | image tagged in dark humor,little red riding hood,rick75230,fairy tales | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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This should be a fairy tale
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I quoted the entire thing from somewhere else. Keep in mind it was written in 1939. I don't like the idea of "automatic", since that means "machine gun" capable of multiple shots with a single trigger pull.

When I PARAPHRASE it I have the traditional "My, grandma, what big eyes you have ... All the better to EAT YOU WITH my dear!" and I end with "Whereupon Red reached into her basket, pulled out a .45 and BLEW THE WOLF AWAY! Moral: Little girls ain't as gullible as they used to be!"
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Actually, I posted THIS one because I'm planning on doing a "Mary Had A Little Lamb -- COVID edition" and I want to include "With a tip of the hat to James Thurber", since that's what gave me the inspiration.
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The Little Girl and the Wolf (1939) by James Thurber (1894-1961); One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did come along and she was carrying a basket of food. "Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?" asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she was. So the wolf asked her where her grandmother lived and the little girl told him and he disappeared into the wood. When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother's house she saw that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She had approached no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she saw that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look any more like your grandmother than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks like Calvin Coolidge. So the little girl took an automatic out of her basket and; shot the wolf dead. (Moral: It is not so easy to fool little girls nowadays as it used to be.)