But he put his black foot, and their mother does not have black feet. He once again rushes to the kids' house and knocked on the door, saying that he is their mother. The Big Bad Wolf bought himself a large piece of chalk, which he ate, making his voice soft. However, the kids told him that he is not their mother, since the Big Bad Wolf has a rough voice, while their mother has a soft voice. In the story of The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, the Big Bad Wolf is first mentioned by the old mother goat when she told her kids to not open the door to him while she is away, and that he might disguise himself, but that he would be recognized by his rough voice and black feet.Īfter the old mother goat leaves to the woods, the Big Bad Wolf appears and knocks on the door, saying that he is their mother. The story still ends with Red getting eaten.Īlthough not specifically named in this story, the Big Bad Wolf does appear near the end as a villain of sorts, this tale is one of the rare moments he actually succeeds in devouring someone and it is often used as a symbolic tale on how lying is a dangerous pass-time.Īccording to the tale, there was once a boy who always lied and the villagers grew angry with him and eventually opted to ignore him, this proved to be his undoing as he was attacked by the Big Bad Wolf and cried out for help of course none of the villagers would listen as his many previous lies had made them distrustful of him and thus the wolf devoured him. He then tells her to strip and throw her clothes into the fire and tells her to lay in bed with him (meaning he has other things in mind than just eating her). Another version has the Wolf trick Red into eating her Grandma's remains (by calling them 'meatloaf'), turning Red unwittingly into a cannibal. However, in some other versions, there is no huntsman and the story ends with the Wolf eating and killing Red and her Grandma. However, in most modern takes of the story this violent ending is omitted for one in which Little Red Riding Hood manages to defeat the wolf in some other (less gruesome) manner. In the traditional story, he succeeds in eating her only for a huntsman to enter the cabin and free both Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf via cutting his stomach (killing the wolf in the process). In the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf is the central antagonist who devours Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother and disguises himself as her in an attempt to trick Little Red Riding Hood. Depending on the version, the wolf is either boiled alive in a pot (a more gruesome ending from traditional fairytales) or he simply gets his tail burnt and flies back up the chimney and runs away never to be seen again.Ī unique merging of the two stories can seen in this Disney cartoon. He still refused to give up and tried to climb down the chimney but the three pigs were prepared and set a fire on. Not one to give up, the Big Bad Wolf went after them and threatened to blow the house down as he had done with the others, but he was unable to do so due to the strong bricks. The Big Bad Wolf is depicted as a cunning, predatory, and manipulative wolf who wishes to devour the three pigs - managing to blow down the house made of straw and the house made of sticks, forcing the two hapless to run away to their brother's home: he was smart enough to have built his home of bricks.
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