LITTLE REDS RIDING HEAD
by Richard Grimm
One
day dere wuz dis l'il gurl whut wuz walkin' in da wood, see, an' her
name wuz Li'l Reds Riding Head. She tripped down da trail on her
ways ta Granny Ma's house. Suddenly, she comed upon Da Big Bad
Wolf.
"Where ya's goin' wit' da basket?" sez da wolf.
"I'm on my way to my gran'ma's house," sez Reds, "to bring her a basket of goodies."
"An' whut kindas goodies might'n dat be?" askes da wily wolf.
"Cake, candies and cookies and a can o' Coca-Cola," sez Reds back to him.
Den
da wolf let Reds go on her way cuz he gots an idea: he'll pose as
Gran'ma and gobble Little Reds Ridin' Head up! So offs he wuz,
takin' a short cut ta Gran'ma's house, which wuz deep in da
woods. He reacheded da house an' kilt Gran'ma and dressed up in
her clothes. Next, he layed in bed, just like Gran'ma hads bin
doin'.
Den suddensly dere wuz a tappin', as if of someone gently rappin', rappin' on Gran'ma's door.
"Who is it?" askeded da wolf, disguisin' his voice like Granny's.
"It's Little Reds Riding Head," said Little Reds Ridin' Head.
"Come
in, dear," said da wolf. And Little Reds came in totally unawares
about whut wuz goin' on, an' she presented her basket of goodies to da
wolf.
"Man, what big ears ya got," said Reds.
"Da better ta hear yas wit'," said da wolfs.
"Man, whut big eyeballs ya got," said Reds.
"Da better ta sees ya wit'," returned da wolf.
"Like wow, what big teeth ya got," said Reds.
"Da better ta eats ya wit'," said da wolf, grinning maliciously and castin' offs his brilliant disguise.
It
did not takes long for Reds ta catch on ta de act, so she yelled and
shooed at da wolf, but da wolfs ate her up anysway. Just den, a
bigs muskled lumbersjack kickeded da door open and killeded da wolf
wit' his axe, and den he cutted it opens and rescued Little Reds an'
Gran'ma from da wolf's stomach.
DA END
(c. 1983)
