How does Little Red Riding Hood end?

Question

I have heard lots of different endings. Which one is correct?

Answer 1

I think there is a cool car chase at the end

Answer 2

The version most widely known today is based on the Brothers Grimm version [1]. It is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hood she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her grandmother. A wolf (often identified as the Big Bad Wolf) wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do so in public (sometimes there are woodcutters watching). He approaches the girl, and she naïvely tells him where she is going. He suggests the girl pick some flowers, which she does. In the meantime, he goes to the grandmother's house and gains entry by pretending to be the girl. He eats the grandmother and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandmother. When the girl arrives, he eats her too. A woodcutter, however, comes to the rescue and cuts the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother emerge unharmed. They fill the wolf's body with heavy stones, which kills him. Other versions of the story have had the grandmother shut in the cupboard instead of eaten, and some have Little Red Riding Hood saved by the woodcutter as the wolf advances on her rather than after she is eaten.

The tale makes the clearest contrast between the safe world of the village and the dangers of the forest, conventional antitheses that are essentially medieval, though no versions are as old as that. It also seems to be a strong morality tale, teaching children not to ‘wander off the path’.

The theme of the ravening wolf and of the creature released unharmed from its belly is reflected in the Russian tale Peter and the Wolf, and the other Grimm tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, but its general theme of restoration is at least as old as Jonah and the whale.

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Pre-Perrault
The origins of the Little Red Riding Hood story can be traced to oral versions from various European countries and more than likely preceding the 17th century, of which several exist, some significantly different from the currently-known, Grimms-inspired version. It was told by French peasants in the 14th century as well as in Italy, where a number of versions exist, including La finta nonna (The False Grandmother). It is also possible that this early tale has roots in very similar Oriental tales.

These early variations of the tale differ from the currently known version in several ways. The antagonist is not always a wolf, but sometimes an ogre or a ‘bzou’ (werewolf), making these tales relevant to the werewolf-trials (similar to witch trials) of the time. The wolf usually leaves the grandmother’s blood and meat for the girl to eat, who then unwittingly cannibalises her own grandmother. Also, once the girl is in bed with the wolf she sees through his disguise and tries to escape, complaining to her ‘grandmother’ that she needs to defecate and would not wish to do so in the bed. The wolf reluctantly lets her go, tied to a piece of string so she does not get away. However, the girl slips the string over something else and gets away.

It has been noted that in these stories she escapes with no help from any male or older female figure, but instead utilises her own cunning. The woodcutter/huntsman figure, added later, would limit the girl to a relatively passive role. This has led to criticisms that the story was changed to keep women "in their place", needing the help of a physically superior man such as the woodcutter to save them.

Answer 3

Little Red Riding Hood runs into the forest where she comes across a woodchopper. The woodchopper goes to Grandma's house and chases the wolf off into the next county and never bothers Grandma or Little Red Riding Hood again.

Answer 4

The original ending was that the woodsman came and cut open the wolf after the wolf swallowed the little girl. The girl was fine, but had she been in there any longer, she would have been digested. My version goes like this: The wolf swallowed the little girl, but noticed that all the creatures and bugs scuttling away. He wondered why, but then heard a steady: tic-tok tic-tok tic-tok... He searched for the source of the ticking but couldn't find it. After a bit, he realized that it was coming from his stomach. The little girl was a fake! As the tic-toking continued, the wolf began to panic. He ran to the kitchen to drink some water so to break the bomb. He then saw a thick pipe running up to the house outside. He filled his cup, and drank it all down. It tasted like gasoline. IT WAS GASOLINE! That was why the big pipe was out there. The wolf was beginning to panic very much now. He had to get something to douse the bomb. He ran to the river and began drinking as fast as he could. He could feel a lot of liquid moving around in his stomach. He remembered from his chemistry class that if water was added to gasoline, the gasoline would float on top of the water. "At least it is away from the time bomb now" The wolf sighed. Then he noticed that the ticking stopped. "The water must have shorted out the time bomb! However, he now had a time-bomb and a layer of water and gasoline on top of that. He was feeling very full when suddenly, he collapsed dead. How did he die? Shortly after his death, he exploded. What happened? How did he die in the first place? What caused the explosion?

Answer 5

A woodsman bursts into the cabin after the wolf has swallowed Riding Hood. He cuts the wolf open and Riding Hood pops out.

Answer 6

The woodcutter chops up the wolf, granny pops out and the woodcutter, granny and little red riding hood eat the lunch in the basket.

Answer 7

they are all correct...i like to end with her getting eaten...and the woodsman kills a wolf acouple of weeks later and finds some red cloth in its teeth but no one ever sees red riding hood again

Answer 8

little red pulls out a pistol shoots the wolf and is then know as the little gray slayer

Answer 9

I think a woodcutter comes in and saves the day. I could be making that up though...sorry.

Answer 10

she fall's down the well at her granny's house , trying to get away from the wolf