(roald dahl)
As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal
Hen went and knocked on Grandma’s door
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin
And Wolfie said, “May I come in?”
Poor Grandmamma was terrified
“He’s going to eat me up!” she cried
And she was absolutely right
He ate her up in one big bite
But Grandmamma was small and tough
And Wolfie wailed “That’s not enough!
I haven’t begun to feel
That I have had a decent meal!”
He ran around the kitchen yelping,
“I’ve got to have a second helping!”
Then added with a frightful leer
“I’m therefore going to wait here
Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood
Comes home from walking in the wood”
He quickly put on Grandma’s clothes
(Of course he hadn’t eaten those)
He dressed himself in coat and hat
He put shoes, and after that
He even curled his hair
Then sat himself in Grandma’s chair
In came the little girl in red
She stopped. She stared. And then she said.
“What great big ears you have, Grandma”
“All the better to hear you with” the Wolf replied
“What great big eyes you have, Grandma”
Said Little Red Riding Hood
“All the better to see you with!” the Wolf replied
He sat watching her and smiled
He thought – I’m going to eat this child
Compared with her old Grandmamma
She’s going to taste like caviar
Then Little Red Riding Hood said “But Grandma,
What a lovely great big furry coat you have on”
“That’s wrong!” cried Wolf. “Have you forgot
To tell me what BIG TEETH I’ve got?
Ah, well, no matter what you say
I’m going to eat you anyway.”
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers
She wimps a pistol from her knickers
She aims it at the creature’s head
And Bang Bang Bang, she shoots him dead
A few weeks later, in the wood
I came across Miss Riding Hood
But what a change! No cloak of red
No silly hood upon her head
She said “Hello, and do please note
My lovely furry wolfskin coat”