Little Girls, this seems to say,
Never stop upon your way.
Never trust a stranger-friend;
No one knows how it will end.
As you’re pretty, so be wise;
Wolves may lurk in every guise.
Handsome they may be, and kind,
Gay, or charming – never mind!
Now, as then, ’tis simple truth-
Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!
Little Red Riding Hood ~Charles Perrault
The making of Little Red
