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Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He 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 yet 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 right 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 on shoes, and after that,
He even brushed and 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 there 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 whips 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."

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  • November 14
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    i absoutly love these storys

    From guest Greer Deborah Wrigley (contact)
    they are so cool and funny at one of my school plays these grade 3's did a play of it and it was SO FUNNY anyway i really do love them and i really miss raold dahl!! =( he was a really careful and happy man!! =) BYE =)


  • November 12
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    little red ridding hood

    From guest Gaylena (contact)
    your peom is so good i lov it for ever thanks gaylena again


  • October 18
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    Little red riding hood and the wolf

    From guest keely (contact)
    i really like it i think its really funny when she pulls the gun from out of her knickers! I really want you to carry on wriing thee poems!


  • October 15
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    So random

    From guest krigis (contact)
    I never expected that ending.It seemed very weird and random but i laughed anyway. its very funny


  • October 12
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    Poem

    From guest roll (contact)
    very nice


  • September 30
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    Little red riding hood

    From guest Pegasus (contact)
    I had learned it by heard in english class, almost ten years ago. Yesterday I told a frind about it and only remember more than the half of it. So I searched and found it! It is really such a good poem, I'm starting to smile everytime I'm thinking of it!


  • September 28
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    I <3 Roald Dahl

    From guest noneya (contact)
    lol lol i love him so much!


  • August 9
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    Roald Dalh

    From guest ew (contact)
    MY ALL TIME FAV WRITER NOW PLUS POET!


  • August 9
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    little red riding hood

    From guest Fariha Shirazi (contact)
    It is very very very nice poem I love it and I also choose this poem for my poem's competition


  • August 6
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    Fanatstic

    From guest Amy (contact)
    I think this poem is amazing!!! Fabulous, Love it!!


  • July 2
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    schhol

    From guest Gold Y. Locks (contact)
    I did a play of it in school.


  • June 14
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    koool

    From guest Celine (contact)
    its a funny poem never heard of it b4 nd its kool i cn recite it easy to. kkoooolll poem!


  • May 25
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    From guest Ruth Bull (contact)
    I heard of this poem for the first time through 'OFF BY HEART' the recent Sunday Times/BBC competition. A wonderful up-date of an old story. Of the 12 finalists 7 of the children chose to recite this poem! Philip Pullman, one of the judges, said the poem had one of the most famous and well-remembered lines in children's poetry, viz: "She whips a pistol from her knickers"! The children all thought it was great fun!


  • May 13
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    red riding hood

    From guest Goldy locks (contact)
    I love it!


  • April 29
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    From guest serena (contact)
    this is a very good poem because it is easy to learn and very easy to read

  • prettyme
    April 22
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    excallent ....lovely poem ...always thought that riding hood should have taken revenge


  • March 29
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    From guest prettyme (contact)
    excellent....i loved it...i always used to think that she should have done that when my mother used totell me the story...though i don't approve her using his skin as a coat ...in all it is excellent ....


  • Ahkam Moderators member
    January 11
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    Very nicee story

    the old red riding hood was not as cleaver and bold as this modern times child is, surely she had read the story of that poor girl and she became wiser than,, but it seems that the wolf had also read the story that's why he was expecting to be asked about his Big teeth.,, it’s really funny ,the rhyming is very sweet.


  • January 11
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    funny poem

    From guest Mallory (contact)
    i like story.... it is almost the same poem i am doing at school!


  • October 21, 2008
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    poem

    From guest Danni (contact)
    very good i am learning it at school in drama !!! i am the wolf


  • October 15, 2008
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    sweet

    From guest ecm (contact)
    love that poem


  • September 3, 2008
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    A Favorite

    From guest Dgirl (contact)
    Im perfroming this poem for a drama exam! It just the best. I love Roald Dahl's storys and this one's much better than the original!


  • July 29, 2008
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    literacy

    From guest Emma (contact)
    I like it soo much at my skl we did this play and i said the two lines which said:He quikly put on grandmas clothes and the small girl smiles one eyelid flickers. Thank you!


  • Silent But Deadly
    March 2, 2008
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    Hahaha. I didn't know that little red riding hood shoots the wolf! i like it better!


  • December 2, 2007
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    From guest coolperson (contact)
    i got first place when i did this poem in district for my speech class!


  • November 25, 2007
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    Poem

    From guest Luigi (contact)
    i liked this poem but i like the other rolad dahl poem. the pig. but this ones is ok.


  • November 18, 2007
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    THE BEST POEM EVER!!!!!!!!

    From guest Keisha (contact)
    This is the best poem ever It's my favourite poem yet


  • November 7, 2007
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    Great Poem (X23)

    From guest Guest Ryan (contact)
    Great Poem I did this poem in school for our poetry recitle and I came one of the top 6.


  • November 5, 2007
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    good poem

    From guest lauren (contact)
    I have just read this i also read it at school it's such a great poem i love it so much esoecially when she whips a pistol from her knickers every 1 laughed in class at that it such a great story !!! x


  • November 4, 2007
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    From guest unknown (contact)
    oh what another funny tale i guess the teacher's went a bit pale when they read this well known story i think it changed their minds about it being boring


  • October 20, 2007
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    how good it is

    From guest arabella trevino (contact)
    this is a funny poem


  • September 21, 2007
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    revoling rhymes

    From guest christina (contact)
    my teacher siad "red riding hood and the woof is 1 of the best poems i have heard in a few years " i agree


  • September 13, 2007
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    POem

    From guest Selene (contact)
    My teacher read it to me and I got in trouble for laughing so much!


  • September 7, 2007
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    little red riding hood and the wolf

    From guest Peggy (contact)
    I laughed so hard, it's such a good poem!!!


  • rufina caraid Moderators member
    August 21, 2007

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    A truly wonderful adaption of what I believe is (dare i say) quite a predictable old story. this wolf must have read the original too as he was waiting for his teeth to be mentioned. rofl, that was funny.
    Von


  • August 21, 2007
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    From guest emily (contact)
    this poem is great i do cometitions with my dance school and i have won 1st with this last year and i am hoping the same will happen again i love this poem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!roal dahl you rock


  • April 29, 2007
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    poem

    From guest lucia (contact)
    i love this poem!!! we have done it in our drama. and it was not the story it was the poem. i really enjoy this poem. it make me laugh at the(The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature's head, And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.) i love this poem. from lucia


  • April 10, 2007
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    cuteeeeeee

    From guest allison (contact)
    it was so cute


  • March 29, 2007
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    i love it

    From guest tiarna (contact)
    we r doing the paly in school and it is brill


  • March 13, 2007
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    Blast from the past!

    From guest Emily-Fay (contact)
    This is awesome, i learnt it when i was younger, and have just had a little revisit to my childhood by re-reading it... fabulous!


  • March 8, 2007
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    From guest Mollie (contact)
    My teacher has read it out in assembley, not knowingthat it wasn't the origonal red riding hood poem!!!!!! I just had to read it again!!!!


  • January 13, 2007
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    Great * * * * *

    From guest Lily (contact)
    I love this poem. My friend read it on poetry day and a laughed so much !!! ITS THE BEST