Fantasy for Dolls - Issue 6 Red Riding Hood Finale

Meanwhile the wolf went straight to Grandmother's cottage and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" called grandmother.  "It is Red Riding Hood," said the wolf in the sweetest voice he could manage.  

"Lift the latch and come in, my dear", said Grandmother. "I am too weak to get out of bed."  The wolf lifted the latch, sprang through the door, and swallowed the poor old woman whole.  Then he put on her gown and nightcap, climbed into her bed, and drew the curtains.

When Red Riding Hood had picked all the flowers she could carry, she hurried on to Grandmother's house.  She was surprised to see the door standing open.  "Good morning Grandmother, " she called from the doorway. But no one answered.  So she walked over to the bed and opened the curtains.  There lay her grandmother, but she had pulled her nightcap around her face, and she looked very odd.  

"Oh, Grandmother." said Red Riding Hood, "What big ears you have!" 

"The better to hear you with, my dear, " said the wolf.

"Oh, Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"

"The better to see you with, " said the wolf.

"Oh, Grandmother, what big teeth you have!"

"The better to EAT you with, my dear!" cried the wolf, and he swallowed Red Riding Hood right up.  

What the wolf didn't count on was that a huntsman was close by and came to the rescue! He pulled out his knife and cut open the sleeping wolf.  The first thing he saw was a little red hood, and Red Riding Hood jumped out.  Then Grandmother too came out of the wolf safe and sound.

Grandmother and Red Riding Hood were so grateful to be saved and thanked the huntsman.

Grandmother and Red Riding Hood were so grateful to be saved and thanked the huntsman.

After that, Red Riding Hood often walked to Grandmother's house but she never again strayed from the path.

And she never again talked to wolves!

THE END

THE GRIMMS STORIES

There are many versions of the Red Riding Hood stories, and there is a definite reason why.  The original Grimms Brothers tales were very dark and gruesome with the references of cutting the wolf open to rescue Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother.  Lighter versions have omitted those scenes in favor of concentrating on delivering the goodies to grandma and the comedy of the wolf pretending to be Grandmother with only the suggestion that they would be eaten.  The original Grimms version was meant to be a cautionary tale with the moral of what could happen when you talk to strangers and straying from the path to become lost.

We want to thank Bree from This Little Whimsy for all the beautiful photographs she did for this series.  The effort and talent behind her work we find truly amazing and we've been so excited and honored to work with her as one of our collaborators for the Fantasy for Dolls series.  Please follow her @this_little_whimsy on Instagram to continue to support her work. We wanted to do something very special with this photo series as the opening artist and decided the Grand Prize for this series was going to be the Red Riding Hood Contest Giveaway.

Giveaway Details:

Here's your chance to win an exclusive outfit from Bbeauty Dolls and some fun extras

At the end of this month, we will select one winner from the photo contest to receive an entire Red Riding Hood inspired ensemble.  It is the outfit from all the photographs from the Red Riding Hood series made by Bbeauty Dolls and Photographed by This Little Whimsy.

Grand Prize Includes:

1. Fully Lined Cape with Ruffle

2. Embroidered Storybook Dress

3. Cream Tights

4. Burgundy  Cut Out Boots

5. Wicker Basket

6. Checkered Cloth Napkin for Basket

7. 2 Faux Apples

8. 2 Faux Loaves of Bread

9. A faux block of butter

10. 4 full-color postcards by This Little Whimsy from the photo series

Giveaway Rules:

To Enter all you need to do is:

1. Photograph your doll in a costume or dress up scene

2. Post on Instagram with the hashtag #fantasyfordolls and tag @bbeautydesigns in the caption

3. Enter on time, we will not be accepting late entries, you have the whole month to prepare something and can enter multiple images as long as they are different scenes.

We will respond with your raffle # as confirmation of your entry.  Deadline to submit is Oct 29.  We will select a winner and message them to post the winning photo on October 31st as a feature in our final series newsletter and repost on Instagram.  Note that there will be multiple prizes for this series entry, so even if you don't win the grand prize, there will be other prizes to win.