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A Mathis Fable

  • Mar. 18th, 2008 at 9:00 PM
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Random Story Time!

So Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf went walking through the woods every week. Little Red Riding Hood walked with the wolf because she found him interesting, and the Wolf walked with Little Red Riding Hood because he found her scent to be irresistible. Each week they would find new and interesting places in the woods to explore and each week they enjoyed each other’s company.
The second week the Wolf with his big ears heard Little Red Riding Hood’s stomach grumbling and promptly picked an apple from a tree and presented it to her. Red pushed the apple away and took her own apple “I can get my own apples silly wolf”. The wolf frowned and dropped the apple and they enjoyed the rest of their walk.
The third week the wolf saw Little Red Riding Hood’s shoe was scuffed and lead them through the woods to the shoemaker’s house. The shoemaker, who is afraid of the wolf, offered up a shoe for free, but Red complained and pulled some money out for the shoemaker, “I can pay for my shoes wolf”. The wolf frowned and lead them back to grandma’s house.
The fourth week the woods was cold and Little Red Riding Hood shivered. As the wolf moved to offer his thick coat Little Red Riding Hood pulled her cloak tighter and snapped, “Wolf, I can take care of myself, why do you keep offering to do things for me, do you think I’m weak?” 
The wolf looked at her for a moment with his large blue eyes, “Red, I know you can take care of yourself, but every week your presence puts a bigger leash on my heart and if I can’t do something for you it will get so tight that soon I shall be a dog. Then I shan’t interest you, you’ll find someone else to walk with, and all I’ll have is a leash to remind myself of you.”
Little Red Riding Hood looked at the wolf and realized he wasn’t trying to control her by doing things for her just trying to hold on to some of himself. She looked at the wolf, stubbornly tugged her cloak tighter to warm herself and with a softer voice said, “I’m getting a little hungry wolf, do you think you could find me an apple?”

Comments

[info]qrtrlfcrises wrote:
Mar. 24th, 2008 02:07 am (UTC)
It is interesting to see this scenario from the other person's point of view.