Moonlight Dwelling

Once upon a time there was a sweet young girl. All that saw her instantly loved her. Her grandmother loved her more than anything in the world and couldn't give her enough. One day she gave the girl a red cape with a hood. The girl loved it so much that she wore it all the time and everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother asked her to bring some food and medicine to her grandmother who was sick.

"Take this soup and medicine to help make her well and I'm sure that just seeing you will brighten her day."

"I'd be glad to Mother."

 "Leave early and don't leave the path and don't drop anything. And don't forget to say good morning to your grandmother and don't forget to say please and thank you and for gosh sakes don't go snooping around in the corners."

 "Yes Mother."

Grandmother lived in the forest about a half hour's walk from the village where Red lived with her mother. When Red entered the forest she met a wolf. She didn't know how wicked he was so she wasn't afraid of him.

 "Good day Little Red Riding Hood."

"Good day Mister Wolf."

 "Where are you going so early?"

"To my Grandmother's house."

 "What are you bringing her in that basket?"

"Some soup and medicine for she's sick and feeling weakly."

 "Where does your grandmother live?"

 "Oh she lives about a fifteen minute walk from here. Her house is under three big oak trees. You can tell you've reached it by the hazel bushes."

The wolf thought to himself that she would be just perfect and the grandmother would make a nice snack. He came up with an idea to delay the girl.

"Little Red look at all the pretty flowers. Take your time to pick some for your grandmother since they always help sick people feel better."

 Red looked around and saw how the rays of the sun seemed to be dancing among the trees and there were flowers everywhere.

 "That's a good idea I'm sure Grandmother will perk up if I get her some flowers. It's still early so I guess it couldn't hurt to take some time to enjoy this beautiful day."

So Red skipped into the woods to pick some flowers. She went deeper and deeper into the forest picking flowers until her basket was filled. The wolf ran to the grandmother's house and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's Little Red Riding Hood and I've brought you some soup and medicine."

"Just open the door dear for I'm too weary to get up."

The wolf opened the door and walked inside. He walked over to the bed and ripped her throat out. Since he knew Red would be coming soon he put grandmother in the closet so he could have his snack later. There was some blood on the sheets so he tore them off the bed. He went to the dresser for a nightgown and a cap but didn't have time to put on a new sheet. He was able to get into bed and pull up the covers just as a knock came on the door.

 In the meanwhile Red had finished picking flowers so she continued on to her grandmother's. She found the door open which she thought was odd but walked in anyway. She figured that her Grandmother had the door open to let in a breeze since it was so hot. As she stepped in a chill ran through her and she thought about leaving but she heard a noise so she walked over to her Grandmother's bed which had the curtain drawn around it.

"Grandmother are you ok?"

She pulled back the curtain and saw that a glass had been knocked over. Her Grandmother had her cap pulled down really low which Red found odd.

 "Oh Grandmother what large ears you have!"

"The better to hear you with my dear."

 "Oh Grandmother what large hands you have!"

 "The better to knit you clothes with my dear."

"Oh Grandmother what big teeth you have!"

 "The better to bite you with my dear."

He jumped out of the bed and bit Red. Red passed out so the Wolf placed her on the bed and he went to the closet. He opened the door and pulled Grandmother out and started feasting on his snack while the woman who had come to check on the old woman lay unconscious on the floor. Red came to and found the wolf eating her Grandmother with his snout all smeared with blood. He was so focused on eating that he didn't notice her slip out the door. She ran through the woods until she tripped and fell. She lay down on the ground and burst into tears.

The wolf finally finished off the old woman and the woman that he'd stashed in the closet when he noticed that Red was gone but since he was a werewolf he had a wicked sense of smell and could track her from her scent especially with the taste of her blood so fresh in his mouth when he bit her.

 "I love a good chase. She'll make a wonderful mate. I can just picture us roaming the forest under the light of the full moon."

 Red had left a trail of blood that flowed from her wound so it was very easy to find her and her scent filled his nostrils which sent a thrill through him. When he came across her she was in the throes of transformation. Hair was sprouting out all over her body as her clothes were ripped off and she changed into a wolf.

"What, what did you do to me?"

"Don't you know my sweet? Why I've turned you into a werewolf and you're to be my mate."

By this time the moon had risen and she started howling. From that point on anyone that tried to go into the woods was greeted by a kindly old woman dressed in white warning them away. Those that ignored her warning were never seen again. At each full moon howls rang through the forest and screams were heard but most were too afraid to approach for fear that they too would never be seen again.