A lot of people seemed to write fairytales like that way back when. Little Red Riding Hood isn't the only story like that.
Another one I can think of is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". In that story, a shepherd boy pretends to see a wolf and cries for help, then laughs at the townsfolk who were tricked into coming. He does it a few more times until a real wolf comes along, and when he actually does need help nobody comes. In some versions, he gets eaten along with all of his sheep.
[Tobias shrugs.]
It's supposed to teach kids not to lie...like how Red Riding Hood teaches you not to be too trusting with strangers, I guess.
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Another one I can think of is "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". In that story, a shepherd boy pretends to see a wolf and cries for help, then laughs at the townsfolk who were tricked into coming. He does it a few more times until a real wolf comes along, and when he actually does need help nobody comes. In some versions, he gets eaten along with all of his sheep.
[Tobias shrugs.]
It's supposed to teach kids not to lie...like how Red Riding Hood teaches you not to be too trusting with strangers, I guess.