“Have you seen the chicichita? I have waited hours to meet her. I’ve been lurking in the wood And truly, truly, mean no good. I am hid behind this tree Hoping that she won’t see me; Her Mom will send her to see Gran And I will catch her if I can! I know she’ll have to pass this way; So now I’m here, it’s here I’ll stay. My teeth are sharp, clean and shining; It will be no good her whining. We are miles from Granny’s house, Where it’s quiet as a mouse. She can run and scream and shout There will be no one about. I think today I’m on a winner; I’m going to eat her for my dinner. Here she comes all dressed in red With her hood upon her head. Wait a minute, if I can, I’ll go with her to visit Gran. Then when my day’s works complete There’ll be two of them to eat.” “Where you off to on your own? Don’t you feel unsafe alone?” “I am off to visit Gran.” “Well I’ll escort you if I can?” “No! You can’t! I’m in a rush!” She knocked him over with one push. He followed her but had a trip; That’s when the girl gave him the slip. At Gran’s cottage, she was smiling, but The Wolf had made a smart short-cut. He was waiting in Gran’s bed With the covers pulled about his head. Gran was tied-up out of sight; Following her awful fright! The girl cried out. Good God, Oh Grief! Twas then she’d seen the eyes and teeth. This was not Gran; she was undone, It looked as if the Wolf had won! “Where is Gran?” She screamed and cried; Believing that her Gran had died! Now she was terrified and scared But in the woods someone had heard. In he dashed, with chopper waving Knowing Wolf was misbehaving. The Cutter chased him round the bed Threatening to chop-off his head! Wolf realized he’d lost the fight And off he ran into the night! In the cupboard, they found Gran; Red Riding Hood then thanked the man. His arrival, just in time Means a happy-ending to this rhyme!