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Red riding hood...

"You probably know the story," A girl is heard screaming while Nicky Flippers narrates the story.

"But there is more to every tale than meets the eye. As the saying goes: You can't judge a book by its cover. If you want to know the truth, you've got to flip through the pages..."

In the middle of a dense forest, there was a small cabin over the mountains. Walking out of the woods was a teenage girl with a red hood covering her dark auburn hair and carrying a picnic basket. She knocked on the door and opened it, walking in.

"Granny?... It's me, Red!" She called out. "Is everything okay?" Red asked as she looked for her grandmother.

"Oh, uh, yeah, sure thing. Come on in!" A raspy falsetto voice said.

The girl stepped closer to a bed where her 'grandma' lay. "What?... Who are you?"

"I'm your grandma."

Red narrows her eyes, "Your face looks weird, Granny."

"I've been sick lately, I uhh..."

"And your mouth doesn't move when you talk."

"Ah, plastic surgery. Grandma had a little work done... Now, come on over here. Let's have a look at ya," Granny said, gesturing for her to come over.

"So... What's going on, Grandma?" Red asked suspiciously.

"Oh, this and that, doing a lot of quilting. Sooooo, you got the goods?"

The girl noticed her 'grandma's' hands. "Woah... What big hands you have."

"Oh, um, all the better to scratch my back with."

She moved her attention to her 'grandma's' ears, "And what big ears you have!"

"Oh, all the better to hear your many criticisms!" snarked the 'granny'. "Old people just have big ears, dear."

"And granny, what big eyes you have!"

"ARE WE JUST GONNA SIT AROUND HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW BIG I'M GETTING!?" he said, losing his temper. "You came here for a reason, didn't ya? So tell old granny what ya got in the basket."

"Ugh! Granny! What bad breath you have!"

"ALRIGHT!! That's it." The 'grandma' ripped off a mask to reveal a young wolf.

The girl screamed, taking a step back. "You again!! What do I have to do to get a restraining order?!"

"Settle down, little girl, I'm onto you!" He jumped in front of her. The girl got into a kung-fu fighting stance.

"HEEYA!"

"Save it, Red-fu, you've been dodging me all day, but now you might as well give up!" He said getting a poker from the fireplace.

The girl screamed and ran into the living room and said, "You crazy wolf! What have you done to Granny!?"

The wolf grabbed her arm. "I'm taking Granny down, and you along with her!" Wolf snaps when, all of a sudden, from out of the closet, the real Granny hopped out, tied up and gagged.

"GRANNY!"

"But you, that's not..."

With a thunderous crash, a woodsman brandishing a massive axe shattered the window, sending shards of glass glinting through the air. A wave of startled screams erupted from the group, chaos igniting as panic set in.

"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!"

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