The Story Within The Story (Red Riding Hood)

Some of us can still clearly recall the wee moments of happiness hiding within our childhood's memories, when our parents used to put us to sleep with a fairytale. Made up ones or traditional stories inheriting from one generation to another, unmarkably engraved in our memory do not necessary possess the depth, but rather a useful lesson. However, have you ever thought about what had happened before the Cinderella's father died or why did the life of the Snow White's mother end so soon? And what about the story of the Red Riding Hood wandering through the woods? One may wonder what was the beginning, the start of this epic fairy-tale? There indeed was a beginning, for every tale has to start somewhere. Perhaps with an unexpected meeting...