ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Little Red Riding Hood. She wore a red hooded jacket and lived with her mother in a village. One day, her mother asked her to take some food to her grandmother who lived in the forest, as she was sick.

Little Red Riding Hood happily agreed and set off with a basket of treats for her grandmother. Her mother warned her not to talk to strangers on the way and to stick to the path.

As she walked through the forest, she met a sly wolf who asked her where she was going. Little Red Riding Hood was a friendly girl and told the wolf where she was headed. The wolf suggested she take a shortcut through the woods and Little Red Riding Hood, without thinking twice, agreed.

The wolf ran ahead and reached Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother's house before her. He tricked the grandmother into letting him in and then gobbled her up. He put on the grandmother's clothes and waited for Little Red Riding Hood to get there.

When Little Red Riding Hood entered the house and saw the wolf disguised as her grandmother, she was confused. The wolf tried to eat her too, but luckily a woodsman heard Little Red Riding Hood's screams and came to her rescue. He took out his axe and saved Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf's belly.

And they all lived happily ever after, remembering to never ever talk to strangers, and always following the path to stay safe.