Having Granny and her Granddaughter for Dinner

TRIGGER WARNING: Dark retelling of 'Little Riding Hook'

 

Roşu had spent the previous afternoon peeling apples, a chore made easy by using her razor sharp fingernails. This morning, her granny would enjoy a fresh serving of applesauce.

 As Roşu navigated through the forest path, she was startled by an ogre who jumped from a tree branch and landed right in front of her. She turned to run but the ogre’s elongated arm whipped around her neck wrenching her back. After winning the battle, albeit with several deep scratches and puncture wounds, the ogre finally secured her to a tree with a heavy rope.

He was sure she would never be able to sever the dense rope before he returned for a snack. In the meantime, the fresh applesauce would have to sustain him. There was an old woman further down the trail who would make for a delectable, though chewy, bowl of morsels.

Unfortunately, a beast was relaxing in her bed and they began a negotiation over how to divide the spoils.

As the ogre had miscalculated her strength, Roşu quickly rid herself of the ropes and rushed to her granny’s cottage.

Upon reaching the door, her granny’s bed was obscured by the ogre. Roşu reacted, slicing the ogre between his legs after which he collapsed to the floor, writhing in excruciating pain.

Her granny was not in the bed for there sat a beast of a wolf perched in her place. He snarled, “Thank you for taking that ogre down. He was trying to hone in on my eats for today.”

Roşu shakily asked, “Where’s my granny?”

With a sneering grin and a menacing heckle, the beast’s reply came, “She is boiling over there on the stove.”

He took her by the collar of her red dress and growled “Your granny will make a delicious appetizer. But you, my fair lovely, will be the crème de la crème entrée.”

Having his own set of razor claws, he amputated Roşu’s hands in two fell swoops and threw her into a chair while he went to give dear granny a stir.