Red Riding Hood

• Jessica Tysoe, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2013

Everyone says I’m bad but it’s all wrong so heres my story.

One cold winters day, I was hiking in the woods and I lost my warm fuzzy jumper so I was frozen like an ice block. I saw a little pale, skin coloured girl, wearing a warm red hoody jumper. And she was just walking happily, it looked like she was about to head into a weird pathway, there were rustling winds and ugly shaped trees.

She was holding a olive coloured, oval shaped basket, I could’t see what was in it because it was covered with a little blanket, but I could smell what was in it. I was imagining warm delicious big choc chip cookies and a great yummy chocolate slice! I was almost drooling over it all.

Then I realized I was about to get frostbite! And suddenly I noticed she was also carrying a spare red hood jumper! I was so relieved but still cold, so I jumped over to her and she screamed, I was going to say, hello but she ran away to fast before I could.

She really hurt my feelings but I followed her because I really needed that warm red jumper. I started getting scared (which never happens) because of the trees and wind. She finally stopped running about twenty minutes later. (Who knew she could run that far!?!)

There was a little cottage not far away and the girl went into it, “Hello Granny I brought you some treats” the girl said in a happy voice. I got to see who she was talking to from the four small clear windows on the little cottage, there I saw an sick old lady lying in a bed, the little girl came over to her and said “what wrong?”. The old lady replied in a croaky voice “I am sick I have been like this for about a week, your mum did’t tell you?”. “No are you alright?” The little girl said. “Does it look like I’m alright?”. “No, sorry” she answered. I wanted to put her out of her misery, so i went in there and tried to eat her for dinner, but there came a man with a chain saw he ran in “I heard someone scream” he cried. (Sadly I never got that jumper after all). “Ahh” I screamed. I ran as fast into the woods, I thought I had lost him so I stopped to take a break, but I realized he wasn’t gone when I saw a glimpse of him behind a tree and I could hear rustling leaves. Finally I came to a public road and was waving for a ride and then I got overwhelmed and got ran over by a passing car.
THE END!!!