Moral:
Little girls, this seems to say,
Never stop upon your way.
Never trust a stranger-friend
No one knows how it will end.
As you're pretty, so be wise;
Wolves may lurk in every guise.
Handsome they may be, and kind,
Gay or charming--never mind!
Now, as then, 'tis simple truth--
Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!
Addendum to "Little Red Riding Hood"
Perrault's Fairy Tales
Translated by A. E. Johnson
Dover Publications, Inc. New York, 1969
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