Lon-Po Po Po 'And' Little Red Riding Hood
Did someone ever act as someone else, and try to trick you? In the short stories “Lon Po Po” and “Little Red Riding Hood” children get tricked by wolves pretending to be other people. The two short stories, “Lon Po Po” by Ed Young and “Little Red Riding Hood” by James Marshall have many similarities and differences in plot. In “Lon Po Po”, three children are left at home while their mom goes to see their grandma, who has her birthday. A wolf notices she goes, and dresses up as grandma to trick the children. Shang, however notices that she is a wolf, and tricks him by pulling him up in a basket to get the delicious gingko nuts of the gingko nut tree. She then drops the basket, the wolf is killed, and they go back into their house. In the story “Little Red Riding Hood”, little red riding hood goes to give food to her grandma, who is sick. On the way, she sees a wolf, whom she tells where her grandma lives. The wolf goes to the house, eats the grandma, and dresses up as her. Little red riding hood
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The author of “Lon Po Po” states “When the wolf reached out, he could almost touch the highest branch. But at that moment, shang coughed, and they let go of the rope, and the basket fell down and down and down.Not only did the wolf bump his head, but he broke his heart to pieces.” This passage from “Lon Po Po” shows that the wolf dies in the children’s hands. The author of “Red Riding Hood” writes, and he gobbled her right up “Having enjoyed such a heavy meal he was soon snoring away. A hunter passing by was alarmed by the frightful racket. “That doesn't sound like granny,” he said. And so the brave hunter jumped in the window killed the sleeping wolf.” this excerpt shows that The wolf died in the hunter’s hands instead of in the children’s hands. It is clear that there are many differences between the two short stories “Lon Po Po”, and “Little Red Riding
The author of “Lon Po Po” states “When the wolf reached out, he could almost touch the highest branch. But at that moment, shang coughed, and they let go of the rope, and the basket fell down and down and down.Not only did the wolf bump his head, but he broke his heart to pieces.” This passage from “Lon Po Po” shows that the wolf dies in the children’s hands. The author of “Red Riding Hood” writes, and he gobbled her right up “Having enjoyed such a heavy meal he was soon snoring away. A hunter passing by was alarmed by the frightful racket. “That doesn't sound like granny,” he said. And so the brave hunter jumped in the window killed the sleeping wolf.” this excerpt shows that The wolf died in the hunter’s hands instead of in the children’s hands. It is clear that there are many differences between the two short stories “Lon Po Po”, and “Little Red Riding