On FB, Bob has published a poetic take-off on the Red Riding Hood tale. I suppose it’s adequate to come up to FB standards, but on this site we have more to offer you.

HOW LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD CAME TO BE EATEN.

by: Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)

Most worthy of praise
Were the virtuous ways
Of Little Red Riding Hood's Ma,
And no one was ever
More cautious and clever
Than Little Red Riding Hood's Pa.
They never mislead,
For they meant what they said,
And would frequently say what they meant:
And the way she should go
They were careful to show,
And the way that they showed her, she went.
For obedience she was effusively thanked,
And for anything else she was carefully spanked.

(continues here)

...and we a putative Word Board, at that...

From Verse 4:

...She'd persuaded a neighbor to loan...

(Tee hee)