The Wolf & The Little Girl

How are you little friend dressed in red, where is your basket?

The girl sat on a root in the woods she totally had it, was in thoughts. Should he better leave her alone go for a walk or stay near till she was ready to talk?

Wolf, she said after a long time, I don't want to visit granny any more. You know how the story ends... You and I are both abused and grandmother?
Let's be fair what does she need a mobile phone, a plush bear, a can with whipped cream, air freshener and a dictionary for?
I dumped the basket in a puddle, left and I will not go back, never, ever.

The girl in red and her friend sat side by side, both waiting for a better life, a way out. How to escape from a life dictated by a storyteller who never lived with a single mom and had to visit a demanding granny day after day?

She heaved a deep sigh.

He waited. There was nothing to say. They didn't have this debate for the first time. He no longer asked if it was time to go home because it was dark and her granny and mother might be worried. Both knew this wasn't the case. And as the night fell they still sat at the same spot.
The hunter didn't stop by, no one looked for the little girl in red.

What do you say, she said, the sun is up and not a single soul called or searched for me. What if I was lost or...

Eaten by a wolf?

Both grinned and couldn't stop laughing.

Girl, he said, they won't search for you nor for me. The thing is we have history for ages. We only exist in fairy tales. You finally broke the circle, we are free and can do as we like.

In thoughts, she sat while he waited for her to understand that she was just like him dead, both killed by the hunter who made up the story that a wolf had swallowed a grandmother and her granddaughter.

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Date: 17-10-2024

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