Cast of Wonders 416: The Wolf and the Woodsman• Author:
T Kingfisher• Narrator:
Phil Lunt• Host:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter• Artist:
Alexis GobleThe Wolf and the Woodsman originally appeared on the author's blog.
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Once upon a time there was a girl. She was probably about twelve or thirteen, but that was an age when children were older than their years and expected to do real work and help with the harvest, so perhaps she was only nine or ten.
Her hood wasn’t red. Red dye is expensive and doesn’t hold well, and nobody who had to dye it themselves would make a red cloak for a child who could be expected to outgrow it by autumn. That was added later because it alliterated. It wasn’t a riding hood, either—the only horse she ever rode was the broad-backed giant that drew her father’s plow. Still, we make do.Tags: Alexis Goble, cooking, danger, fairy tale, grandmothers, growing up, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, Phil Lunt, Red Riding Hood, Summer Spotlight, T Kingfisher, toxic relationships, Wolf, woods, Young Adult fiction
