Comparing Childhood Stories 'Red Riding Hood And Goldilocks'

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What are the differences between the two childhood stories, Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks? The story, Red Riding Hood, is a tale about a girl delivering cakes to her grandmother. However,there is a wolf on the prowl that wants to eat her. The story of Goldilocks is about a little girl breaking into a house owned by three bears. While she is in the bears’ house, she eats their food and takes a nap. Overall, there are several similarities and differences in the two short stories The stories have several similarities in them. Such as, both girls running and screaming when faced with danger. Both the antagonists in the stories attempted to eat the main characters. Also, the climax of the stories take place in somebody else’s house. There are

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