– Part II –
Sytherria
Now, in this, part the second of our perilous tale, we learn that what is evil is truly evil, and that it will always find its retribution in the wrath of good…
"Little Red Riding Hood had not gone far when she came upon a wolf. Not knowing what a wicked creature her was, she gave him a friendly greeting and told him she was going to visit her grandmother on the other side of the woods.
When the wolf heard this, he was pleased, for he was very hungry and now he could look forward to two delicious meals: Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. But he was a clever wolf, and was careful not to alarm the child.
Instead, he walked along beside her and spoke in a soft voice. 'Isn't the forest lovely today?' he said. 'Look at all the beautiful flowers! It would be a pity to hurry past them…' "
And so, with words as sweet as honey and a voice as soft as spun silk, the wolf beguiles and seduces Little Red Riding Hood into straying off of the path, and into the dark forest – straight into the clutches of a most terrible doom, we might well say…For huntsmen will not always arrive to the rescue in the nick of time, and the wolf who roams the dark forest is many a time much more clever and cunning than we give him credit for…
But come along now – don't look so afraid! Here: here is my hand. Take it, and together we will venture deeper into this twisted forest. Hurry along though, lest we lose sight of Red – she is already much further ahead of us than I would like her to be. Quick!
(And never fear, my friends! For all good faery tales will never fail to feature a truly shiver-inducing haunted forest full of creepy specters and shadows – but going in pairs never fails.)