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The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
Mother Goat warns her seven kids never to open the door, but the wolf has tricks: chalk for his voice and flour for his paws. A gentle Grimm retelling.
Narrator
Mother Goat
The Wolf
The Little Goats
The Youngest Goat
The MillerOther languages · 2 languages
About this story
The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats, also known as The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, is tale number 5 in the Brothers Grimm's Children's and Household Tales, first published in 1812. In the original the wolf swallows six kids whole, the mother cuts them out of his belly and fills it with stones, and he drowns in a well. For bedtime, this version puts the kids in a sack instead and lets the wolf tumble into the river and get swept away, while keeping the chalk, the floured paw, the frightened miller and the youngest hiding in the clock.
What it teaches
Don't open the door until you're sure who is there, even if they sound right. And a brave, quick-thinking family can outsmart even a big bad wolf.
Suits
Ages 3–8
Tips for telling it
- Let your child shout the kids' lines with you: You're the wolf!
- Count the seven hiding places on your fingers, then ask where they would hide.
- Afterwards, practise what to do if someone knocks when no grown-up is home.
Questions people ask
- What is the moral of The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats?
- Listen to your parents' warnings and don't open the door just because someone sounds or looks familiar. Tricksters can disguise themselves, so check carefully first.
- Why did the wolf eat chalk?
- To soften his rough voice. The kids recognised him the first time by his gravelly voice, so he ate chalk to sound like their mother, then had his black paw floured to look like her white feet.
- Who wrote The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats?
- It is a German folk tale collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and published in 1812 in the first volume of their Children's and Household Tales.
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