Little Red Riding Hood

This is the 400th post on my blog! Thank You everybody for the nice stamps I got mint, on postcards and on covers!

On Thursday I bought the new German stamps including the new welfare showing Little Red Riding Hood (issued 11-02-2016).

Little Red Riding Hood, or Rotkäppchen in German, is a young girl living in the forest with her Mother. She is recognisable by her red cape. One day she is sent to her Grandmother with a basket full of treats. Before she leaves, her Mother tells her that she must not go astray. On her way through the forest Little Red Riding Hood meets the Wolf and he asks her where she wants to go. After she answers him, he tells her that the Grandmother would be for sure very happy to get a flower bouquet and that there are nice flowers in the forest. Against the advice of the Mother Little Red Riding Hood exits the path and while she does this the Wolf hurries to the house of the Grandmother. 

After her detour Little Red Riding Hood finally arrives at her destination, but in the bed there is not the Grandmother, but the Wolf who ate the actual owner of the house. After a short conversation he also eats Little Red Riding Hood.

Luckily a Hunter comes to the house of the Grandmother, kills the Wolf and frees the Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood promises that she will from now on always follow the advice of the Mother.