A mother goat with four children tells the children that she is going out to get grass. She tells them that when someone knocks at the door and says they are their mother, to look at the hand of the person and if it is black it is the wolf whereas if it is red it is the mother. The wolf hears the conversation, paints his hand red, and takes three of the children. The mom finds out, goes to the wolf's house. She challenges him to a fight and before hand they go to the dentist and have their teeth/horns sharpened. The goat brings a good gift and gets them sharpened but the wolf tries to rip the dentist off so he pulls all the wolf's teeth out and replaces it with fakes. The goat challenges him to drink a bunch of water and jump across a river, and when the wolf does the goat pierces his stomach and kills him. She gets her kids back and live happily ever after.
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I thought this story was strange because nothing ever comes of the wolf getting his teeth replaced with fakes. The story would be much better if it ended with him trying to bite the goat but it doesn't do anything. I would certainly change that in my story I write and I would also make the being human instead of animals.
Bibliography
The Wolf and the Goat: translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer
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