LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]

Characters:

 Marjorie Delos Reyes as Narrator  John Carlo Flores as Wolf 1

 Jean Eloisa Francisco as Little Red-Cap  Arvin Joseph Mauricio as Wolf 2
 Felicity Jewel Batestin as Mother  Jericho Manalaysay as Huntsman
 Fei Mary Catahan as Grandmother

Scene 1: Little Red-Cap's Home

Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a sweet little girl who was adored by everyone who saw
her, but especially by her grandmother, who would have given anything to the child. She once
gave her a little red velvet cap that fit her so well that she never wore anything else, so she was
always known as 'Little Red-Cap.' One day, her mother gave her a task.

Mother: Come Little Red-Cap. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your
grandmother. She is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, behave
yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall and break the glass, and then
there will be nothing for your sick grandmother. Mind your manners and give her my greetings.

Little Red-Cap: I will, mother. (affirming)

Scene 2: En Route to Grandmother's House

Narrator: Little Red-Cap promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the wood,
half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her.
Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was and was not at all afraid of him.

Wolf 1: (meeting Little Red-Cap) Good day, Little Red-Cap.

Little Red-Cap: Thank you, kindly, wolf.

Wolf 1: Where are you going, Little Red-Cap?

Little Red-Cap: To my grandmother's.

Wolf 1: And what are you carrying under your apron?

Little Red-Cap: Cake and wine. We baked yesterday, so my ill grandmother is to have something
good, to make her stronger.

Wolf 1: Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?

Little Red-Cap: Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three large
oak trees. There's a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must know the place.

Scene 3: Wolf's Trickery

Wolf 1: (thought to himself) What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful—she
will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both. (smiling with
hidden agenda)

Wolf 1: Listen, Little Red-Cap, haven't you seen the beautiful flowers that are blossoming in the
woods? Why don't you go and take a look? And I don't believe you can hear how beautifully the
birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on your way to school in the village.
It is very beautiful in the woods.

Little Red-Cap: (distracted, looking at flowers) Maybe I should pick some for grandmother, she
will be very pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I'll be home on time. (ran off into the woods
looking for flowers)

Scene 4: Grandmother's House (Grandmother and Wolf Encounter)

Narrator: Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother’s house and knocked at the door.

Wolf 1: (knocking)

Grandmother: Who’s there?

Wolf 1: (arriving first, imitating Little Red-Cap’s voice) Little Red-Cap, I'm bringing you some cake
and wine. Open the door for me.
Grandmother: (called out the grandmother) Just press the latch, I'm too weak to get up.

Wolf 1: (he pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the
grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them on, and put her cap on
his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.)

Scene 5: Grandmother's House (Little Red-Cap and Wolf Encounter)

Narrator: Little Red-Cap had run after flowers and did not continue her way to grandmother's
until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she arrived…

Little Red-Cap: (she was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went
into the room, she had such a strange feeling, she thought to herself)
Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.

Little Red-Cap: (she called out) Good morning.

(But received no answer. Then she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother
was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.)

Little Red-Cap: Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!

Wolf 1: (imitating the voice and disguised as Grandmother) The better to hear you with, my
dear.

Little Red-Cap: But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!

Wolf 1: The better to see you with, my dear.

Little Red-Cap: But, grandmother, what large hands you have!

Wolf 1: The better to hug you with, my dear.

Little Red-Cap: Oh! but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!

Wolf 1: The better to eat you with!

Little Red-Cap: (Little Red-Cap gasps)
Wolf 1: (he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her up)

Scene 6: Huntsman's Intervention

Narrator: A huntsman was just passing by.

Huntsman: (thought to himself) How the old woman is snoring! I must just see if she wants
anything.

Narrator: He thought it strange that the old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take
a look.

Huntsman: (he stepped inside, and came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it, that he
had been hunting for such a long time, he thought to himself)
Do I find you here, you old sinner! I have long sought you!
(then just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured
the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors,
and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf)

Little Red-Cap: (jumped out and cried) Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf's
body!

Narrator: After that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but hardly able to breathe. Then
Little Red-Cap fetched some large heavy stones. They filled the wolf's body with them, and
when he woke up and tried to run away, the stones were so heavy that he fell down dead.

Scene 7: Happy Reunion

Narrator: Then all three were delighted. The huntsman drew off the wolf’s skin and went home
with it. The grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine which Red-Cap had brought, and
revived.

Little Red-Cap: Grandma, I’m sorry for all this trouble. If I had obeyed, none of this would ever
have happened. Will you ever forgive me?

Grandmother: Everything’s fine now dear, I feel much better just having you here with me.
Little Red-Cap: Are you better grandma?

Grandmother: Yes.

Little Red-Cap: (hugs Grandmother) I’m so happy. I promise, I'll never stray from the path again,
Grandma.

Grandmother: (smiling) That's a wise decision, my dear.

Scene 8: Another Wolf Want to Entice Little Red-Cap and her Grandmother.

Narrator: Little Red-Cap was taking some pastries to her grandmother another time, when
another wolf spoke to her and wanted her to leave the path. But Little Red-Cap took care and
went straight to grandmothers.

Little Red-Cap: (telling her grandmother) I had seen a wolf, and he greeted me a good day, but
he stared at me in a wicked manner. If I hadn't been on a public road, he would have eaten me
up.

Grandmother: Come. Let's lock the door, so he can't get in.

Narrator: Soon afterward the wolf knocked on the door and called out.

Wolf 2: Open up, grandmother. It's Little Red-Cap, and I'm bringing you some pastries.

Little Red-Cap and Grandmother: (they remained silent and did not open the door)

Wolf 2: (he walked around the house several times and jumped onto the roof)

Scene 9: Litte Red-Cap About to go Home.

Narrator: He wanted to wait until Little Red-Cap went home that evening, then follow her and
eat her up in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what he was up to.
Grandmother [Fei Mary Catahan]: Fetch a bucket, Little Red-Cap. Yesterday I cooked some
sausage, carry the water that I boiled them with to the trough.

Little Red-Cap: (Little Red-Cap carried water until the large, large trough was clear full)

Narrator: The smell of sausage arose into the wolf's nose.

Wolf 2: (he sniffed and looked down, stretching his neck so long that he could no longer hold
himself, and he began to slide. He slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned)

Narrator: And Little Red-Cap returned home happily and safely. From that day on, Little Red-Cap
and her grandmother lived happily, free from the cunning wolves that once threatened their
peace.
Director: Jacob Guevarra
Co-Director & Scriptwriter: Monica Alfaro

Actors/Actresses:
 Marjorie Delos Reyes
 Jean Eloisa Francisco
 Felicity Jewel Batestin
 Fei Mary Catahan
 John Carlo Flores
 Arbin Joseph Mauricio
 Jericho Manalaysay

Cinematographer and Editor:

 Cristan Neo Peña
 Elhyne Rose Policarpio
 Rachelle Del Rosario
 Althea Nicole Cubillo
 Karhylle Mae Reyes

Production Design and Costume Design:

 Yani Calamiong  Jerson Christer Punzal
 Khys Nicole Otico  Aliyah Quiogue
 Lance Jeffrey Nazareno  John Eduard Alejandro
 Jordan Ocmer  Jamwell Edrianne Dela Cruz
 Lenedy Villanueva  Jenaro Madrid
 Razel Mae Abia  Raymart Torres
 Jericho Castro  John Carlo Inocencio
 Joana Marie Macalalag  Billy Joe Juan Jr.