<P> In the 19th century two separate German versions were retold to Jacob Grimm and his younger brother Wilhelm Grimm, known as the Brothers Grimm, the first by Jeanette Hassenpflug (1791--1860) and the second by Marie Hassenpflug (1788--1856). The brothers turned the first version to the main body of the story and the second into a sequel of it . The story as Rotkäppchen was included in the first edition of their collection Kinder - und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales (1812)). </P> <P> The earlier parts of the tale agree so closely with Perrault's variant that it is almost certainly the source of the tale . However, they modified the ending; this version had the little girl and her grandmother saved by a huntsman who was after the wolf's skin; this ending is identical to that in the tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, which appears to be the source . The second part featured the girl and her grandmother trapping and killing another wolf, this time anticipating his moves based on their experience with the previous one . The girl did not leave the path when the wolf spoke to her, her grandmother locked the door to keep it out, and when the wolf lurked, the grandmother had Little Red Riding Hood put a trough under the chimney and fill it with water that sausages had been cooked in; the smell lured the wolf down, and it drowned . </P> <P> The Brothers further revised the story in later editions and it reached the above - mentioned final and better - known version in the 1857 edition of their work . It is notably tamer than the older stories which contained darker themes . </P> <P> Numerous authors have rewritten or adapted this tale . </P>

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