7 All the Better to

CHAPTER SEVEN All the Better to... Don't leave me alone! I won't. But if something goes wrong, we're going in! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Grandmother Quacking Hood opened the door. She looked Princess up and down. She did not like what she saw. Little Red, what a big bill you have! All the better to smell the wolf's pies. Little Red, what a big hood you have! All the better to protect my hairdo.

Little Red, what big feet you have! All the better to run stolen pies to you. Princess heard shuffling noises. She also heard a quack or two. But she did not dare look around.

Soon, ducks were everywhere. Um, Grandmother, what a lot of duck friends you have! All the better to—

TRAP YOU WITH!! GULP!

AHHHHH!! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!