Quotes From 'The Handmaid's Tale'

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] There once was a huntsman and a little girl who everyone one called little red riding hood. They lived along with her grandmother in the forest. One day the huntsman ran out of bread to make yeast, and the only person who had enough bread was his mother. The huntsman was too weary and tired to go get himself. [2] The huntsman walks from the kitchen and wakes little red riding hood from her sleep. “My daughter, wake up” says The Huntsman. “What is it father?” Little Red asks. “We have ran out of bread to make yeast, go to grandma’s house to get more bread.” The Huntsman says. “It was raining in the forest and it was nighttime, quite unsettling for a young girl to be wandering in a forest.”she thought. But Little Red ignored her instinct and …show more content…

This woke the huntsman and he says “ My daughter is in trouble!”. He quickly grabs his bows and arrows then ran into the forest to save her daughter. He gets to the house in minutes and sees his mothers mutilated body. “What horrible sight is this!?” He cries. The huntsman the ogre and then the creature gives him an evil smile and says “This is all for destiny, puny human”. “If you surrender your daughter I will not kill her in front of you”. The huntsman starts to get angry at the ogre. “You killed my mother and the big bad wolf.” He says. “Now I must seek revenge for the innocent lives you took you putrid monster!” The Huntsman …show more content…

He falls to the ground wounded, and says “You have caught me little human, but you have foiled my plans”. The Huntsman twists the sword in the wound, hurting the ogre even more. “Please! have mercy on me good warrior!” the creature pleads. “ You have killed the wolf and my only mother! why should spare you demon?” The huntsman yells. “ I will never hurt anyone again please don`t kill me!” the ogre pleads even more. [8] The huntsman ignores the creature and stabs the creature using full force, killing him instantly. He beheads the ogre and says “ This will be worth a lot on the market, the ogre has been wanted for years in the city.” the huntsman puts the ogre’s head in a bag and sends it off into the city. Soon after he picks up his knocked out daughter and walked her back to the cottage. [9] The next morning the daughter wakes up and asks “What has happened yesterday father?”. She had forgotten about the horrors of the other night. “My daughter, we went to grandma’s house to get bread to make yeast we ran out.” the huntsman

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