"The three little pigs" and "The little red ridding hood"

In modern society, folktales are regarded as children's entertainment. Most of them served the purpose to spread out a moral or a lesson by using simple and effective narrative structures. Personally, I think two of the most wide-ranging fables are <<The little pigs>> and <<Little red ridding hood>>. The reason why they can be known by most of people in the world is the stories' moral that …

…e child's thinking about his own development without ever telling what it ought to be. On the contrary, <<little red ridding hood>> used an apparent example to teach children that only the obedience is safe enough. However, both of them are very successful fables. References: Bruno Bettelheim, Vintage Books, NY,1975 Order and Disorder in "little red ridding hood" <<Writing critical essays>> Alix Chmelnotzky, Little red ridding hood.