Grandmother
helper · human
Poorly, sewed the famous hood herself, and spends most of this story in a wardrobe being furious.
What they are like
- Kind
- 9/10
- Brave
- 8/10
- Clever
- 7/10
- Honest
- 10/10
- Curious
- 5/10
- Patient
- 3/10
How we meet them
As an absence. We hear about her before we meet her, and when we finally do she is in a wardrobe, which is very funny and takes the fear out of the ending fast.
Personality
Sharp, funny and entirely unsentimental. She is far more annoyed about her cap than frightened about the wolf.
What they want
To get out of this wardrobe and find out what has happened to her good cap.
How they change
Shut in a wardrobe off-page, released cross, and eating bread and butter within the hour.
How they speak
Complaints, mostly, and good ones. Her first concern on being rescued is the state of her cap, which tells you everything about her.
How the story treats them
Everyone treats her as fragile. The story quietly disagrees: she is the only character who is not remotely frightened by any of this.
One surprising thing
She sewed the red hood herself, which means the one thing everyone remembers about this story was made by the character nobody remembers.
If they were real today
She would refuse a stairlift and complain about the neighbours' hedge.
Things they say
- “The best thing anyone has brought me in years.”
Key moments
The hood she sewed
Before any of this happens, she made a red hood with a hood-string for her granddaughter, and it became the girl's name.
Extremely cross in a wardrobe
Found after the wolf has gone, with a bruised elbow and a great deal to say about what has been done to her cap. Her indignation is what lets the ending breathe out.
Who they know
Redfamily
One of them made the hood. The other is named after it.
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