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<text id=90TT1435>
<title>
June 04, 1990: American Notes:California
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
June 04, 1990 Gorbachev:In The Eye Of The Storm
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 57
American Notes
CALIFORNIA
Little Red Riding Hootch
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<body>
<p> With a wolf that eats a grandmother and a little girl who
gets into mortal trouble by talking with a stranger, the
classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood reeks of violence and
veiled sexual terrors. But when a version of the story by Trina
Schart Hyman reached Culver City, Calif., last fall, school
officials thought they sniffed something really troubling: an
implied endorsement of alcohol.
</p>
<p> In Hyman's rendering, republished by Houghton-Mifflin in
1989, the items that Red Riding Hood carries to her grandmother
include wine that, the text says, would "do her a world of
good." Worse, once Grandma drinks some, she not only feels
"strong and healthy" but also displays, in an illustration, a
red nose. Though the book is on the state's list of recommended
reading for five- and six-year-olds, shocked officials (while
not banning Little Red Riding Hood itself) eliminated this
version. Explained spokeswoman Vera Jashi: "We have a very
strong alcohol- and drug-abuse program in the district. This
book gives us a double message."
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