From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!houxi!houxb!samm Newsgroups: net.trivia Title: Re: Little Red Riding Hood Article-I.D.: houxb.145 Posted: Wed Aug 18 14:17:36 1982 Received: Fri Aug 20 01:09:54 1982 References: floyd.455 I believe 'riding' goes with 'hood', (is that a 'gerund'?) that is, it's a 'riding hood' that she's wearing. You have to remember that these stories are fairly old. 'Nuff said? Chanchal Samanta BTL Neptune NJ