From the Scholarly Vault! I made this years ago, before publishing any of the books or even working out the whole Scholarly Banana concept-thing. This was my first attempt at animation and After Effects, and I had a blast making it.

Oh yeah. I should mention that this is The Story of Grandmother, an old French oral story that may have inspired the more recent (by “recent,” I mean 17th-century) literary versions of Little Red Riding Hood. If you’re a folktale aficionado and/or have read The Scholarly Banana’s book on the history of Little Red Riding Hood, you might also recognize this plot from The False Grandmother, an Italian tale that features a villainous ogress instead of a bloodthirsty wolf/werewolf. In that version, the ogress pan-fries the grandmother’s ears and teeth, then feeds them to the girl as a delightful snack. Saluti!