firewood. She covers the spot with thin layers of mats and earth,
and places a stool made out of wax on top of these. The goat then
walks into the forest and meets the wolf. She asks the wolf to
attend a traditional memorial service for the kids. The villain
agrees, and unwittingly takes his seat on the wax chair, which melts
as he consumes meal after meal. Eventually, he falls into the pit
and is engulfed by the flames. As he slowly burns and pleads for
rescue, the goat informs him that she follows "the words of the
scripture", or lex talionis, which she paraphrases as "a death for a
death and a burn for a burn".
The story ends as the mother and child finish off their enemy with
stoning, and all goats in the area celebrate the death with an actual
feast.
The story ends as the mother and child finish off their enemy with
stoning, and all goats in the area celebrate the death with an actual
feast. The story urges for kids do not trust anyone. "On our
doorstep" may be even WOLF!