START OF A WHOPPER

"The problems began when Little Red Riding Hood came to me for help," Grandma began, in her plaint to Vaden. "She was always such a pathetic child."

"I thought she brought you baskets of goodies," said Vaden.

"Oh, yes, I supposed she did," Grandma admitted, "But I asked her to, because she really had nothing else to do with herself. I was doing her a favor."

"And what was the favor she wanted from you this time?" asked Vaden.

"It was about her house," said Grandma. "She needed me to put it into my own name for her. She was terribly afraid that one day she would marry and things would go wrong and she would lose her house in the divorce. She begged me to put her house in my name. Of course, I had to."