There dwelt, when sin was yet to be,

A guileless Serpent up a tree,

Sniffing the virgin breezes;

Till EVE (the huzzy!), one fine day,

With evil purpose came his way,

And led that simple worm astray

By low and wicked wheezes.

A Wolf there was, quite sweet and good,

Till in his path Red Riding-Hood

Went camouflaging through the wood—