At the bus stop a little while ago, Carrie (now in the second grade) was wearing a red, fur-tinged cloak. Maybe Halloween came early this year. My first thought was to sing Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs' "Little Red Riding Hood."

Little Red Riding Hood
You sure are lookin' good
You're everything that a big bad wolf could want…
Owwooo!

Yeah, then I reminded myself she's a second grader and I immediately felt creepy just for thinking it. So I moved on to a backup thought: "She looks like an extra from The Village".