Hermann Vogel-The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids-1. She wolf bakery tale has obvious resemblance to “The Three Little Pigs” and other type 124 folktales. The story was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812.
Their source was the Hassenpflug family from Hanau. A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the Big Bad Wolf who will try to sneak into the house and gobble them up. The wolf will pretend to be their mother and convince the kids to open the door. The young children will be able to recognize their true mother by her white feet and sweet voice. The mother goat leaves and the seven kids stay in the house. Before long, they hear a voice at the door that says “Let me in children, your mother has something for each and every one of you.
It was the wolf, whose gruff voice betrays him and the kids do not let him in. The wolf goes to the bakery or mill and steals some flour, smearing it all over his coat, turning his black feet white. He returns to the children’s house, and says “Let me in children, your mother has something for each and every one of you. The kids see his white feet and hear his sweet voice, so they open the door.