life lessons that are priceless – the gift of the gab

«Little girls, this seems to say,
Never stop upon your way.
Never trust a stranger-friend;
No one knows how it will end.
As you’re pretty, so be wise;
Wolves may lurk in every guise.
Handsome they may be, and kind,
Gay, or charming never mind!
Now, as then, ‘tis simple truth—
Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!»

Little Red Riding Hood, from Perrault's fairy tales (and The Company of Wolves, great film, but, at the time, a more or less surprising hit. Neil Jordan, director)