Ed Young

Children are not tasty or nutritious.

This is described as the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. I have to say that it's better than Little Red Riding Hood in many ways. In this book they save themselves.

Message

Intelligence and persistence can triumph over evil.

Oh, go fly a kite!

It shows that even small people who are clever can be helpful. And small people are presumably the audience of this book.

Message

Loyalty and tenacity will be rewarded.