A good example of the Levi-Straussean method is provided by Victor Larrucia in his own analysis of the story of 'Little Red Riding-Hood' (originating in the late seventeenth century in a tale by Perrault) (Larrucia 1975). According to this method the narrative is summarized in several columns, each corresponding to some unifying function or theme. The original sequence (indicated by numbers) is preserved when the table is read row-by-row.

1 Grandmother's illness causes mother to make Grandmother food 2 Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) obeys mother and goes off to wood 3 LRRH meets (Wolf as) friend and talks
4 Woodcutter's presence causes Wolf to speak to LRRH 5 LRRH obeys Wolf and takes long road to Grandmother's 6 Grandmother admits (Wolf as) LRRH 7 Wolf eats Grandmother
8 LRRH meets (Wolf as) Grandmother
9 LRRH obeys Grandmother and gets into bed 10 LRRH questions (Wolf as) Grandmother 11 Wolf eats LRRH

Rather than offering any commentators' suggestions as to what themes these columns represent, I (David Chandler) leave it to readers to speculate for themselves.

1 Grandmother's illness causes mother to make Grandmother food	2 Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) obeys mother and goes off to wood	3 LRRH meets (Wolf as) friend and talks
4 Woodcutter's presence causes Wolf to speak to LRRH	5 LRRH obeys Wolf and takes long road to Grandmother's	6 Grandmother admits (Wolf as) LRRH	7 Wolf eats Grandmother
		8 LRRH meets (Wolf as) Grandmother
	9 LRRH obeys Grandmother and gets into bed	10 LRRH questions (Wolf as) Grandmother	11 Wolf eats LRRH