Little Red Riding Hood

Goes to her Grandmother’s House

A Little Girl lives in a cottage with her Mother.

She has a red riding hood. She likes it very much, and she always puts it on when she goes out.

That is why everybody calls her Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her Mother says to her, “Please, Little Red Riding Hood, take this pot of butter and this cake to your Grandmother.

She is always very glad to see you.”

“Yes, Mother,” says Little Red Riding Hood.

She puts the cake, the pot of butter, and some eggs in a basket and walks to her Grandmother’s house.

On the Way she Meets a Wolf

On the way she meets a Wolf. She does not know how bad the Wolf is, so she is not afraid of him.

“Good morning,” says the Wolf. “Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood?”

“Good morning, Mr. Wolf,” says Little Red Riding Hood. “I’m going to see my Grandmother. I’m taking her a pot of butter, a cake, and some eggs.”

“Where does she live?” asks the Wolf.

“She lives far away in the wood,” says the child.

“I must go to see her some day,” says the Wolf. And he thinks, “I want to eat you now, but I’m afraid of the wood-cutters.”

The Wolf walks with Little Red Riding Hood.

“Look at those pretty flowers,” he says. “Pick some flowers for your Grandmother.”

“Dear Grandmother is always glad to have some flowers,” says the girl to herself.

The Wolf Eats Up the Old Grandmother

So she stops to pick some flowers. But the Wolf does not stop. He goes to the Grandmother’s house and knocks at the door.

The Grandmother says, “Who is there?”

The Wolf makes his voice soft and says, “It’s Little Red Riding Hood.”

“Open the door, dear, and come in,” says the Grandmother.

Then the Wolf goes in and eats up the old Grandmother. He puts on the Grandmother’s dress and bonnet and lies down in her bed.

Little Red Riding Hood at her Grandmother's House

By and by Little Red Riding Hood comes to her Grandmother’s house. She, too, knocks at the door.

“Who is there?” asks the Wolf, and he tries to speak like the Grandmother. But his voice is not so soft. His voice is not like the Grandmother’s voice.

“I’m afraid my Grandmother has a very bad cold,” thinks Little Red Riding Hood.

And she says, “It’s me, Little Red Riding Hood. Mother sends you a cake, a pot of butter, and some eggs.”

“Open the door, dear, and come in,” cries the Wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood goes in. She thinks it is her Grandmother in bed.

What Big Eyes You Have

She takes off her red riding hood, puts the basket on the table, and goes to the bed.

“Oh, Grandmother!” she says. “What big eyes you have!”

“The better to see you, my dear,” says the Wolf.

“Oh, Grandmother!” she says. “What big ears you have!”

“The better to hear you, my dear,” says the Wolf.

“Oh, Grandmother!” she says. “What sharp teeth you have!”

“The better to eat you up,” says the Wolf, and he jumps out of the bed.

He is just going to eat her up, when the wood-cutters hear Little Red Riding Hood’s cries.

One of the wood-cutters runs into the house and kills the Wolf.

Then the wood-cutters open him up, and the Grandmother comes out quite safe.

Little Red Riding Hood thanks the wood-cutters. And now she never stops to talk to a wolf.