Little red riding hood

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Once upon a time there lived in a certain a little country girl, creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood . It suited the girl so that everybody called her .
One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her: ", my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she very ill. Take her a cake, and this little ."
Little Red Riding Hood to go to her grandmother, who lived in another .
she was going through the , she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to , but he dared not, because of some woodcutters nearby in the forest.
He asked her where she was going. The poor child, did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, to him:
"I am going to see my and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother"
"Does she live far off?" said the
"Oh I say," answered Little Red Riding Hood, "it is that mill you see there, at the first house in the village."
"Well," said the wolf, "and I'll go and see . I'll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there "
The wolf ran as fast as he , taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering of little flowers.
It was not the wolf arrived at the old woman's house. He knocked : tap, tap.
"Who's there?"
"Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood," replied the wolf, counterfeiting her ; "who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you mother"
The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried , "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up."
The wolf pulled the , and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up , for it been more than three days since he .
He then shut and got into the grandmother's bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time and knocked at the door: tap, tap. "Who's ?"
Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first ; but believing her grandmother and was hoarse, answered:
"It is your Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends "
The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as he could: "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up"
Little Red Riding Hood pulled the bobbin, and the door .
The wolf, seeing her come in, said , hiding himself under the bedclothes: "Put the cake and the little pot upon the stool, and come get into bed with "
Little Red Riding Hood took off and got into bed. She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, and to her: "Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better , my dear"
"Grandmother, you have!"
"All the better to run , my child"
", what big ears you have!"
" to hear with, my child"
"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my "
"Grandmother, what you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with"
And, saying these words, this wicked wolf Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up.