Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red Riding Hood.'
One day her mother said to her: 'Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don't forget to say, "Good morning", and don't peep into every corner before you do it.'
'I will take great care,' said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and gave her hand on it.
The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Hood entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red Riding Hood did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.
'Good day, Little Red Riding Hood,' said he.
'Thank you kindly, wolf.'
'Whither away so early, Little Red Riding Hood?'
'To my grandmother's.'
'What have you got in your apron?'
'Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.'
'Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?'
'A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must know it,' replied Little Red Riding Hood.
The wolf thought to himself: 'What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful - she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both.'
So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood, and then he said: 'See, Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are about here - why do you not look round? I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry.'
Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought: 'Suppose I take grandmother a fresh nosegay; that would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time.'
So she ran from the path into the wood to look for flowers. And whenever she had picked one, she fancied that she saw a still prettier one farther on, and ran after it, and so got deeper and deeper into the wood.
Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door.
'Who is there?'
'Little Red Riding Hood,' replied the wolf. 'She is bringing cake and wine; open the door.'
'Lift the latch,' called out the grandmother, 'I am too weak, and cannot get up.'
The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.
Little Red Riding Hood, however, had been running about picking flowers, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.
She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself: 'Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called out: 'Good morning,' but received no answer; so she went to the bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.
'Oh! grandmother,' she said, 'what big ears you have!'
'All the better to hear you with, my child,' was the reply.
'But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!' she said.
'All the better to see you with, my dear.'
'But, grandmother, what large hands you have!'
'All the better to hug you with.'
'Oh! but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!'
'All the better to eat you with!'
And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Red Riding Hood.
When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud.
The huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself: 'How the old woman is snoring! I must just see if she wants anything.' So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it.
'Do I find you here, you old sinner!' said he. 'I have long sought you!' But just as he was going to fire at him, it occurred to him that the wolf might have devoured the grandmother, and that she might still be saved, so he did not fire, but took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the sleeping wolf.
When he had made two snips, he saw the little red riding hood shining, and then he made two snips more, and the little girl sprang out, crying: 'Ah, how frightened I have been! How dark it was inside the wolf.'
After that the aged grandmother came out alive also, but scarcely able to breathe. Red Riding Hood, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf's belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead.
Then all three were delighted. The huntsman drew off the wolf's skin and went home with it; the grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine which Red Riding Hood had brought, and revived. But Red Riding Hood thought to herself: 'As long as I live, I will never leave the path by myself to run into the wood, when my mother has forbidden me to do so.'
It is also related that once, when Red Riding Hood was again taking cakes to the old grandmother, another wolf spoke to her, and tried to entice her from the path. Red Riding Hood, however, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said 'good morning' to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up.
'Well,' said the grandmother, 'we will shut the door, so that he can not come in.'
Soon afterwards the wolf knocked, and cried: 'Open the door, grandmother, I am Little Red Riding Hood, and am bringing you some cakes.'
But they did not speak, or open the door, so the grey-beard stole twice or thrice round the house, and at last jumped on the roof, intending to wait until Red Riding Hood went home in the evening, and then to steal after her and devour her in the darkness. But the grandmother saw what was in his thoughts.
In front of the house was a great stone trough, so she said to the child: 'Take the pail, Red Riding Hood; I made some sausages yesterday, so carry the water in which I boiled them to the trough.'
Red Riding Hood carried until the great trough was quite full. Then the smell of the sausages reached the wolf, and he sniffed and peeped down, and at last stretched out his neck so far that he could no longer keep his footing and began to slip, and slipped down from the roof straight into the great trough, and was drowned. But Red Riding Hood went joyously home, and no one ever did anything to harm her again.
Comments
this story is very interesting I likeit
this story is very interesting I likeit
I felt like this story portrayed a politicly incorrect view..
I felt like this story portrayed a politicly incorrect view of animals and the female gender
i dont understand how the wolf died after stones were put..
i dont understand how the wolf died after stones were put into its belly and then it was all of a sudden alive again??
I LOVE THE CAPE! i love THIS storie 4ever..
I LOVE THE CAPE! i love THIS storie 4ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxx
I like it verry much
I like it verry much
I prefer this storie if it had pictures to help u as it is..
I prefer this storie if it had pictures to help u as it is really confussing
i love this story it is very interesting and is wrote very..
i love this story it is very interesting and is wrote very well! well done!
Politicly uncorrect view of animals and young girls what..
Politicly uncorrect view of animals and young girls what are you? Its a childrens story nothing more! Get a grip! Its a great story.
the story is ok.. i think it can rate about 5 star !!!!keep..
the story is ok.. i think it can rate about 5 star !!!!keep it up man .wish that the autor can write more tale in this web.. the best wish.....nass
a good story but a different ending to other versions so i..
a good story but a different ending to other versions so i got confused and lost marks in my project :( otherwise its a good story and written quite well
This is a really good fable because it teaches a very..
This is a really good fable because it teaches a very important lesson and especially to little kids. Its fun and very entertaining.
Jackie P.
i like it
i like it
I think that this story is very creative.
I think that this story is very creative.
i love this story
i love this story
I think that this story should be called Little red from..
I think that this story should be called Little red from the hood instead! And the Wolf should be a vegiterian. It eould be a whole lot funnier.
this story is stupid
this story is stupid
ireally like this story i think it is creative
ireally like this story i think it is creative
i like this story
i like this story
i really liked this story but i think that it was a little..
i really liked this story but i think that it was a little too fake but i also agree that it teaches little kids a good lesson to listen to their parents.
i didnt really like it :)
i didnt really like it :)
I LIKE IT..ITS VERY CUTE
I LIKE IT..ITS VERY CUTE
uhh the ending is frighteningly grim. How can the little..
uhh the ending is frighteningly grim. How can the little girl be so happy after killing someone?
its sooo good,i like it,thenks to authour.
its sooo good,i like it,thenks to authour.
this is a good shortstory i like it and so does my family
this is a good shortstory i like it and so does my family
great!
great!
way to go!
way to go!
this is the best book online i have ever read but is was a..
this is the best book online i have ever read but is was a bit boring but I STILL LOVED IT i hope this is out in real book
jade xx
awesome
awesome
it is very interesting i like it
it is very interesting
i like it
my english teacher told me that brothers grimm stories were..
my english teacher told me that brothers grimm stories were discriptive. she was right
My reading teacher said these stories were very good,..
My reading teacher said these stories were very good, descriptive, and used to be for adults. i know know why!
they are very good!
this stories is a very old fariy tale that i have not read..
this stories is a very old fariy tale that i have not read in a long time and it was great to read it again i hope you have lots more old bfariy tales
I really like this story and i am reciteing it in an..
I really like this story and i am reciteing it in an oritorical contest it is a great short story to recite.
This book is very gruesome and I would not recomend this to..
This book is very gruesome and I would not recomend this to young people, you would probably say it isnt but read it.
The parts in here are not very practical for the children section and the makers should have known not to put it in the childrens section.
St.Helens School England class 9
SO ORIGINAL!!
I think this version of red riding hood is for 10 to 11..
I think this version of red riding hood is for 10 to 11 year olds because it is grusiom and would give 5 yr olds night mares.I really like this story because it is thriling
NICE IS GOOD 4 11 TO 12 CHILDREN. aNGEL
NICE IS GOOD 4 11 TO 12 CHILDREN.
aNGEL
what an interesting story...most definatly for adults. the..
what an interesting story...most definatly for adults. the story is about good people being vulnerable to evil and learning to recognize it when it comes there way because it most certainly will!
i love this story little red riding hood
i love this story little red riding hood
THIS IS MY FAVORATE STORY I LOVE IT!!!
THIS IS MY FAVORATE STORY I LOVE IT!!!
really good story
really good story
This fairy tale stories is nice and interesting because it..
This fairy tale stories is nice and
interesting because it teach us some
morale not to trust anyone so easy.
When I read a book that is writen by brothers grimm I..
When I read a book that is writen by brothers grimm I always like it
nice 1...............
nice 1...............
what a fabulous story
what a fabulous story
This is not a GOOD story-it has hidden meanings of ....
This is not a GOOD story-it has hidden meanings of ....
For those who are confused, there are two wolves in this..
For those who are confused, there are two wolves in this story, not one that dies and comes back. Also, I love the the Grimms interpretation of Red Riding Hood and would not hesistate to put this story in a German Literature class. I honestly believe it belongs in every English curriculum middle school and up.
I love little red riding hood
I love little red riding hood
i like little red riding hood it is fun to..
i like little red riding hood it is fun to
read.....................like it very
much..........
This is an amazing short story! I loved it!
This is an amazing short story! I loved it!
Cool story bro!
Cool story bro!
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