Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately for her grandmother's house in another village. While passing through the woods, she met a wolf. The wolf had a great mind to eat her up, but he dared not because of some woodcutters in the forest.

The wolf asked Little Red Riding Hood where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stop and listen to a wolf, answered him.

"I am going to see my grandmother, for my mother has sent her a galette and a little pot of butter."

Then the wolf said to Little Red Riding Hood:

"Does she live far off?"

Little Red Riding Hood replied:

"Oh yes! It is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village."

"Well," said the wolf, "I shall go and see her too. I will go by this path, and you go by that, and we shall see who will be there first."

The wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the shortest path. Little Red Riding Hood went by the longest way, amusing herself by gathering hazelnuts, chasing butterflies, and making bouquets of the little flowers she found.

It was not long before the wolf arrived at the grandmother's house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap.

"Who is there?"

The grandmother asked. The wolf, mimicking the voice of Little Red Riding Hood, replied:

"It is your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood. Mother has sent me a galette and a little pot of butter for you."

The grandmother, who was feeling unwell and stayed in bed, cried out:

"Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up!"

The wolf pulled the bobbin and the door opened. He immediately fell upon the grandmother and ate her up in a moment.

The wolf had not eaten anything for more than three days. Having finished his meal, he locked the door. He then hid himself in the grandmother's bed and waited for Little Red Riding Hood, who would knock at the door about twenty minutes later.

There came a knock at the door: tap, tap.

The wolf asked: