little red riding hood english versionOnce upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her but most of all by her grandmother and there was nothing that she would

league farther on in the wood. Her house stands under three big oak trees, the nut trees are just below. You surely must know it," replied little red-cap.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-cap, and then he said, see little red-cap, 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-cap raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers 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. And 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?" cried the grandmother."Little red-cap," 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-cap, 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.On approaching the bed she saw that the figure lying there was not her grandmother, but the wolf in grandmother's clothing. And the wolf said, good morning, my little red-cap. And little red-cap, seeing the wolf's big ears, his big eyes and his big teeth, said to herself, oh, what big ears you have, what big eyes you have, and oh, what big teeth you have. But she said, good morning, wolf, in as cheerfully a voice as she could muster."What have you got in your apron?" asked the wolf."Cake and wine," replied little red-cap. "Yesterday was baking-day, and we took cake and wine to grandmother, who is so weak that she cannot get up and will not be able to eat anything. And now I am taking them to her again. The wolf bared his teeth, grinned, and said, "Oh, I will go to your grandmother's and have a little chat with her." "No," said little red-cap, "you cannot come. I am just on my way home and have nothing to give you." So the wolf went on his way, and little red-cap arrived home safely