GEORGE ROUTLEOGF, AND SONS,
LONDON AND NEW YOKE.
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LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD,
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THE WICKED WOLF.
ONCE upon a time a nice little
girl lived in a country
village, and she was the sweetest creature that ever
was seen her mother loved her with great fondness,
;
and her grandmother doted on her still more. A
pretty red-coloured hood had been made for the little
girl, which so much became her, that every one called
her Little Red Riding-Hood.
One day, her mother having made some cheese-
cakes, said to her :
"
Go, my child, and see how your grandmother
does, for I hear she is ill
carry her some of these
;
cakes, and a little pot of butter/'
Little Red Riding-Hood immediately set out, with
a basket filled with the cakes and the pot of butter,
for her grandmother's house, which was in a village
a little distant from her mother's.
As she was crossing a wood, which lay in her road,
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LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.
^
she met a Wolf, who had a great mind to eat her up,
but dared not indulge his wicked wish, because of
some woodcutters who were at work near them in
the forest.
He ventured, however, to ask her whither she was
going.
The little girl, not knowing how dangerous it was
to talk to a wolf, replied :
u I am
going to see my grandmamma, and carry
her these cakes and a pot of butter."
" Does she live far
off?'' said the Wolf.
"
Oh, yes,'' answered little Red Riding-Hood,
" house
beyond the mill you see yonder, at the first
in the village."
u "
Well," said the Wolf, I will go and see her
too I will take this way, and you take that, and let
;
us see which will be there first."
The Wolf set out, running as he could, and
fast as
taking the nearest way ;
while the little girl took the
longest, and amused herself as she went, with gather-
ing nuts, running after butterflies, and making nose-
gays of such flowers as she found within her reach.
The Wolf soon arrived at the dwelling of the
Grandmother, and knocked at the door.
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LITTLE UED HIDING-HOOD.
" Who is there?" said the old woman.
" It is Red Riding-Hood,"
your grandchild, Little
the voice of the " I
replied the AYolf, .in little girl;
have brought you some cheese-cakes, and a
little pot
of butter, that mamma has sent you."
The good old woman, who was ill in bed, then
called out,
u
Pullthe bobbin, and the latch will go up."
The Wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.
He sprung upon the poor old grandmother, and ate
her up in a few minutes, for it was three days since
he had tasted any food.
The Wolf then shut the door, and laid himself
down in the bed, and waited for little Red Riding-
Hood, who very scon after reached the door.
Tap, tap!
"
Who is there?"
She was at first a little frightened at the hoarse
voice of the Wolf, but believing her grandmother
had got a cold, she answered :
"
It is your grandchild, Little Red Riding-Hood.
Mamma has sent you some cheesecakes, and a little
pot of butter."
The Wolf called out, softening his voice :
LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.
v
" Pull the and the latch will
bobbin, go up,
Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the bobbin, and the
door opened.
When she came into the room, the Wolf, hiding
himself under the bed-clothes, said to her, trying all
he could to speak in a feeble voice, " Put the basket,
my child, on the stool, take off your clothes, and
come into bed with me."
Little Red Riding-Hood accordingly undressed
herself, and stepped into bed where, wondering to
;
see howher grandmother looked in her night clothe?,
she said to her :
"
Grandmamma, what great arms you have got!"
" The better to hug thee, my child."
"
Grandmamma, w hat great ears you have got !"
r
" The better to hear thee, my child."
u
Grandmamma, what great eyes you have got!"
"
The better to see thee, my child."
"
Grandmamma, what great teeth you have got!"
"
They are to eat thee up:" and, saying these
words, the wicked Wolf was about to fall upon Little
Red 'Riding-Hood, when a young forester, hearing
her/screams, rushed in and killed him with one blow
of his axe.
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THREEPENNY TOT-BOOKS,
WITH SIX COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS,
PRINTED BY KRONHEIM & CO.
MY FIRST ALPHABET 23. A, APPLE PIE
MOTHER GOOSE 24. THE RAILWAY ALPHABET
THE BABES IN THE WOOD 25. NURSERY SONGS
THIS LITTLE PIG 26. NURSERY DITTIES
THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED 27. PUNCH AND JUDY
IN A SHOE 28. OUR PETS
10. LITTLE BO-PEEP 29. CINDERELLA
II. NURSERY RHYMES 30. PUSS-IN-BOOTS
12. FARM-YARD ALPHABET 31. LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
13- JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 32. WILD ANIMALS
14. JOHN GILPIN 33. TAME ANIMALS
15- OLD MOTHER HUBBARD 34- BIRDS
16. THE THREE BEARS 35. JACK THE GIANT KILLER
17- THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 36. BLUE BEARD
18. THE DOGS' DINNER PARTY 37- ALADDIN
19. MY MOTHER 38. THE FORTY THIEVES
20. THE CATS' TEA PARTY 39. TOM THUMB
21. MORE NURSERY RHYMES 40. SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE
22. ROBIN REDBREAST WOOD
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
LONDON AND NEW YORK.
