Little Red Riding Hood

A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

Narrator Chester: Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her
liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next.
Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she
wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood. One day
her mother said to her:
mother Kyle: "Come Little Red Riding Hood. Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine.
Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your
manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the
path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your
sick grandmother."

Narrator Chester: Little Red Riding Hood promised to obey her mother. The grandmother
lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Riding Hood entered
the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was
not afraid of him.
Wolf ysua: "Good day to you, Little Red Riding Hood."
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Thank you, wolf.”
Wolf ysua: "Where are you going so early, Little Red Riding Hood?"
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "To grandmother's."
Wolf ysua: "And what are you carrying under your apron?"
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her
some cake and wine. We baked yesterday, and they should give her strength."
Wolf ysua: "Little Red Riding Hood, just where does your grandmother live?"
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the
woods, under the three large oak trees. There's a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must
know the place,"
Narrator Chester: said Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf thought to himself: "Now there is
a tasty bite for me. Just how are you going to catch her?" Then he said:
Wolf: "Listen, Little Red Riding Hood, haven't you seen the beautiful flowers that are
blossoming in the woods? Why don't you go and take a look? And I don't believe you can
hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on
your way to school in the village. It is very beautiful in the woods."

Narrator Chester: Little Red Riding Hood opened her eyes and saw the sunlight breaking
through the trees and how the ground was covered with beautiful flowers. She thought:
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "If a take a bouquet to grandmother, she will be very
pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I'll be home on time.
Narrator Chester:" And she ran off into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she
picked one she thought that she could see an even more beautiful one a little way off, and
she ran after it, going further and further into the woods. But the wolf ran straight to the
grandmother's house and knocked on the door
Grandmother Fretch: "Who's there?"
Wolf: "Little Red Riding Hood. I'm bringing you some cake and wine. Open the door for
me."
Grandmother Fretch: "Just press the latch,"
Narrator Chester: called out the grandmother
Grandmother Fretch: "I'm too weak to get up."

Narrator Chester: The wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside,
went straight to the grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them
on, and put her cap on his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.

Narrator Chester: Little Red Riding Hood had run after flowers, and did not continue on
her way to grandmother's until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she
arrived, she found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and
everything looked so strange that she thought:
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at
grandmother's."
Narrator Chester: Then she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother
was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!"
Wolf: "All the better to hear you with."
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
Wolf: "All the better to see you with."
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!"
Wolf: "All the better to grab you with!"
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!"
Wolf: "All the better to eat you with!"
Narrator Chester: And with that he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red
Riding Hood, and ate her up.
As soon as the wolf had finished this tasty bite, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and
began to snore very loudly. A huntsman was just passing by. He thought it strange that the
old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take a look. He stepped inside, and in
the bed there lay the wolf that he had been hunting for such a long time.
Huntsman blouis: "He has eaten the grandmother, but perhaps she still can be saved. I
won't shoot him,"
Narrator Chester: thought the huntsman. So he took a pair of scissors and cut open his
belly. He had cut only a few strokes when he saw the red cap shining through. He cut a
little more, and the girl jumped out and cried
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Oh, I was so frightened! It was so dark inside the wolf's
body!"
Narrator Chester: And then the grandmother came out alive as well. Then Little Red
Riding Hood fetched some large heavy stones. They filled the wolf's body with them, and
when he woke up and tried to run away, the stones were so heavy that he fell down dead.
The three of them were happy. The huntsman took the wolf's pelt. The grandmother ate
the cake and drank the wine that Little Red Riding Hood had brought. And Little Red
Riding Hood thought to herself:
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off
into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to."

Narrator Chester: They also tell how Little Red Riding Hood was taking some baked
things to her grandmother another time, when another wolf spoke to her and wanted her to
leave the path. But Little Red Riding Hood took care and went straight to grandmother's.
She told her that she had seen the wolf, and that he had wished her a good day, but had
stared at her in a wicked manner
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "If we hadn't been on a public road, he would have eaten
me up,"
Grandmother lylwynn: "Come," "Let's lock the door, so he can't get in."
Narrator Chester: Soon afterward the wolf knocked on the door and called out:
Little Red Riding Hood Arriane: "Open up, grandmother. It's Little Red Riding Hood, and
I'm bringing you some baked things."
Narrator Chester: They remained silent, and did not open the door. The wicked one
walked around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to
wait until Little Red Riding Hood went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in
the darkness. But the grandmother saw what he was up to. There was a large stone trough
in front of the house. "Fetch a bucket, Little Red Riding Hood," she said. "Yesterday I
cooked some sausage. Carry the water that I boiled them with to the trough."
Narrator Chester: Little Red Riding Hood carried water until the large, large trough was
clear full. The smell of sausage arose into the wolf's nose. He sniffed and looked down,
stretching his neck so long that he could no longer hold himself, and he began to slide. He
slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned. And Little Red Riding Hood returned
home happily and safely.