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HERE was once a sweet little maid,
much beloved by everybody, but most
of all by her grandmother, who never
knew how to make enough of her.
Once she sent her a little cap of red
velvet, and as it was very becoming
to her, and she never wore anything
else, people called her Little Red-cap.
One day her mother said to her,
‘““Come, Little Red-cap, here are some cakes and a flask
of wine for you to take to grandmother; she is weak and _ ill,
and they will do her good. Make haste and start before it
grows hot, and walk properly and nicely, and don’t run, or you
might fall and break the flask of wine, and there would be none
left for grandmother. And when you go into her room, don’t
forget to say, Good morning, instead of staring about you.”
(I will be sure to take care,” said Little Red-cap to her
mother, and gave her hand upon it. Now the grandmother
lived away in the wood, half-an-hour’s walk from the village;
and when Little Red-cap had reached the wood, she met the
wolf; but as shedid not know what a bad sort of animal he
was, she did not feel frightened..
" Good day, Little Red-cap,” said he.
“Thank you kindly, Wolf,” answered she.
“Where are you going so early, Little Red-cap ?”
“To my grandmother’s.”
What are you carrying under your apron?”
‘‘Cakes and wine; we baked yesterday; and my grand¬
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