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134 GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES.
‘Oh dear, how uncomfortable I feel, and I was so glad
this morning to go to my grandmother ! 19
And when she said, " Good morning," there was no answer.
Then she went up to the bed and drew back the curtains;
there lay the grandmother with her cap pulled over her eyes,
so that she looked very odd.
“‘Q grandmother, what large ears you have got!”
“The better to hear with.”
‘“‘Q grandmother, what great eyes you have got!’
“The better to see with.”
‘‘O grandmother, what large hands you ae got! ”
“The better to take hold of you with.”
‘* But, grandmother, what a terrible large mouth you have
got!"
“The better to devour you!” And no sooner had the
wolf said it than he made one bound from the bed, and swal¬
lowed up poor Little Red-cap.
Then the wolf, having satisfied his hunger, lay down again
in the bed, went to sleep, and began to snore loudly. ‘The
huntsman heard him as he was passing by the house, and
thought,
- How the old woman snores—I had better see if there 1s
anything the matter with her.”
Then he went into the room, and walked up to the bed,
and saw the wolf lying there.
At last I find you, you old sinner!” said he; "I have
been looking for you a long time.” And he made up his mind
that the wolf had swallowed the grandmother whole, and that
she might yet be saved. So he did not fire, but took a pair
. of shears and began to slit up the wolf’s body. When he
made a fewsnips Little Red-cap appeared, and after a few more
snips she jumped out and cried, " Oh dear, how frightened I
have been! it is so dark inside the wolf” And then out came
the old grandmother, still living and breathing. But Little
Red-cap went and quickly fetched some large stones, with
which she filled the wolf’s body, so that when he waked up,
and was going to rush away, the stones were so heavy that he
sank down and fell dead.
They were all three very pleased. ‘The huntsman took off
the wolf’s skin, and carried it home. ‘The grandmother ate