LittleRedRidingHoodraisedhereyes,andwhenshesawthesunbeamsdancinghereandtherethroughthetrees,andprettyflowersgrowingeverywhere. shethought:"supposeItakegrandmotherafreshnosegay.Thatwouldpleasehertoo.ItissoearlyinthedaythatIshallstillgetthereingoodtime." Andsosheranfromthepathintothewoodtolookforflowers. Andwhenevershehadpickedone,shefanciedthatshesawastillprettieronefartheron,andranafterit,andsogotdeeperanddeeperintothewood. Meanwhilethewolfranstraighttothegrandmother'shouseandknockedatthedoor. "LittleRedRidingHood,"repliedthewolf. "Sheisbringingcakeandwine.Openthedoor." "Liftthelatch,"calledoutthegrandmother,"Iamtooweak,andcannotgetup." Thewolfliftedthelatch,thedoorsprangopen,andwithoutsayingawordhewentstraighttothegrandmother'sbed,anddevouredher. Thenheputonherclothes,dressedhimselfinhercap,laidhimselfinbedanddrewthecurtains. LittleRedRidingHood,however,hadbeenrunningaboutpickingflowers, andwhenshehadgatheredsomanythatshecouldcarrynomore,sherememberedhergrandmother,andsetoutonthewaytoher. Shewassurprisedtofindthecottage-doorstandingopen, andwhenshewentintotheroom,shehadsuchastrangefeelingthatshesaidtoherself,ohdear,howuneasyIfeelto-day,andatothertimesIlikebeingwithgrandmothersomuch. Shecalledout,"Goodmorning,"butreceivednoanswer. Soshewenttothebedanddrewbackthecurtains. Therelayhergrandmotherwithhercappulledfaroverherface,andlookingverystrange. "Oh,grandmother,"shesaid,"whatbigearsyouhave." "Thebettertohearyouwith,mychild,"wasthereply. "But,grandmother,whatbigeyesyouhave,"shesaid. "Thebettertoseeyouwith,mydear." "But,grandmother,whatlargehandsyouhave." "Oh,but,grandmother,whataterriblebigmouthyouhave." Andscarcelyhadthewolfsaidthis,thanwithoneboundhewasoutofbedandswallowedupLittleRedRidingHood. 
