A Little Red
Riding Hood(あかずきんちゃん)
A long time ago, there lived
a sweet little girl who was thoughtful and kind and loved to visit her grandmother.
Her grandmother enjoyed the
visits so much that she gave the little girl a special present.
She sewed the girl a wool
cape with a hood.
It was the girl’s favorite
color, a wonderful ”cherry red”.
The girl liked her cape so
much that she wore it everywhere.
One day Little Red Riding
Hood’s mother said,
“Your grandmother isn’t
feeling well.”
“I’ll go visit her, “said
Little Red Riding Hood.
“And I’ll take a picnic.”
Little Red Riding Hood
packed a basket with her grandmother’s favorite foods and set off.
She met a wolf(an Evil).
“Hello,” said the wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood knew
she shouldn’t talk to the wolf, but he seemed friendly.
“Hello”, she said.
“Where are you going this
fine day, little girl?”
Asked the wolf.
“I am going to visit my
grandmother,” said Little Red Riding Hood.
She isn’t feeling well, so I’m
bringing her this picnic with her favorite foods.”
“Where does your grandmother
live?”
“At the end of this path.”
A sly grin
came over the wolf’s face.
“Look at all the flowers
growing in the woods,”said the crafty wolf.
“Why don’t you pick some for
your grandmother? Pretty flowers will make her feel even better.”
“Good idea!”, said Little
Red Riding Hood.
When she turned to pick some
flowers, the wolf ran straight to the grandmother’s house.
He tiptoed into the
grandmother’s bedroom and found her asleep in bed.
Suddenly she woke up, but
the wolf grabbed her, pushed into the closet, and locked the door.
He hopped into bed and
pulled the covers up to his hairy chin.
At that moment, Little Red
Riding Hood knocked on the front door.
“Grandmother!”, she called.
“Come in, my dear, “said the
wolf in a high voice.
Little Red Riding Hood went
into the bedroom
She stared at her
grandmother lying in bed.
Her
grandmother looked very strange….
“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”
“The better to hear you
with, my dear.”
“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”
“The better to hear you with,
my dear.”
“Grandmother, what big TEETH you have!”
“The better to see you with!”
Suddenly, the
wolf sprang out of bed.
He tried to
grab Little Red Riding Hood,
But she leaped
away, light as a leaf in her” cherry red cape(Love)”.
The wolf
grabbed the air instead!
With a yelp,
the wolf tumbled out the window and rolled head over heels down the hill.
He was never
seen again.
Little Red
Riding Hood got her grandmother out of the closet and they hugged as tightly as
they could.
Then Little
Red Riding Hood and her grandmother sat down and enjoyed their visit together.
It was the
best one they’d ever had.
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