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The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without

saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and

devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her

cap laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.

Little Red-Cap, however, had been running about picking flowers,

and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more,

she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.

She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and

when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that

she said to herself: 'Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at

other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called

out: 'Good morning,' but received no answer; so she went to the

bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with

her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.

'Oh! grandmother,' she said, 'what big ears you have!'

'The better to hear you with, my child,' was the reply.