Greatest Childrens Stories Ever Told/Greatest_Stories.iso/cdrom/red_/red_text.txt

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╚   Once upon a time there was a sweet
little girl whom every one loved, most
of all her mother and grandmother.

   Wherever she went, this little girl wore
a little red cape with a red hood, so her
friends came to call her Red Riding Hood.

1.  Little Red Riding Hood was the
    ________ in this story.

A)  mother
B)  little girl
C)  grandmother

(B) Little Red Riding Hood was a sweet
little girl.


╠   One day little Red Riding Hood's mother
said to her, "How would you like to see
Grandmother today?"  Of course little
Red Riding Hood was delighted . . .

╔. . . so her mother packed a little basket
with custard and jelly, a loaf of fine
white bread . . .

╠. . . and a bouquet of red flowers,
for Red Riding Hood's grandmother had
not been feeling well, and she wanted
to cheer her up.

╔   Red Riding Hood put on her little cape
and hood . . .

╚. . . and her mother kissed her good-bye,
and said to her . . .

╦   "Now be sure to go straight to
Grandmother's house and do not stop
to play or talk to any strangers
in the woods."

2.  One day little Red Riding Hood was
    going to:

A)  the market to buy food for a picnic
B)  go to visit her sick grandmother
C)  take the long way to walk to school

(B) She was going to visit her grandmother
who was not feeling well.


   Red Riding Hood promised to be careful,
and off she started.

═   She loved to walk through the shady
green woods, where shy little flowers
peeped out from beds of ferns . . .

╚. . . and bright-eyed squirrels and bunnies
skipped along beside her in the friendliest
way.  But today she did not stop to play
with any of her friends in the woods.  She
kept right on the path.

3.  To get to her grandmother's house, little
    Red Riding Hood had to walk through:

A)  a small village
B)  a crowded city
C)  the woods

(C) The way to her grandmother's house was
through the woods.


╚   Suddenly from behind a big oak tree
appeared an ugly gray wolf. He was an
evil-looking fellow . . .

╠. . . but he smiled at little Red Riding
Hood and said politely:

   "Good morning, my dear, And where are
you going all alone?"

   "My grandmother is sick and I am
going to her little cottage in the
woods to take her this basket from my
mother," said little Red Riding Hood.

╩   "And my mother says I am not to stop to
play along the way or speak to strangers."

╠   "Always obey your mother, my dear," said the
wolf, eyeing Red Riding Hood hungrily. "Now
I do not want to delay you, since you have a
long way to go, so, good day!"

4.  Which of the following is TRUE?

A)  Little Red Riding Hood obeyed her mother's
    command not to talk to strangers.
B)  The wolf spoke to little Red Riding Hood
    because he was interested in keeping her
    safe on the way to her grandmother's house.
C)  Little Red Riding Hood told the wolf where
    she was going.

(C) The wolf was a stranger, but little Red
Riding Hood spoke to him.


╚   With a little bow the wolf disappeared
among the trees . . .

╚. . . and Red Riding Hood skipped along
the path toward her grandmother's house.

╚   The wicked wolf lost no time. He took a
short cut through the woods . . .

╚. . . and reached the grandmother's
house long before little Red Riding Hood.
(The wolf rapped at the door.)

5.  ______ reached the grandmother's house
    first.

A)  The wolf
B)  Little Red Riding Hood

(A) The wolf reached the grandmother's house
long before little Red Riding Hood.


╩   "Who's there?" called the grandmother
who was still in bed.

╚   "It is I, little Red Riding Hood," said
the wolf, trying to make his voice sound
soft and sweet.

   "Come in, my dear," said the grandmother.
"Just pull the latchstring."

   So the wolf pulled the latchstring and
slipped into the grandmother's cottage.

╚   He then locked the grandmother up in a
closet . . .

. . . and put on her nightgown and nightcap
and climbed into bed.

6.  After the wolf went into the grandmother's
    house:

A)  he sat down and had tea with Grandmother
B)  Grandmother was frightened and called for
    help
C)  he put Grandmother in a closet and then
    he put on her clothes

(C) The wolf "then locked the grandmother up
in a closet and put on her nightgown and
nightcap and climbed into bed."


He was just pulling the sheet up over his nose
when little Red Riding Hood rapped at the door.

   "Who is there?" said the wolf, trying to
make his voice sweet and quavery.


╚   "It is I, little Red Riding Hood," said the
little girl.  "Come in, my dear," said the wolf.
"Just pull the latchstring."

   So Red Riding Hood went in and put her
little basket down on the table.

7.  Little Red Riding Hood knew immediately
    that something was wrong in her
    grandmother's house.

A)  true
B)  false
C)  we don't know

(C)  The story hasn't told us about this
yet.


   "Now, come closer, my dear," said the wolf.

   "Why, Granny, what big ears you have!" cried
Red Riding Hood as she walked up to the bed.

   "The better to hear you with, my dear,"
said the wolf.

   "And, Granny, what big eyes you have,"
cried little Red Riding Hood.

   "The better to see you with, my dear,"
said the wolf.

╠   "And, Granny, what big teeth you have!"

   "The better to eat you with!" snapped
the wolf, springing at Red Riding Hood.

8.  The wolf was so well disguised that little
    Red Riding Hood did not realize that she
    was not talking to her grandmother.

A)  true
B)  false

(B) She commented on his ears, eyes, and
teeth.


   Calling for help, the little girl ran out
 of the cottage . . .

╚. . . and straight into the arms of a sturdy
woodcutter.

═   He stepped into the house . . .

╚. . . and with one blow of his axe, killed
the wicked old wolf.

   Then he opened the closet door and out
stepped Red Riding Hood's grandmother, none
the worse for her fright.

   Red Riding Hood kissed her grandmother
warmly . . .

. . . and thanked the woodcutter for saving
their lives.

9.  What happened next?

A)  A woodcutter answered little Red Riding
    Hood's cry for help.
B)  The wolf put little Red Riding Hood in the
    closet with her grandmother.
C)  Little Red Riding Hood's mother arrived
    and scared the wolf away.

(A) The woodcutter killed the wicked old wolf.


   Then, they all had a nice lunch from little
Red Riding Hood's basket, and the woodcutter
took the little girl home.

   There has never been another wolf seen
in that forest, but little Red Riding Hood
takes no chances.

╔   She keeps right on the path, does not
stop along the way, and she never speaks
to strangers.

10. What do you think little Red Riding Hood
    learned from her experience with the wolf?

A)  It is a good idea never to speak to
    strangers.
B)  Walking through the woods is always
    enjoyable.
C)  Woodcutters and wolves are usually
    friends.

(A) Little Red Riding Hood found out how
dangerous it can be to speak to strangers.

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