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　　Once upon a time there was a dear little girl. She was loved by everyone, especially by her grandmother. Once her grandmother gave her a little red-riding hood. It suited her very well, and she would never wear anything else. So she was always called little red-riding hood.

　　once upon a time 从前

　　especially adv. 尤其

　　suit v. 适合

　　One day her mother said to her, “Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is ill. When you go into her room, don’t forget to say good-morning. Don’t leave the path in the woods.”“I won’t,” said little red-riding hood, and then she left the house.

　　wine n. 酒

　　woods n. 森林

　　The wolf said “good day”to little red-riding hood and talked with her. From little red-riding hood’s words, he knew she was going to see her poor sick grandmother. He saw the basket with cake and wine in her apron.

　　sick adj. 生病的

　　apron n. 围裙

　　The wolf thought to himself, “What a tender young girl! What a nice plump mouthful! She will be better to eat than the old woman. I will catch and eat them both.”

　　tender adj. 嫩的

　　plump adj. 圆胖的

　　mouthful n. 满口

　　So he walked with little red-riding hood for a while, and then he said, “See,how pretty the flowers are. Why don’t you pick some, and bring them to your grandmother?”

　　for a while 暂时

　　pick v. 摘

　　“Grandmother will be pleased to see these beautiful flowers,” thought little red-riding hood. So she ran away from the path to look for flowers. When she had picked one, she saw a prettier one farther on, and ran after it. She got deeper and deeper into the woods.

　　pleased adj. 高兴的

　　farther adv. 更远地