Little Red Riding Hood(小红帽节选)

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

　One day her mother said to her, “Here are a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is ill. 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.

　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(n. 围裙).

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

　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?”

　“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. She picked one. But she saw a prettier one farther on(a. 在前面) again. So she ran after it. She got deeper and deeper into the woods.