A girl in a red cape meets a sneaky wolf on the way to Grandma's house. Read it aloud or let your child read it, then talk about the lesson and try the quiz.
Once upon a time, a girl always wore a red cape with a hood, so everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day, her mother packed a basket with bread and soup. "Take this to Grandma, who is sick in bed," she said. "Stay on the path, and don't talk to strangers."
In the woods, Little Red Riding Hood met a wolf. "Where are you going, little girl?" he asked sweetly. She forgot her mother's words. "To Grandma's house, at the end of the path."
"Why not pick her some flowers?" said the wolf. While she picked flowers, the wolf raced ahead to Grandma's house. Grandma saw him coming and hid in the wardrobe. The wolf put on her nightcap and climbed into her bed.
Soon Little Red Riding Hood arrived. "Grandma, what big ears you have!" "All the better to hear you with." "Grandma, what big eyes you have!" "All the better to see you with." "Grandma, what big teeth you have!" "All the better to eat you with!"
The wolf jumped out of bed, and Little Red Riding Hood screamed. A woodcutter working nearby heard her and came running with his axe. The wolf took one look at him and ran off into the woods, never to be seen again.
Grandma came out of the wardrobe, and they all shared the bread and soup. And Little Red Riding Hood never left the path again.
The lesson
Don't talk to strangers, and stay on the path you've been told to take.
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