Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near a forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her 1. grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other.

"That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother good-bye.

"Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned. "Don't
2. dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous."

"Don't worry, Mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."
But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she 3. forgot her promise to her mother. She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit 4. about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more.

Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she
5. didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...
Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.

"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as 6. he could muster.

"I'm on my way to see my grandma who lives through the forest, near the
7. brook," Little Red Riding Hood replied.

Then she realized how late it was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the 8. path to her grandma's house.

9. The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut...

10. The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door.

11. "Oh thank goodness, dear! Come in, come in! I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.

12. The wolf let himself in. 13. Poor Granny did not have time to say another
14. word, before the wolf gobbled her up!

15. The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then
16 . poked through Granny's 17. wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked. He 17..added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, 18. dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.

A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door. The wolf jumped
20. into bed and pulled the covers over his nose. "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.

"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."

"Oh how lovely! Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.

21. When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her grandmother.

22. "Grandmother! Your voice sounds so odd. Is something the matter?" she asked.

23. "Oh, I just have a touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough at the 24. end to prove the point.

"But Grandmother! What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.

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

"But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.

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

"But Grandmother! What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her 25. voice quivering slightly.

26. "The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf, and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl.

Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her grandmother, but a hungry wolf.

She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she could.

27. A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.

28. He grabbed the wolf and made him 29. spit out the poor grandmother who 30. was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece.

31. "Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood. "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

"There, there, child. You've learned an important lesson. Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"

The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.

32. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.





VOCABULARY
1. awhile a. a short time b. a few weeks c. a long time

2. dawdle a. to walk in a line b. to stop and spend time wastefully c. to run away

3. flit about a. moved quickly from place to place b. landed on flowers c. flew

4. croaking a. eating b. jumping c. frog talk

5. shadow a. a reflected image b. an old man c. an animal

6. muster a. to shout b. to make happen c. to talk

7. brook a. a tree b. a big river c. a small stream

8. path a. a way or track to walk on b. a hike c. a forest

9. a shortcut a. a short haircut b. a quick way to get somewhere c. a small apple

10. “a little out of breath”
a. having bad breath b. having a difficult time c. very tired and breathing heavily

11. “thank goodness”
a. thank you b. another way to say “Thank God” c. thank Little Red Riding Hood

12. “The wolf let himself in.”
a. He opened the door himself. b. The grandmother opened the door.
c. Little Red Riding Hood opened the door.

13. “Poor Granny.”
a. Grandmother had no money b. We feel sorry for the grandmother
c. Grandmother’s first name is “Poor.”

14. “gobbled her up” a. made a turkey noise b. ate her up c. jumped on her

15. a burp
a. a big sneeze b. a big yawn c. a release of air making a sound from the mouth

16. “poked through” a. looked b. grabbed c. separated

17. wardrobe a. friends b. books c. clothes

18. frilly a. ornamental addition b. special c. ugly

19. “dabbed some perfume” a. bought b. put a small amount c. dropped
20. the covers a. sheets and blankets b. pillows c. hats

21. the little cottage a. a small house b. a small dog c. a small car

22. “odd” a. even b. different and strange c. low

23. “I just have a touch of a cold.”
a. I’m a little sick. b. I have the flu. c. Don’t touch me.

24. “to prove the point”
a. to point with your finger
b. to make certain you know why
c. to do a cross-word puzzle

25. quivering a. walking b. staying quiet c. shaking

26. leapt (leaped) a. lived b. jumped c. stayed

27. a woodsman
a. a wooden puppet b. a person who cuts trees c. a man who likes wooden furniture

28. grabbed a. ate him b. took him with his hands c. chopped his head off

29. “spit it out” a. to eject from the mouth b. to sit alone c. to go outside

30. frazzled a. freed b. frozen c. worn out or in a nervous condition

31. sobbed a. cried b. laughed c. yelled

32. a chat a. a computer b. a talk c. the Internet

GRAMMAR

When two people are talking, this is called a dialogue. Their real words are quoted.
For example,

a. Sally told her class, “Please sit down so we can talk. Take out your pens and pencils
and listen carefully.”
b. The class began on time. Then Sally said, “Don’t smoke and only eat healthy food.”

In the two sentences above, SIT DOWN, TAKE OUT, DON’T SMOKE and EAT are all commands – when someone tells others what to do.

In reporting these commands without quotation marks, the two sentences would read like this:

aa. Sally told her class TO SIT DOWN so they could talk. She told them TO TAKE OUT their pens and pencils and (TO) LISTEN carefully.

bb. Then Sally told them NOT TO SMOKE and TO ONLY EAT healthy food.

Find all the commands in the LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD story.
page 1 1. Go straight
2.
3.
4.
page 2 5.
page 3 6.
page 4 7.

Now you write these commands in reported speech. For example:

1. Little Red Riding Hood’s mother cautioned her daughter TO GO STRAIGHT to Grandma’s house.

2. __________________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________________

5. __________________________________________________________________________

6. __________________________________________________________________________

7. __________________________________________________________________________


8. From the story when Little Red Riding Hood is talking to the wolf, she uses a statement of surprise, GRANDMOTHER, WHAT BIG EARS YOU HAVE.
WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE.
WHAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE.

Using WHAT with plural nouns is NOT a question, but a statement of fact, surprise, or a compliment.

You try to write a sentence using WHAT (+ plural noun).


9. Do the same with a singular noun, such as WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE this is.

You try writing a sentence with WHAT A (+ singular noun) .

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10. Here’s a rule to follow when WRITING family member names.
Capitalize the family member names EXCEPT when they are preceeded by possessive adjectives.
Mother my mother
Father her father
Grandma your grandmother your grandma
Grandpa his grandfather his grandpa
Uncle Bob our uncle
Aunt Sue their aunt
Cousin Leonard my cousin

Example:
Mother came to visit last week. My mother came to visit last week.

You write two sentences like the example.



11. HOW late is it? “Then she realized HOW late it was.
If your sentence has a “WH” word in the middle, make certain your subject and verb are in regular order. WHAT time is it? I don’t know WHAT time it is.
WHO is she? I know WHO she is.
WHERE does he live? She doesn’t know WHERE he lives.

You write two sentences: One sentence, a question.


Second sentence using I know, I don’t know, I understand, I don’t understand and a WH word.

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CONVERSATION Talk to your partner. Then write your answers.

1. Who are the five characters in this story?


2. Where was Little Red Riding Hood going?


3. What did she take to her grandmother’s house?



4. What do you think was in the basket?


5. How did the wolf try to fool Little Red Riding Hood? What did he do to make her think that he was the grandmother? (Tell me at least three thing.)



6. Who saved Little Red Riding Hood?



7. What was the important lesson that Little Red Riding Hood learned?



8. Who can you trust?



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