{"collection":"myth-cosmogony","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_11592/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_11592","id":"gutenberg_11592","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11592","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Children & Young Adult Reading","Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore","Category: Short Stories","Children's Anthologies","Children's Picture Books","Fairy tales"],"text":"Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this\n      file which includes the original lovely illustrations.\n      See 11592-h.htm or 11592-h.zip:\n      (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/5/2/11592/11592-h/11592-h.htm)\n      or\n      (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/5/2/11592/11592-h.zip)\n\n\n\n\n\nCHILDREN'S HOUR WITH RED RIDING HOOD AND OTHER STORIES\n\nEDITED BY WATTY PIPER\n\n1922\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLITTLE RED RIDING HOOD\n\n\nThere was once a sweet little maid who lived with her father and\nmother in a pretty little cottage at the edge of the village. At the\nfurther end of the wood was another pretty cottage and in it lived her\ngrandmother.\n\nEverybody loved this little girl, her grandmother perhaps loved her\nmost of all and gave her a great many pretty things. Once she gave her\na red cloak with a hood which she always wore, so people called her\nLittle Red Riding Hood.\n\nOne morning Little Red Riding Hood's mother said, \"Put on your things\nand go to see your grandmother. She has been ill; take along this\nbasket for her. I have put in it eggs, butter and cake, and other\ndainties.\"\n\nIt was a bright and sunny morning. Red Riding Hood was so happy that\nat first she wanted to dance through the wood. All around her grew\npretty wild flowers which she loved so well and she stopped to pick a\nbunch for her grandmother.\n\nLittle Red Riding Hood wandered from her path and was stooping to pick\na flower when from behind her a gruff voice said, \"Good morning,\nLittle Red Riding Hood.\" Little Red Riding Hood turned around and saw\na great big wolf, but Little Red Riding Hood did not know what a\nwicked beast the wolf was, so she was not afraid.\n\n\"What have you in that basket, Little Red Riding Hood?\"\n\n\"Eggs and butter and cake, Mr. Wolf.\"\n\n\"Where are you going with them, Little Red Riding Hood?\"\n\n\"I am going to my grandmother, who is ill, Mr. Wolf.\"\n\n\"Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?\"\n\n\"Along that path, past the wild rose bushes, then through the gate at\nthe end of the wood, Mr. Wolf.\"\n\nThen Mr. Wolf again said \"Good morning\" and set off, and Little Red\nRiding Hood again went in search of wild flowers.\n\nAt last he reached the porch covered with flowers and knocked at the\ndoor of the cottage.\n\n\"Who is there?\" called the grandmother.\n\n\"Little Red Riding Hood,\" said the wicked wolf.\n\n\"Press the latch, open the door, and walk in,\" said the grandmother.\n\nThe wolf pressed the latch, and walked in where the grandmother lay in\nbed. He made one jump at her, but she jumped out of bed into a closet.\nThen the wolf put on the cap which she had dropped and crept under the\nbedclothes.\n\nIn a short while Little Red Riding Hood knocked at the door, and\nwalked in, saying, \"Good morning, Grandmother, I have brought you\neggs, butter and cake, and here is a bunch of flowers I gathered in\nthe wood.\" As she came nearer the bed she said, \"What big ears you\nhave, Grandmother.\"\n\n\"All the better to hear you with, my dear.\"\n\n\"What big eyes you have, Grandmother.\"\n\n\"All the better to see you with, my dear.\"\n\n\"But, Grandmother, what a big nose you have.\"\n\n\"All the better to smell with, my dear.\"\n\n\"But, Grandmother, what a big mouth you have.\"\n\n\"All the better to eat you up with, my dear,\" he said as he sprang at\nLittle Red Riding Hood.\n\nJust at that moment Little Red Riding Hood's father was passing the\ncottage and heard her scream. He rushed in and with his axe chopped\noff Mr. Wolf's head.\n\nEverybody was happy that Little Red Riding Hood had escaped the wolf.\nThen Little Red Riding Hood's father carried her home and they lived\nhappily ever after.\n\n\n\n\nTHE GOOSE-GIRL\n\n\nThere was once an old Queen who had a very beautiful daughter. The\ntime came when the maiden was to go into a distant country to be\nmarried. The old Queen packed up everything suitable to a royal\noutfit.\n\nShe also sent a Waiting-woman with her. When the hour of departure\ncame they bade each other a sorrowful farewell and set out for the\nbridegroom's country.\n\nWhen they had ridden for a time the Princess became very thirsty, and\nsaid to the Waiting-woman, \"Go down and fetch me some water in my cup\nfrom the stream. I must have something to drink.\"\n\n\"If you are thirsty,\" said the Waiting-woman, \"dismount yourself, lie\ndown by the water and drink. I don't choose to be your servant.\"\n\nBeing very thirsty, the Princess dismounted, and knelt by the flowing\nwater.\n\nNow, when she was about to mount her horse again, the Waiting-woman\nsaid, \"By rights your horse belongs to me; this jade will do for you!\"\n\nThe poor little Princess was obliged to give way. Then the\nWaiting-woman, in a harsh voice, ordered her to take off her royal\nrobes, and to put on her own mean garments. Finally she forced her to\nswear that she would not tell a person at the Court what had taken\nplace. Had she not taken the oath she would have been killed on the\nspot.\n\nThere was great rejoicing when they arrived at the castle. The Prince\nhurried towards them, and lifted the Waiting-woman from her horse,\nthinking she was his bride. She was led upstairs, but the real\nPrincess had to stay below.\n\nThe old King looked out of the window and saw the delicate, pretty\nlittle creature standing in the courtyard; so he asked the bride about\nher companion.\n\n\"I picked her up on the way, and brought her with me for company. Give\nthe girl something to do to keep her from idling.\"\n\nThe old King said, \"I have a little lad who looks after the geese; she\nmay help him.\"\n\nThe boy was called little Conrad, and the real bride was sent with him\nto look after the geese. When they reached the meadow, the Princess\nsat down on the grass and let down her hair, and when Conrad saw it he\nwas so delighted that he wanted to pluck some out; but she said--\n\n  \"Blow, blow, little breeze,\n  And Conrad's hat seize.\n  Let him join in the chase\n  While away it is whirled,\n  Till my tresses are curled\n  And I rest in my place.\"\n\nThen a strong wind sprang up, which blew away Conrad's hat right over\nthe fields, and he had to run after it. When he came back her hair was\nall put up again.\n\nWhen they got home Conrad went to the King and said, \"I won't tend the\ngeese with that maiden again.\"\n\n\"Why not?\" asked the King.\n\nThen Conrad went on to tell the King all that had happened in the\nfield. The King ordered Conrad to go next day as usual and he followed\ninto the field and hid behind a bush. He saw it happen just as Conrad\nhad told him. Thereupon he went away unnoticed; and in the evening,\nwhen the Goose-girl came home, he asked her why she did all these\nthings.\n\n\"That I may not tell you,\" she answered.\n\nThen he said, \"If you won't tell me, then tell the iron stove there;\"\nand he went away.\n\nShe crept up to the stove and unburdened her heart to it. The King\nstood outside by the pipes of the stove and heard all she said. Then\nhe came back, and caused royal robes to be put upon her, and her\nbeauty was a marvel. Then he called his son and told him that he had a\nfalse bride, but that the true bride was here.\n\nThe Prince was charmed with her beauty and a great banquet was\nprepared. The bridegroom sat at the head of the table, with the\nPrincess on one side and the Waiting-woman at the other; but she did\nnot recognize the Princess.\n\nWhen they had eaten, the King put a riddle to the Waiting-woman. \"What\ndoes a person deserve that deceives his master?\" telling the whole\nstory.\n\nThe false bride answered, \"He must be put into a barrel and dragged\nalong by two white horses till he is dead.\"\n\n\"That is your doom,\" said the King, \"and the judgment shall be carried\nout.\"\n\nWhen the sentence was fulfilled, the young Prince married his true\nbride, and they lived together in peace and happiness.\n\n\n\n\nBABES IN THE WOOD\n\n\nOnce upon a time there lived two little children whose parents were\nill unto death. They begged their brother to care for the two little\nones as he would his own.\n\nThe uncle promised he would be a father to them, but he soon began to\nscheme to possess the money the parents had left in his care for the\nchildren. He sent for two robbers and bargained with them to take the\ntwo babes into the woods and kill them.\n\nAfter going many miles into the woods one of the robbers said, \"Let us\nnot kill the little children, they never harmed us.\" The other robber\nwould not consent, so they came to blows. This frightened the children\nso much that they ran away and did not see the robbers again.\n\nThey wandered on and on until they became so tired and hungry that at\nlength they sat down at the foot of a tree and cried as if their\nhearts would break. The little birds heard them and began to trill\nsweet lullabies, which presently lulled them to rest.\n\nThe birdies knew that the children would die of cold and hunger, so\nthey covered them with leaves of crimson and brown and green. They\nthen told the angels in Heaven the sad story of the lost babes, and\none of the white-robed angels flew down to earth and carried both the\nlittle ones back to Heaven, so that when they awoke they were no\nlonger tired and hungry, but were again with their dear mother.\n\n\n\n\nTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY\n\n\nOnce upon a time there was a king and queen who for a very long time\nhad no children, and when at length a little daughter was born to them\nthey were so pleased that they gave a christening feast to which they\ninvited a number of fairies. But, unfortunately, they left out one\nrather cross old fairy, and she was so angry that she said the\nprincess should die when she reached the age of sixteen, by pricking\nher hand with a spindle.\n\nAll the other fairies present, except one, had already given the\nprincess their beautiful gifts, and this last one said she could not\nprevent part of the wicked wish coming true; but her gift should be\nthat the princess should not really die, but only fall into a deep\nsleep, which should last for a hundred years, and at the end of that\ntime she should be awakened by a king's son.\n\nIt all happened as the fairies had predicted. When the princess was\nsixteen years old she saw an old woman spinning and took the spindle\nfrom her to try this strange new work. Instantly she pricked her hand\nand fell into a deep sleep, as did everyone else in the palace. There\nshe lay in a bower of roses, year after year, and the hedge around the\npalace garden grew so tall and thick that at last you could not have\ntold that there was a castle at all.\n\nAt the end of the hundred years a king's son heard of the castle and\nthe enchanted princess who lay asleep there and determined to rescue\nher. So he cut his way through the thick prickly hedge and at length\nhe came to the princess. When he saw how lovely and how sweet she\nlooked he fell in love with her and, stooping, kissed her lips.\n\nAt once she awoke and with her the king and queen and all the\ncourtiers, who had fallen asleep at the same time.\n\nAs the princess was as much taken with the prince's appearance as he\nwas with hers, they decided to be married. And so the wedding was\ncelebrated the same day with great pomp and ceremony.\n\n\n\n\nSNOWDROP AND SEVEN LITTLE DWARFS\n\n\nOnce upon a time there was a little princess called Snowdrop, who had\na cruel step-mother who was jealous of her. The Queen had a magic\nmirror, which could speak to her, and when she looked into it and\nasked who was the fairest lady in the land the mirror told her she\nwas, for she was very beautiful; but as Snowdrop grew up she became\nstill more lovely than her step-mother and the mirror did not fail to\ntell the Queen this.\n\nSo she ordered one of her huntsmen to take Snowdrop away and kill her;\nbut he was too tender-hearted to do this and left the maiden in the\nwood and went home again. Snowdrop wandered about until she came to\nthe house of seven little dwarfs, and they were so kind as to take her\nin and let her live with them. She used to make their seven little\nbeds, and prepare the meals for the seven little men, and they were\nall quite happy until the Queen found out from her mirror that\nSnowdrop was alive still, for, as it always told the truth, it still\ntold her Snowdrop was the fairest lady in the land.\n\nShe decided that Snowdrop must die, so she dyed her face and dressed\nup like an old pedlar, and in this disguise she went to the home of\nthe seven Dwarfs and called out, \"Laces for sale.\"\n\nSnowdrop peeped out of the window and said, \"Good-day, mother; what\nhave you to sell?\"\n\n\"Good laces, fine laces, laces of every color,\" and she held out one\nthat was made of gay silk.\n\nSnowdrop opened the door and bought the pretty lace.\n\n\"Child,\" said the old woman, \"you are a sight, let me lace you\nproperly for once.\"\n\nSnowdrop placed herself before the old woman, who laced her so quickly\nand so tightly that she took away Snowdrop's breath and she fell down\nas though dead.\n\nNot long after the seven dwarfs came home they found that she was\nlaced too tight and cut the lace, whereupon Snowdrop began to breathe\nand soon came back to life again.\n\nWhen the Queen got home and found by asking her mirror that Snowdrop\nwas still alive, she planned to make an end of her for good, so she\nmade a poisoned comb and disguised herself to look like a different\nold woman.\n\nShe journeyed to the dwarfs' home and induced Snowdrop to let her comb\nher hair. The minute she put the poisoned comb in her hair Snowdrop\nfell down as though dead.\n\nWhen the seven dwarfs came home they found their poor Snowdrop on the\nfloor, and suspecting the bad Queen began to look for the cause, soon\nfinding the comb. No sooner had they removed it than Snowdrop came to\nlife again.\n\nUpon the Queen's return home she found by asking her mirror that\nSnowdrop still lived, so she disguised herself a third time and came\nto the dwarfs' little house and gave Snowdrop a poisoned apple. As\nsoon as the little princess took a bite it stuck in her throat and\nchoked her.\n\nOh! how grieved were the good little dwarfs. They made a fine glass\ncoffin, and put Snowdrop into it and were carrying her away to bury\nher when they met a prince, who fell in love with the little dead\nmaiden, and begged the dwarfs to give her to him.\n\nThe dwarfs were so sorry for him they consented, and the prince's\nservants were about to carry the coffin away when they stumbled and\nfell over the root of a tree. Snowdrop received such a violent jerk\nthat the poisonous apple was jerked right out of her throat and she\nsat up alive and well again.\n\n_Of course_ she married the prince, and she, her husband and the good\nlittle dwarfs lived happily ever after, but the cruel step-mother came\nto a bad end, and no one was even sorry for her.","title":"Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories","tradition":"myth-cosmogony","translated_text":null,"word_count":2696}