Little Red Riding Hood
A girl takes food to her grandmother through the forest and meets a wolf who has a plan of his own.
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How Red-Cap got her name
English
There was once a little girl who everyone loved. Her grandmother loved her most of all and wanted to give her anything she could. One day, she gave the girl a little red velvet cap. The girl liked it so much that she always wore it. So everyone called her Little Red-Cap.
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