German · Intermediate

Rotkäppchen

Name: Rotkäppchen
Author: The Brothers Grimm

Adapted from Little Red Riding Hood

By The Brothers Grimm

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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Wie Rotkäppchen zu seinem Namen kam

How Red-Cap got her name

Es war einmal ein freundliches kleines Mädchen, das alle sofort ins Herz schlossen. Besonders seine Großmutter liebte es sehr. Es gab nichts, was sie dem Kind nicht gern geschenkt hätte. Eines Tages schenkte sie ihm ein kleines Käppchen aus rotem Samt. Es stand dem Mädchen so gut, dass es bald nichts anderes mehr auf dem Kopf tragen wollte.

Once upon a time there was a kind little girl whom everyone took to their hearts at once. Her grandmother loved her especially dearly. There was nothing she wouldn’t gladly have given the child. One day she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. It suited the girl so well that soon she didn’t want to wear anything else on her head.

Deshalb nannten es alle nur noch Rotkäppchen.

That was why everyone called her Red Riding Hood from then on.

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