Once there was a dear little girl, loved by everyone but loved most of all by her grandmother. As a gift, her grandmother gave the girl a red cape, which she loved so much that she never wanted to wear anything else, and so she became known as Little Red Cap. One day, Little Red Cap’s mother asked her to take some cake and wine to her grandmother, who wasn’t well. Red Cap’s mother instructed her to stay true to the path so that she wouldn’t fall and break the wine, and to mind her manners upon arriving. “I’ll do everything right” Little Red Cap promised, and off she went.

 

Not long after setting off did Red Cap meet the wolf, but she was unaware of his wicked intent. The wolf asked the girl where she was going and she happily told. After accompanying her for a short while, the wolf tempted Red Cap off the path by pointing out the beauty of the woods she walked through, and she veered off to gather some flowers. Meanwhile, the wolf headed straight for the grandmother, where he pretended to be Little Red Cap bringing her cake and wine and was able to enter. Without saying a word, the wolf ate the grandmother and got in her nightgown and bed and waited.