The Summers readers: first reader

by Maud Summers

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.

Once upon a time there was a pretty little girl.
Her grandmother made her a pretty red hood.
Then everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day her mother made some butter and a cake.
She put these into a basket and said, “Your grandmother is sick, Little Red Riding Hood.
Will you take this cake and butter to her?”
“Oh, yes, Mother!” said Little Red Riding Hood.
“I know the way to Grandmother’s house.”
She put on her red hood and kissed her mother.
“Good-by, Little Red Riding Hood,” said her mother.
“Be a good girl and do not go out of the path.”