小红帽

小红帽

Little Red-Cap

从前，有个可爱的小姑娘，谁见了都喜欢，尤其是她的祖母，简直把她疼到了心坎里，为了这个孩子，她什么都愿意给。

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child.

有一次，祖母送给她一顶红色天鹅绒做的小帽子，她戴上非常合适，从此她就再也不戴别的帽子了，所以大家都叫她“小红帽”。

Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called ‘Little Red-Cap.’

有一天，母亲对她说：“来，小红帽，这儿有一块蛋糕和一瓶葡萄酒，快给祖母送去，她病了，身体很虚弱，吃了这些会好起来的。

One day her mother said to her: ‘Come, Little Red-Cap, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good.

趁着天还没热，赶紧出发吧。路上要走得稳稳当当，别离开大路，不然你会摔倒，把瓶子打碎了，祖母就什么也吃不到了。进屋的时候，别忘了说‘早上好’，也别还没进门就先东张西望。”

Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.’

“我会小心的。”小红帽对母亲说，并伸出手保证道。

‘I will take great care,’ said Little Red-Cap to her mother, and gave her hand on it.

祖母住在树林深处，离村子大约五里路。小红帽刚走进树林，就遇见了一只狼。小红帽不知道狼是坏家伙，所以一点儿也不怕它。

The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.

“你好，小红帽。”狼说。

‘Good day, Little Red-Cap,’ said he.

“谢谢你，狼先生。”

‘Thank you kindly, wolf.’

“小红帽，这么早你要去哪儿呀？”

‘Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?’

“去我祖母那儿。”

‘To my grandmother’s.’

“你围裙里装的是什么呀？”

‘What have you got in your apron?’

“蛋糕和葡萄酒。昨天家里烤了蛋糕，给生病的祖母带点儿好吃的，让她补补身子。”

‘Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.’

“小红帽，你祖母住在哪里呀？”

‘Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?’