Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 295
THE STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 277 THE STORY OF LITTLE EED RIDING HOOD A LITTLE maiden, demure and good,Obtained the name of Red Riding Hood,Because of a cloak of red cloth rare,And a pretty hood that she used to wear. One day, her mother called her down.And said: You must go to yonder town;I… … 278 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY Then off she set through a pleasant wood,With her Httle basket, Red Riding Hood;But in the midst of the wood she met(The very thought makes me shudder yet)A hmigry Wolf, of tremendous size.With sharp white teeth, and w^ith fierce red eyes.Who long for prey had been…
Nursery rhymes
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