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Chapter 5 wolf and seven kids

Grimm's Fairy Tales 格林兄弟 1741Words 2018-03-22
Once upon a time there was an old goat.She had seven kids, and loved them as all mothers love their children.One day, it was going to the forest to fetch food, so it called all seven children over and said to them: "Dear children, I want to go to the forest for a while, and you must beware of wolves. If you let wolves enter the house, He'll eat you all--every skin and fur. The rascal often disguises himself as something else, but all you have to do is hear his hoarse voice and see his black body. You will recognize it by its paws." The little goats said, "My dear mother, we will take care. You go, don't worry." The old goat bleated a few times, and went away in peace.

It was not long before someone knocked at the door and said in a loud voice, "Open the door, my dear children. Your mother has come back and has brought something for each of you." But the little goats heard the hoarse voice, I knew immediately that it was a wolf. "We won't open the door," they said loudly, "you are not our mother. Our mother has a soft, sweet voice, but yours is very hoarse. You are a wolf!" So the wolf ran to the grocer and bought I swallowed a large piece of chalk and ate it, and my throat became thinner as a result.Then he came back and knocked at the Goat's door, and cried, "Open the door, my dear children. Your mother has come back and has brought something for each of you." But the Wolf put his black paw on the window On the road, the kids saw the black paws and shouted together: "We will not open the door. Our mother doesn't have black paws like you. You are a wolf!" So the wolf ran to the baker and said to him: "My feet I'm hurt, knead it with dough." After the baker had kneaded it with dough, the wolf ran to the miller again and said to him, "Sprinkle some white flour on my feet." The mill The master thought: "The wolf must be trying to deceive someone", so he rejected its request.But the wolf said, "If you don't sprinkle flour on me, I will eat you." The miller was afraid, so he had to sprinkle some flour, which turned the wolf's paws white.This is the virtue of human beings!

For the third time the villain came to the goat's house, knocked at the door, and said, "Open the door, children. Your good mother has returned, and has brought something for each of you from the forest." And the little goats cried: "Show us your feet first, so we can know if you are our mother." The wolf put his paw through the window, and the kids, seeing that the paw was white, believed it was telling the truth, and opened the window. house door.But it was the wolf who came in!The little goats were terrified, and each of them wanted to hide.The first kid jumped under the table, the second got under the quilt, the third hid in the stove, the fourth ran into the kitchen, the fifth hid in the cupboard, and the sixth squeezed under the washbasin , the seventh climbed into the clock box.The wolf found them all out one by one, and swallowed them all without ceremony.Only the smallest goat hiding in the bell box was not found by the wolf.When the wolf had eaten his fill, he left the goat's house contentedly, and came under a big tree in the green meadow, lay down and began to sleep soundly.

Not long after, the old goat came back from the forest.what!What did it see!The door was open, the table, chairs, and stools fell to the floor, the washbasin fell to pieces, and the quilt and pillows fell to the floor.It looked for its child, but could not find it anywhere.It called their names one by one, but no one came out to answer it.At last, when he called the youngest goat, a thin voice called out, "Good mother, I am in the clock box." The old goat took him out, and he told his mother that the wolf had come, and brought Brothers and sisters ate them all.You can imagine how the old goat cried when he lost his baby!

At last the old goat went out crying sadly, and the youngest went out too.When they came to the grass, the wolves were still sleeping under the big tree, and the branches trembled with their snoring.The old goat looked at the wolf from front, back, left, and right, and saw something moving in the guy's bulging belly. "My God," said he, "are my poor children, which he swallows for his supper, alive?" The youngest goat ran home with scissors and needle and thread.The old goat cut open the devil's belly, and just after the first cut, a lamb poked its head out.It went on shearing, and six lambs jumped out one by one, all alive and unhurt, for the ravenous wretch had swallowed them whole.What a joy!They embraced their mothers, and jumped and danced with joy like a tailor for a bride.But the mother sheep said, "Go and find some big stones. Let's put the stones in the stomach of the villain before he wakes up." The seven little goats quickly dragged a lot of stones and threw them into the wolf's stomach with all their might. Rise; and the mother goat sewed the wolf's belly up so quickly that the wolf didn't notice it, it didn't move at all.

The wolf finally woke up.It got up and wanted to drink from the well, for the stones in its belly made it thirsty to death.But as soon as it took a step, the stones in its belly collided with each other, making a rattling sound.it cried: "What is it, Bumping my bones? I thought it was six lambs, But why does it feel like a stone? " When it reached the well, it stooped to drink, but the weight of the stones made it fall into the well, and drowned.When the seven little goats saw it, they all ran to the place and cried, "The wolf is dead! The wolf is dead!" They danced happily with their mother around the well.

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