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mamma/' said the little girl, “ what great cars you have got! ”
— ‘‘They are so much the better to
hear you, my child,” Replied the
wolf* “ But then, grandmamma,
what great eyes you have got,” said
the littlegirl, u They are so much
the better to see yeti, my child/*
repJied the wolf. “ And, grand­
mamma, what great teeth you have
got,'7 said the little girl, who now
began to be rather afraid. “ They are to eat you up,” said the
wolf ; and spying these words, the wicked creature fell upon
Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her up in a moment.

ROBIN HOOD.

T h e reign of King Richard the First was very different from
the times we now live in ; the roads were very "bad, and beset
with robbers; and there were a great number of largo forests
and parks in the country, well stocked with deeT. At that time
lived the famous Robin Hood j he was bom in the village of
Looksley, in Nottinghamshire, and his father was very skilful
in the use of the cross-bow. Ells mother had a brother, named
Gamewell, of Game well Hall, near Maxwell, in the same
county, but at the distance of twenty miles from the house of
Robin Hood’s father. When Robin Hood was about thirteen
years old, his mother said one day to his father, 61 Let Robin
and me ride this morning to Gamewell Hall, to taste my
brother's good cheer." Her husband answered, fi Do so, my
dear; let Kobin Hood take my grey horse* and the best bridle