Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood): free A1 Spanish story
Level A1 (Beginner) · Classics · about 2 minutes
A girl in a red cape, a basket for her grandmother and a very hungry wolf.
Adapted from Rotkäppchen (Little Red Cap) by Brothers Grimm (1812).
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The story in Spanish
Caperucita Roja es una niña pequeña y simpática. Siempre lleva una capa roja. Su abuela vive sola en una casa en el bosque.
Un día, su madre dice: —Tu abuela está enferma. —Lleva esta canasta con pan y miel —dice—. ¡Y no hables con extraños!
Caperucita camina por el bosque. Hay flores, pájaros y mucho sol. De pronto, un lobo grande sale de detrás de un árbol. —Hola, niña. ¿Adónde vas? —pregunta el lobo. —Voy a la casa de mi abuela —dice Caperucita. El lobo sonríe y corre por otro camino.
El lobo llega primero a la casa. Entra y se come a la abuela de un bocado. El lobo se pone el gorro de la abuela y se mete en la cama.
Caperucita entra a la casa. —Abuela, ¡qué ojos tan grandes tienes! —Son para verte mejor —dice el lobo. —Abuela, ¡qué dientes tan grandes tienes! —¡Son para comerte mejor!
Y el lobo se come a Caperucita también. Con la barriga llena, se duerme y ronca muy fuerte. Un cazador pasa por la casa y oye los ronquidos. Entra, ve al lobo y abre su barriga con unas tijeras. ¡Caperucita y la abuela salen vivas! Después, llenan la barriga del lobo de piedras. El lobo se despierta y quiere correr, pero las piedras pesan mucho y cae muerto. La abuela, el cazador y Caperucita comen juntos el pan con miel. Y Caperucita nunca más habla con extraños en el bosque.
English translation
Little Red Riding Hood is a small, friendly girl. She always wears a red cape. Her grandmother lives alone in a house in the forest.
One day, her mother says: “Your grandmother is ill.” “Take this basket with bread and honey,” she says. “And don’t talk to strangers!”
Little Red Riding Hood walks through the forest. There are flowers, birds and lots of sun. Suddenly, a big wolf comes out from behind a tree. “Hello, little girl. Where are you going?” asks the wolf. “I’m going to my grandmother’s house,” says Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf smiles and runs along another path.
The wolf gets to the house first. He goes in and swallows the grandmother in one gulp. The wolf puts on the grandmother’s nightcap and gets into bed.
Little Red Riding Hood goes into the house. “Grandma, what big eyes you have!” “All the better to see you with,” says the wolf. “Grandma, what big teeth you have!” “All the better to eat you with!”
And the wolf swallows Little Red Riding Hood too. With his belly full, he falls asleep and snores very loudly. A hunter passes the house and hears the snoring. He goes in, sees the wolf and cuts open his belly with a pair of scissors. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother come out alive! Then they fill the wolf’s belly with stones. The wolf wakes up and tries to run, but the stones are very heavy and he falls down dead. The grandmother, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood eat the bread and honey together. And Little Red Riding Hood never talks to strangers in the forest again.
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