“The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese, on which he smiled and said, ‘I come at the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other.'”

“There was once an old fox with nine tails, who wished to put his wife’s affection to proof.”

“There was once a sweet little maid, much beloved by everybody, but most of all by her grandmother, who never knew how to make enough of her. Once she sent her a little riding hood of red velvet, and as it was very becoming to her, and she never wore anything else, people called her Little Red Riding Hood.”

“The she-wolf brought forth a young one, and invited the fox to be godfather. ‘After all, he is a near relative of ours,’ said she, ‘he has a good understanding, and much talent; he can instruct my little son, and help him forward in the world.'”