Little Red Riding Hood ７

"Oh Grandmother,” she said.
“What big ears you have.”

“All the better to hear you
with," said the wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood came closer to the bed.

“Oh Grandmother,” she said.
“What big eyes you have.”

“All the better to see you with," said the wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood came closer still.

close (clos·er; -est)
(空間的·時間的に)〔…に〕接して, すぐそばに, 近くに, 詰めて

“Oh Grandmother,” she said.
“What big hairy hands you have.”

“All the better to hug you with,” said the wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood was now standing
right next to the bed.

"But Grandmother,” she
cried, “what big sharp teeth you have.”

"All the better to eat you
with," snapped the wolf.

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Soon he heard a knock at the door.

“Who's there?” he said.
“Your granddaughter, Little
Red Riding Hood.”

“Let yourself in,” called the wolf.
（I'm too weak to get up）

He pulled on the grandmother's cap
and hid under the blankets.

“I've brought you some
vegetable soup," said Little Red Riding Hood.

"Lovely," snarled the wolf.
“I mean lovely!” he added in a squeak.

snarl：どなって言う, とげとげしく言う

“Put the basket on the stool and come and sit next to me."
Little Red Riding Hood looked at her grandmother.
She looked again.

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So Little Red Riding Hood 

　left the path to look for flowers...

and the wolf raced off to the
grandmother's house.

He knocked lightly on the door. Tap! Tap! Tap!
I'm so wonderfully wicked and clever!

"Who's there?" asked the grandmother.

"Your granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood,"
squeaked the wolf.

“I've brought you some lovely vegetable soup.”

lightly：そっと　軽やかに
wicked：悪い　不道徳な
clever：ずる賢い
granddaughter：孫娘
squeak：…と金切り声で言う

“Let yourself in," said the grandmother.

　I'm too weak to get up.

The wolf leaped into the room.

He gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

　Mmm. Bony, but not bad.

Then he climbed into bed to wait for Little Red Riding Hood.

weak：弱い、苦手
gobbled up：ガツガツと急いで食べる
bony：痩せこけた

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“Perhaps I can eat Little Red Riding Hood
and her grandmother!” he thought.

He put on his softest voice.
"Where does your grandmother live?” he asked.

　　perhaps：ひょっとすると
　　put：｟SVO+｠ 他動詞1、置く、表現する 、記入する　
　　putに「表現する」という意味があることがわかった。
　　put it into plain English
　　　それを簡単な英語に直す

“In the cottage on the other side of the woods,”
said Little Red Riding Hood.

“How perfect!” thought the wolf, rubbing his tummy.
"How delicious!”

rubbing his tummy：彼のお腹をこすりながら
How delicious：なんて美味しいそう

"Why don't you take her some flowers?” he suggested.

　　That's a lovely idea! 

“What a kind wolf you are,"
said Little Red Riding Hood.

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And the wolf didn't see Little Red Riding Hood either

Little Red Riding Hood
stepped on the wolf's tail..
　（My tail!）
　（Oops!）

either：〖否定文で; 文尾で〗…もまた(…ない)
oops：間投詞｟くだけて｠ おっと(危ない), いけない, しまった (!うっかりへまをした時思わず出る言葉)

then on his paw...

　（My paw!）

and dropped her basket
SMACK! on his head.
　（My head!）

“Look where you're going.
said the wolf, huffily.

"But you were in the middle
of the path,” said Little Red
Riding Hood.

She had forgotten the rule –
Don't talk to wolves.

forgotten：forget（忘れる　思い出せない）の過去分詞

"What have you got in that basket?" asked the wolf, hungrily.

“Vegetable soup,” replied
Little Red Riding Hood. “I
taking it to my grandmother.

"Vegetables?” cried the
wolf. “How revolting!”

　revolting：不愉快な

“Wolves only eat juicy, red
meat I never touch vegetables,"
he added.

touch：触るだけでなく、食物などに手をつける
　I never touch a drop.
　酒は一滴も飲みません.

Now, time for my lunch!（wolfの独り言）

The wolf was about to gobble
up Little Red Riding Hood.
But then he had an idea. 

I was about to ～するところだった。
gobbled up：ガツガツと急いで食べる

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“Good morning,” said Little Red Riding Hood, waving to him.
（I know! I'll run ahead and wait for her.：wolfの独り言）

　wave は波だが、手を振る（挨拶として）という意味もあった。
　Let him go ahead.
　　彼に先に[先頭を]行ってもらおう
　ahead ↔ behind〖be(…に) hind(後ろ)〗

Little Red Riding Hood walked
deeper and deeper into the woods...
It grew darker and darker.

Then the sun hid behind the
clouds and it got darker still.

　Come on, lunch. Where are you?（wolfの独り言）

So Little Red Riding Hood didn't see
the wolf waiting for her on the path.(wolfを形容している）

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“I will,” promised Little Red Riding Hood and she set off.

promise：約束する
set off：出発する

　

森にあった展示物

　WANTED（指名手配）
　　BIG
　　BAD
　　WOLF

　　Aha! There goes my lunch!（wolfの独り言）

At first, the sun shone and the birds sang.

Little Red Riding Hood hummed a little tune...
bent down to tie he shoelace...
skipped along the path...
and stopped to smell the flowers.

bent（bend：身を屈める）の過去形
shoelace：靴ひも
smel：匂いがする　匂いを嗅ぐ
to＋ 動詞（〜するために）

（At last! ：と食べてしまおうとしたところへwoodcutterが現れてしまった。）

“Good morning, Little Red Riding Hood,” called a woodcutter.

Rats!（wolfの独り言）
（ratはネズミだが、〖～s; 間投詞的に〗 ちぇっ, くそ、といった意味もあった）