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The good nature and kind temper of little Red Riding-Hood made it not long before she obeyed the commands of her grandmother, undressed herself, and went into bed; but was sadly frighted at her grandmama's long ears, which stared over her night cap. So said the child to her (feeling her arms) Bless me! grandmama, what great arms you have got! They are the better to embrace; thee, my pretty child, Grandmama, what great and strange legs you have got! They are the better to run, my child. Grand-mama what great eyes, and long teeth you have got! They are the better to see you, and to eat yon up. And as soon as he had said these words, this wicked wolf flew upon poor Little Red Riding-Hood, and eat her up.


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THE

STORY

OF

PRINCESS FAIR STAR.

AND

PRINCE CHERRY.

THERE was a princess, who having gone thro' several misfortunes, had nothing left of all her past grandeer. She took a pretty little house