once upon a time there was a little girl who hadn t seen her mother in seven years her mother had dressed her in iron clothes saying when you wear out these clothes you may come to me the little girl rubbed her clothes on the wall trying to tear them finally she did she got some milk and bread and a little cheese and butter and set out for her mother s house in the woods she met a wolf he asked her what she was carrying milk and bread and a little cheese and butter she answered the wolf asked for some but the girl said no it was a present for her mother the wolf asked whether she would take the path of pins or the path of needles the girl said the path of pins so the wolf hurried off down the path of needles and ate up the little girl s mother finally the little girl reached her mother s house mother unbar the door just push on it it s not locked the wolf answered but the door still wouldn t open so that she crept in through a hole mother i m hungry there s meat in the cupboard eat some it was the flesh of her mother killed by the wolf 