These people also declared that they came from Germany , but they did not know how they chanced to be in this strange country . ` Now , ' said the merchants of Bremen , ` these Germans can not be other than the descendants of the lost children of Hamel . ' The people of Hamel did not doubt it ; and since that day they regard it as certain that the Transylvanians of Hungary are their country folk , whose ancestors , as children , were brought there by the ratcatcher . There are more difficult things to believe than that . -LRB- 16 -RRB- -LRB- 16 -RRB- Ch . Marelles . THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD YOU know the tale of poor Little Red Riding-hood , that the Wolf deceived and devoured , with her cake , her little butter can , and her Grandmother ; well , the true story happened quite differently , as we know now . And first of all the little girl was called and is still called Little Golden-hood ; secondly , it was not she , nor the good grand-dame , but the wicked Wolf who was , in the end , caught and devoured . Only listen . The story begins something like the tale . There was once a little peasant girl , pretty and nice as a star in its season . Her real name was Blanchette , but she was more often called Little Golden-hood , on account of a wonderful little cloak with a hood , gold - and fire-coloured , which she always had on . This little hood was given her by her Grandmother , who was so old that she did not know her age ; it ought to bring her good luck , for it was made of a ray of sunshine , she said . And as the good old woman was considered something of a witch , everyone thought the little hood rather bewitched too . And so it was , as you will see . One day the mother said to the child : ` Let us see , my little Golden-hood , if you know now how to find your way by yourself . You shall take this good piece of cake to your Grandmother for a Sunday treat to-morrow . You will ask her how she is , and come back at once , without stopping to chatter on the way with people you do n't know . Do you quite understand ? ' ' I quite understand , ' replied Blanchette gaily .
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