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16 "Come, let us kill him," they all exclaimed.

"No, no, don't kill him," said Little Red Riding Hood. "Perhaps he is innocent—and I don't think he can be so very savage, for he did not touch me before you came up."

"Well, well, child, we'll let him go this once for your sake," said they, "but we advise him to be on his good behaviour."

So they wished the child "good morning," and went away.

As soon as they were gone the wolf put his paw to his heart, and said, "Many thanks, dear little friend. I am very grateful to you for your protection of me, and I will not fail to remember it. I wish you a very good morning."

So he pretended to walk off, when suddenly, however, he returned, and he said in a soft