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 you have got! It is to ſee the better, my child. Grand-mamma, what great teeth you have got! That is to eat thee up." And ſaying theſe words, this wicked wolf fell upon poor Little Red Riding Hood, and eat her all up.   TALE II. BLUE BEARD.

HERE was a man who had fine houſes, both in town and country, a deal of ſilver and gold plate, embroidered furniture and coaches, gilded all over with gold. But this man had the misfortune to have a blue beard, which made him ſo frightfully ugly, that all the women and girls ran away from him.

One of his neighbours, a lady of quality, had two daughters, who were perfect beauties. He deſired of her one of them in marriage, leaving to her the choice which of the two ſhe would bestow upon him. They would neither of them have him, and ſent him backwards and forwards from one to another, being not able to bear the thoughts of marrying a man who had a blue beard. And what beſides gave them diſguſt and averſion, was, his having already been married to ſeveral wives, and nobody ever knew what became of them.

Blue Beard, to engage their affection, took them, with the lady, their mother, and three or four ladies of their acquaintance, with other young people of the neighbourhood to one of his country ſeats, where they ſtaid a whole week. There was nothing then to be ſeen but parties of pleaſure, hunting, fiſhing, dancing, mirth, and feaſting. Nobody went to bed, but all paſſed the night in rallying and joking with each other: In ſhort, every thing ſo well ſucceeded, that the youngeſt daughter began to think that the maſter of the houſe's