Join me on a pleasantly mild winter evening to toast a marshmallow and share my translation of “Rödkappchen,” or “Little Red Cap,” the German version of Little Red Riding Hood as collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen, their 1812 collection of fairy tales.

This version is interesting because it has an alternate ending, in which you learn not to mess with a German grandma.

You can also get the commentary-free version of this tale on my storytelling channel: