When the girl arrives, she notices that her grandmother looks very strange. Little Red then says, ''What a deep voice you have!'' (''The better to greet you with'', responds the wolf), ''Goodness, what big eyes you have!'' (''The better to see you with'', responds the wolf), ''And what big hands you have!'' (''The better to hug/grab you with'', responds the wolf), and lastly, ''What a big mouth you have'' (''The better to eat you with!'', responds the wolf), at which point the wolf jumps out of bed and eats her up too. Then he falls asleep. In Charles Perrault's version of the story (the first version to be published), the tale ends here. However, in later versions the story continues generally as follows:

did the wolf eat little red riding hood?
yes