"The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" (German: Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 5).

[2] A similar tale, "The Wolf and the Kids", has been told in the Middle East and parts of Europe, and probably originated in the first century.

The wolf goes to a marketplace, store, or pharmacy and steals some honey, medicine or chalk, to soften his voice.

They are about to let him in when the youngest kid looks under the crack in the door and notices the wolf's big, black feet.

The wolf goes to the bakery or mill and steals some flour, smearing it all over his coat, turning his black feet white.

The kids see his white feet and hear his sweet voice, so they open the door.

The mother goat calls to her youngest child to quickly get her a pair of scissors, a needle and some thread.