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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
An English Folk Tale
Once upon a time there were three bears who lived
in a little house of their own in a wood. There
was a great huge bear who was the Father Bear,
a middle-sized bear who was the Mother Bear, and
a tiny wee bear who was the Baby Bear. They
had each a pot for their porridge, — a little pot for
the tiny wee bear, a middle-sized pot for the middle-
sized bear, and a great huge pot for the great huge
bear. One morning the three bears found their
porridge was too hot ; so they left it to cool in their
porridge pots and went out for a walk in the woods.
While they were gone, a little girl came along. She
was called Goldilocks, because her hair shone like
gold, and she too was out for a walk in the woods.
“I wonder who lives here” she said to herself
as she saw the funny little house. She knocked,
and she knocked, and she knocked, but nobody came.
Then, without ever stopping to think that she had no
business to enter where she was not invited, she opened
the door and peeped in. There on the table were
the three pots of porridge, — the great huge pot, the
middle-sized pot, and the tiny wee pot. Goldilocks
tasted the porridge in the great huge pot, but it
was too hot. So she tasted the porridge in the
middle-sized pot, but that was too cold. Then she
tasted the porridge in the tiny wee pot and that
was just right. So she ate it all up!
Now in the room she saw three chairs, — a great
huge chair, a middle-sized chair, and a tiny wee
chair. So Goldilocks sat down in the great huge
chair, but that was too hard. Then she sat down
in the middle-sized chair, but that was too soft.
So she tried the tiny wee chair, and that was just
right. But no sooner had she got quite comfortable
than there was a crash and a bang ! The tiny wee
chair broke into tiny wee pieces, and spilled Goldi-
locks on the floor.
So Goldilocks went into the bedroom. There
she saw a great huge bed, a middle-sized bed, and a
tiny wee bed. First she lay down on the great huge
bed, but that was too hard. Then she lay down
on the middle-sized bed, but that was too soft. At
last she lay down on the tiny wee bed, and that was
just right. So Goldilocks curled up under the covers
and fell fast asleep;
After a while, along came the three bears who lived
in the house, — the great huge bear who was the
Father Bear, the middle-sized bear who was the Mother
Bear, and the tiny^ wee bear who was the Baby Bear.
When the great huge bear saw his pot, he roared
in his rough, gruff voice,
“WHO HAS BEEN TASTING MY PORRIDGE?”
When the middle-sized bear saw her pot, she cried
out in her middle-sized voice,
“Who has been tasting my porridge?”
And when the ‘tiny wee bear saw his pot, he
squealed in his tiny wee voice,
“Who has been tasting my porridge and eaten it all
up?”
When the great huge bear saw his chair with the
cushion all flattened down, he roared in his rough,
gruff voice,
“WHO HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?”
And the middle-sized bear, when she saw the
cushion all flattened down on her chair, cried in her
middle-sized voice,
“Who has been sitting in my chair?”
And the tiny wee bear, when he saw what had
happened to his chair, squealed in his tiny wee
voice,
“Who has been sitting in my chair and broken it all
to pieces?”
So they all went into the bedroom and when the
great huge bear saw his bed with the covers all
crumpled up, he roared in his rough, gruff voice,
“WHO HAS BEEN LYING ON MY BED?”
And the middle-sized bear, when she saw her bed
with the covers all crumpled up, cried in her middle-
sized voice,
“Who has been lying on my bed?”
And the tiny wee bear, when he looked at his
bed, squealed in his tiny wee voice,
“Here she is! Here she is! Fast asleep in my little
bed.”
His voice woke Goldilocks up and she opened
her eyes.
“GR — R — r” growled the great huge bear in his
rough gruff voice.
“Gr-r-r!”‘ growled the middle-sized bear in her
middle-sized voice.
“Gr-r-r!” growled the tiny wee bear in his tiny wee
voice.
When Goldilocks heard them all growling around
her, she was very sorry indeed that she hadn’t
stopped to think before she entered their house
and meddled with their things. Before you could
say, “Jack Robinson,” she jumped out of bed, rushed
to the window, climbed out, and ran back home as
fast as her legs would carry her.
