Goldilocks and The Three Bears
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Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived
together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them
was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear,
and the other was a Great Big Bear.
They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl
for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bowl for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great
bowl for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in; a little
chair for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized chair for the Middle-sized
Bear; and a great chair for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a bed to
sleep in; a little bed for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bed for
the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bed for the Great Big Bear.
One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast,
and poured it into their porridge-bowls, they walked
out into the wood while the porridge was cooling, that they might not burn
their mouths by beginning too soon, for they were polite, well-brought-up
Bears. And while they were away a little girl called Goldilocks,
who lived at the other side of the wood and had been sent on an errand by her
mother, passed by the house, and looked in at the window. And then she peeped
in at the keyhole, for she was not at all a well-brought-up little girl. Then
seeing nobody in the house she lifted the latch. The
door was not fastened, because the Bears were good
Bears, who did nobody any harm, and never suspected
that anybody would harm them. So Goldilocks opened the door and went in; and well
pleased was she when she saw the porridge on the table. If she had been a
well-brought-up little girl she would have waited till the Bears came home,
and then, perhaps, they would have asked her to breakfast; for they were good
Bears—a little rough or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for all
that very good-natured and hospitable. But she was an impudent, rude
little girl, and so she set about helping herself.
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First she tasted the porridge of the Great Big Bear, and that was
too hot for her. Next she tasted the porridge of the Middle-sized Bear,
but that was too cold for her. And then she went to the porridge of the Little Wee Bear,
and tasted it, and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right,
and she liked it so well that she ate it all up, every bit!
Then
Goldilocks, who was tired, for she had been catching
butterflies instead of running on her errand, sat down in the chair of the
Great Big Bear, but that was too hard for her. And then she sat down in the chair of
the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too soft for her. But when she sat down in the chair of
the Little Wee Bear, that was neither too hard nor too soft, but just right.
So she seated herself in it, and there she sate till the bottom of the chair
came out, and down she came, plump upon the ground; and that made her very
cross, for she was a bad-tempered little girl.
Now,
being determined to rest, Goldilocks went upstairs into the bedchamber in
which the Three Bears slept. And first she lay down upon the bed of the Great Big Bear, but that was
too high at the head for her. And next she lay down upon the bed of the
Middle-sized Bear, and that was too high at the foot for her. And then she lay down upon
the bed of the Little Wee Bear, and that was neither too high at the head nor
at the foot, but just right. So she covered herself up comfortably, and
lay there till she fell fast asleep.
By
this time the Three Bears thought their porridge would be cool enough for
them to eat it properly; so they came home to breakfast. Now
careless Goldilocks had left the spoon of the Great Big Bear standing in his
porridge.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!" said the Great Big Bear in his great, rough,
gruff voice.
Then the Middle-sized Bear looked
at his porridge and saw the spoon was standing in it too.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!" said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized
voice.
Then the Little Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the
spoon in the porridge-bowl, but the porridge was all gone!
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE, AND HAS EATEN IT ALL UP!"
said the Little Wee Bear in his little wee voice.
Upon this the Three Bears, seeing that someone had entered
their house, and eaten up the Little Wee Bear's breakfast, began to look
about them. Now the careless Goldilocks had not put the
hard cushion straight when she rose from the chair of the Great
Big Bear.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!" said the Great Big Bear in his great,
rough, gruff voice.
And the careless Goldilocks had squatted down the soft cushion
of the Middle-sized Bear.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!" said the Middle-sized Bear in his
middle-sized voice.
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR, AND HAS SAT THE
BOTTOM THROUGH!" said the Little Wee Bear in his little wee
voice.
Then the Three Bears thought they had better make
further search in case it was a burglar, so they went upstairs into their
bedchamber. Now Goldilocks had pulled the pillow of the Great Big Bear out of
its place.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!" said the Great Big Bear in his great,
rough, gruff voice.
And Goldilocks had pulled the bolster of the
Middle-sized Bear out of its place.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!" said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized
voice.
But when the Little Wee Bear came to look at his bed,
there was the bolster in its place! And the pillow was in its place upon the
bolster!
And
upon the pillow——?
There
was Goldilocks's yellow head—which was not in its place, for she had no
business there.
"SOMEBODY
HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED,—AND HERE SHE IS STILL!" said the Little Wee
Bear in his little wee voice.
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Now Goldilocks had heard in her sleep the great,
rough, gruff voice of the Great Big Bear; but she was so fast asleep that it
was no more to her than the roaring of wind, or the rumbling of thunder. And
she had heard the middle-sized voice of the Middle-sized Bear, but it was
only as if she had heard someone speaking in a dream. But when she heard the
little wee voice of the Little Wee Bear, it was so sharp,
and so shrill, that it awakened her at once. Up she started, and when she saw the
Three Bears on one side of the bed, she tumbled herself out at the other, and ran to the window.
Now the window was open, because the Bears, like good, tidy Bears, as they
were, always opened their bedchamber window when they got up in the morning.
So naughty, frightened little Goldilocks jumped; and whether she broke her neck
in the fall, or ran into the wood and was lost there, or found her way out of
the wood and got whipped for being a bad girl and playing truant, no one
can say. But the Three Bears never saw anything more of her.
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