Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Three Bears and their Cottage

Once upon a time, there were three bears. One was called Mother Bear, one was called Father Bear and the third was called Baby Bear. Father Bear was very big and strong and he had a big, deep voice. Mother Bear was not quite as big as Father and she had a middle-sized voice, not too deep and not too high, but Baby Bear, who was the smallest of them all, had a very squeaky voice and he was not very strong because he was only two years old.

The three bears lived in a lovely cottage deep in the heart of a forest. They were a very happy family and they always had plenty to eat and plenty of clothes to wear. In the kitchen at the back of the cottage was a table with three chairs around it. The first chair was Father Bear’s and it was very wide and big. The second chair was for Mother Bear. It was not as large and had very soft cushions. The third chair was a small wooden rocking chair. This was for Baby Bear.

Goldilocks’s Visit

Early one Sunday morning, the three bears decided to go for a walk in the forest, before they ate their breakfast. However, before they started, Mother Bear cooked three plates of porridge, one large plate of porridge, one medium-sized plate of porridge and one small plate for Baby Bear. She put all three plates of very hot porridge on the table so that when they came back, the porridge would be just right for eating.

Then the three bears put on their best coats and off they went into the forest for their morning walk. Soon after they had left, a little girl, whose name was Goldilocks, came along the path to the cottage. She was called Goldilocks because she had the most beautiful dancing, golden curls. She, too, had been out for a walk in the forest. It was such a beautiful morning that the little girl had no idea how long she had been out walking. All she knew was that she felt very hungry. “Perhaps if I knocked on the door of this little cottage the kind owners might give me something to eat,” she thought.

Goldilocks Inside the Bears’ Home

She went up the path and peered in at one of the windows. It was the kitchen window and there, on the table, she saw the three plates of porridge that the bears had left behind. “Surely no one would mind,” she thought, “if I helped myself to just a tiny bit of the porridge.”

Goldilocks ran round to the back of the cottage and opened the kitchen door. She went in and sat down in the big, wide chair that belonged to Father Bear, but it was much too hard and too wide. Next, she went and sat on Mother Bear’s chair but she found this too soft and sank so far down in the cushions that she could not reach the table. The third chair she sat in was Baby Bear’s and this was just right. It was very comfortable.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Goldilocks picked up a spoon and tasted Father Bear’s porridge, but it was much too hot to eat. So she tried Mother Bear’s porridge, but this was too cold. Dipping her spoon into Baby Bear’s porridge she found this just right. Soon she had eaten it all up.

When she had finished the porridge, Goldilocks felt very tired so she leaned back in Baby Bear’s chair and decided to have a little nap. Suddenly, without any warning, there was a big crack and the back of the little rocking chair broke in two.

Goldilocks and the Beds

“Oh dear,” thought Goldilocks. “Whatever will the owner say?” She was far too tired to care, for she had walked a long way that morning. She felt so tired that she decided to go upstairs to find a bed to sleep on.

The first bed she came to belonged to Father Bear. She lay down on it, but it was much too hard and wide. The next was Mother Bear’s, but when Goldilocks tried to go to sleep on it she found that the mattress was much too soft. The third bed she lay down on was just right, not too soft and not too hard and just the right size and she soon fell asleep. Of course, this bed belonged to Baby Bear.

The Return of the Three Bears

Soon the three bears came back from their morning walk. As they walked in the kitchen door Father Bear said in a big, deep voice. “Who’s been sitting in my chair?”

“Who’s been sitting in my chair?” Mother Bear said in a middle-sized voice.

“And who’s been sitting in my chair and broken it all up?” cried the tiny Baby bear in a tiny, squeaky voice.

Then Father Bear looked at his plate of porridge and said in an even deeper voice, “Who’s been eating my porridge?”

Mother Bear said in her middle-sized voice, “Who’s been eating my porridge?”

Last of all Baby Bear said in his squeaky little voice, “Who’s been eating my porridge and eaten it all up?”

The Shocking Discovery

“Who is it?” they all cried together.

All three bears ran up the stairs as fast as they could. Father Bear went into the bedroom and said, gruffly, “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?”

Mother Bear said, “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?”

When they all came to Baby Bear’s bed, they all said together, “And who’s been sleeping in Baby Bear’s bed? Oh, she is still here?”

Goldilocks’s Escape

Just then, Goldilocks woke up and when she saw the three brown bears looking at her, she jumped up and rushed to the window. Outside the window, there grew a big creeping plant and Goldilocks jumped onto it, quickly slid down to the ground and ran away. The three bears, the Father bear, Mother bear and Baby bear watched her run away into the forest, but they never saw Goldilocks again.

Placement: After this line: “Perhaps if I knocked on the door of this little cottage the kind owners might give me something to eat,” she thought.

Placement: After this line: “Suddenly, without any warning, there was a big crack and the back of the little rocking chair broke in two.”