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koneysucSje,:: &3e row,. climbed - up .waUi and.
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Wow me t&ree bean were new a pk bm fwuw, ,.
for one Wat Great Bltf Bear. and m MiddW
tlxed Bear, and one 'wafi TnfWa Bear, i They kept ,
the cottage yery tidy.' and 'monnaae, '
the great big bed, and the inidae-tiied bed,aiid the :
tiny wee bed, and dusted the great Kg Jiair. and the
i-ddleized chair, and Wtiny wee chair before they
at down to breakfast '
, morning when the ponidge waa made and
had been -poured .out into the great big bowl,
and the middle-sized bowt and the tiny wee bowl, it
was so hot that the three bean went out for a walk in
the wood, to pass- the tithe until it cooled. The Great
Big Bear and the Middle-Sized Bear , walked-along
most properly, but the Tiny Wee Bear took his hoop
and bowled it along in front
Now that very morning it happened that Goldi
locks lost her way in the forest She was a very pretty
little -girl, with hair like threads of shining gold, and
that is bow she got her name. But she was very self
willed, and fancied she knew better than her mother,
That is how she came to loss her way in the wood, for
her mother had told her if she wandered from the path
she would not be able to find her .way home again.
T ITT Goldilocks bad tossed her head and paid no
attention. And so it happened that she wan
dered o far that she could not find ber way bade, and
arrived at the bears' cottage that sunny morning just
after they bad left it
f ' Itjeas a fresh, cool morning, just thesort of morn
ing that made Goldilocks want ber breakfast more
than Usual for she had run out before if was ready, and
when she came to the pretty little cottage abe skipped
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foe Joy. , . '
I am sure some, kind person Eves bete, and wul
give me some bread and nuW! she s&id to herself. And
then she peeped through the open door.
Tbere does not seem to be any one at home," she
said- anxiously. "But ob, what a delicious smell of
porridge T
SHE could not wait 'another moment but. walked
to and sat down in the greatbjg chair and took
a spoonful of porridge out of the great big bowL :
"UghP she cried, making a face, ,"thi is far too salt
and this chair is much too hardr
So she, changed her seat and tried the middle-abed
sjiatr, and tasted the porridge out of th-middk-i2ed
bowL
"Oh dear met this has no salt at all," she said, "and
this chair is far too jof t." And laying down the spoon
she jumped up, in a great hurry. Then she tried the
tiny, wee. chair and took a spoonful of the porridge
out of th tiny wee bowL V;
'"This is simply delickusr she cried, "and the little
chair is just; right too.
And she ate and ate tiff she finished all the porridge
opt of the tiny wee bowl I And the tiny little chair was
so comfortable Jhat jmejeured herjelf , up in it until sud
denly the seat gave a crack and ahe fell right through'
on to the floor.
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GOLDILOCKS -picked herself up and Ibo&d
round to see. if she coukl find a sofa, to rest on,
for she was now to sleepy -she could scarcely-keep ber
eyes open. Then she saw staircase, tnl she climbed
up at once lo see if there was bed in the room above.
And sure enough in the room tipsUirs she found three
.beds, standing aide by side under toe open -lattice-window
tehere the roses peeped in. ; , I
She tlrcw herself at once on to the great big bed,
' but it was so bard that ahe rolled off as quickly as she
ecmld. Then she tried the middle-sited bed, but it was
so soft that she sank right in and felt quite smothered.
So then she tried the tiny wee bed, tnd it was just soft
enough, and to deliciously comfortable that she curled
herself cp oa it with a big stgh of content and went
fast asleep in the twinkling of an eye.
PKESENTLY.home came the three bears from
their walk, and they went to the table to begin
their breakfast
"Who has been sitting in my chairf' growled the
Great jBigBear in bis great big voice. . For the cushion
bad been pulled all to one side.
,Wbo has been sittingT in my chair V said the
MidcDe-siaed Beai" in her middle-sized voice. For there
was a large 3ent in the cushion where Goldilocks had
sat
"Who has been sitting in my chair, -and broken it
right through r said the Tiny Wee Bear in his tiny wee
voice.
Meanwhile the Great Big Bear had been staring
at his great big boVl of porridge which had a sooon
sticking in it
"Who has been eating my porridge?" he growled
in bis great big voice.
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UXXJ HO has been eating cry porridgeT said the
V MdlediBear itt ber -middle-sued
.. voice. "-'
It all upr cried the Tiny Wee Bear to bis tiny wee
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then the three bears searched aground the room
to see if they could find out who bad been there, Next
they'climbed 6p the stairs to look in the bedroom.
But the'momeht the Great Big Bear saw bis bed
all rumpled and tossed about be growled in bis great
big voice, Who has been lyingonmybedr ,
. "And who has been lying on my bed?? said the
MidaTbwaed Bear to her middle-sittd voice.
k , ' iviiai been aleepint W 404 m
here stilir! cried tht Ttay,Wee Bear ia'bis tiny Wee
l . voice, - . . - . . i ;
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rOWt when the Great Big Bear spoke, Goldilocks
dreamed of ; a -thunderstorm ; and : when ? tho
Middle-sized Bear spoke she dreamed that the wind wai :
miking the roses nod.v But when the Tiny Wee Bear ; ;
cried out she opened her eyes and was wide awake m a v f
moment She jumped up and ran to the window, and, n
before the three bears could catch ber, she jumped out ' r
into the garden below. Then ihe ran through the wood
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as fast as she could, and never stopped US she reached
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borne. "And you may be sure she never went wandering u
into the wood again. ' So the Great-Big Bear and the
Middle-aid Bear end he .Tiny Wee Bear te tlc'jr ' , s
porridge itt'peace all the Test of their days.
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