They said to each other, 'By the time we return home our oatmeal will be perfect.' So they had decided to take a short walk. In fact, that very morning the three bears had sat down to their bowls of oatmeal but the cereal was too hot. What Goldilocks did not know, however, is that three bears lived in this house. All of a sudden she realized how very hungry she was. On the table were three steaming bowls of oatmeal. Goldilocks smelled a wonderful smell, and soon knew why. “Well, the door is already open,” said the girl. Goldilocks knocked a third time and the door opened. “I wonder who lives there,” she thought, 'so deep into the woods.' That's when she knew she was lost.īut a house was not far away. But where was the bird? It was nowhere to be seen.
But Goldilocks didn’t think of that.ĭeeper and deeper into the woods she went. She followed that bird right into the woods, where her mother had said many times she must never go. One morning Goldilocks was out for a walk when she came across a beautiful bird. In those days curls of hair were called 'locks.' She was 'Goldilocks' because golden hair ran down her head and shoulders. Once upon a time a girl named Goldilocks lived in a house at the edge of the woods.
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