"Children's Books - Goldilocks and Three Bears" - читать интересную книгу автора (Children's Books)

"Now then, this must be Father Bear's chair, this will be Mother Bear's,
and this one . . . must belong to my friend, Baby Bear. I'll just sit on it a
while!" With these words, Goldilocks sat herself down onto the little chair
which, quite unused to such a sudden weight, promptly broke a leg. Goldilocks
crashed to the floor, but not in the least dismayed by the damage she had done,
she went upstalrs. '~
There was no mistaklng which was Baby Bear's bed.
"Mm! Quite comfy!" she said, I bouncing on it. "Not as nice as mine, but
nearly! Then she yawned. I think I'll lie down, only for a minute . . . just
to try the bed." And in next to no time, Goldilocks lay fast asleep in Baby
Bear's bed. In the meantime, the Bears weer on their way home.
"Wasn't the new Beaver baby ever so small?" said Baby Bear to his mother.
Was I as tiny as that when I was born?"
"Not quite, but almost," came the reply, with a fond caress. From a
distance, Father Bear noticed the door was ajar.
"Hurry!" he cried. "Someone is in our house . . ." Was Father Bear hungry
or did a thought strike him? Anyway, he dashed into the kitchen. "I knew it!
Somebody has gobbled up the pudding..."
"Someone has been jumping up and down on my armchair!" complained Mother
Bear.
". . . and somebody's broken my chair!" wailed Baby Bear.
Where could the culprit be? They all ran upstairs and tiptoed in amazement
over to Baby Bear's bed. In it lay Goldilocks, sound asleep. Baby Bear prodded
her toe...
"Who's that? Where am I?" shrieked the little girl, waking with a start.
Taking fright at the scowling faces bending over her, she clutched the
bedclothes up to her chin. Then she jumped out of bed and fled down the
stairs.
"Get away! Away from that house!" she told herself as she ran, forgetful of
all the trouble she had so unkindly caused. But Baby Bear called from the
door, waving his arm:
"Don't run away! Come back! I forgive you... come and play wlth me!"
And this is how it all ended. From that day onwards, haughty rude
Goldilocks became a pleasant little girl. She made friends with Baby Bear and
often went to his house. She invited him to her house too, and they remained
good friends, always.
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