Classic Tales are wonderful gifts for children. Tell ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’ to your child/ren this winter and then make porridge for breakfast! Place around three different sized bowls on your table and invite teddy bears. This game helps children to eat porridge! “Quick we better try some while the bears are taking their walk…”
Unsure of the story, here it is….
Once upon a time there lived three bears, Papa bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. They lived in a little cottage deep in the forest. One morning Mama Bear was serving porridge from a steaming pot. She put porridge into Papa bear’s big bowl, then her own middle sized bowl and into Baby bear’s tiny bowl. “Mama, this porridge is too hot!” cried Baby bear, holding his spoon mid-air. “Yes, indeed” said Mama Bear, “We must go for a walk in the forest while our porridge cools”. The bear family headed out for a walk.
Meanwhile, on the edge of the forest lived a girl named Goldilocks. “Goldilocks” said her mother. “Please go into the woods and pick some flowers”. So Goldilocks gathered her basket and started down the path. Her mother called after her, “Don’t go too far and don’t get lost”. She went into the forest to gather flowers for her mother. She went further and further off the path as she found lovely flowers of all kinds, she was lost. Pretty soon, she came upon a little cottage. She knocked and, when no one answered, she slowly turned the door knob, the door opened and she quietly walked in.
Once inside Goldilocks smelt something wonderful, “Mmmm, porridge with honey” she thought. At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl. “No one will mind if I taste a little” Goldilocks thought. She tried the great big bowl. “This porridge is too hot!” she exclaimed. So, she tasted the porridge from the second middle sized bowl. “This porridge is too cold,” she said. So, she tasted the last tiny bowl of porridge.”Ahhh, this porridge is just right,” Goldilocks thought happily and she ate it all up. “I am so full I must sit down!” said Goldilocks.
In the next room there were three chairs: one great big chair, one middle sized chair and one tiny little chair. Goldilocks sat in the first chair. “This chair is too big!” she exclaimed. Her feet wouldn’t touch the ground! So she sat in the second, middle sized chair. “This chair is too soft!” she exclaimed as she struggled out of the cushion. So she tried the last and smallest chair.
“Ahhh, this chair is just right,” she sighed. But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into pieces!
Goldilocks was very tired by this time, so she went upstairs. In the bedroom there were three beds all in a row, one great big bed, one middle sized bed and one tiny little bed. She lay down in the first great big bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down in the third small bed and it was just right. Goldilocks fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the bears that owned the little cottage were heading home, after fishing their morning walk. As she Goldilocks was sleeping, the three bears came home. The door was still open, and in the kitchen the three bears looked around.
“Someone’s been eating my porridge,” said Papa bear.
“Someone’s been eating my porridge,” said Mama bear.
“Someone’s been eating my porridge and they ate it all up!” cried the Baby bear.
They went into the next room.
“Someone’s been sitting in my chair,” said Papa bear.
“Someone’s been sitting in my chair,” said the Mama bear.
“Someone’s been sitting in my chair and they’ve broken it all to pieces,” cried Baby bear.
They went upstairs. Papa bear said, “Someone’s been sleeping in my bed,”
“Someone’s been sleeping in my bed, too” said the Mama bear.
“Someone’s been sleeping in my bed and she’s still there!” exclaimed Baby bear.
Just then, Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears staring down at her. And she jumped up and ran out of the room. Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran all the way home, never to be seen by the Bear family again!
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