Once Upon a Time.....

nce upon a time, on the edge of a dark forest, lived a girl called Goldilocks.
You have probably heard of her?
If so, you will know three things:
She was small
She had lots of golden curls
And she looked like one of those very good children who never ever seem to get into trouble for anything.
Well the truth is, she did get into trouble, quite alot in fact- not because she was bad, but because her curiosity always got the best of her. Now a little curiosity can be a good thing, but too much can get you into t r o u b l e.
Well in Goldilocks case, she had a little more than too much.

Her mother often worried about letting Goldilocks out of her sight, but sometimes the little girl would ask one, two many questions and stick her fingers in one, two many pots of honey, and peek under the lids of one, two many saucepans. Her mother unable to bear it any longer, would send her out to collect firewood.

This was just such a morning and as Goldilocks slipped through the gate her mother called after her,
"Remember these three things, Do not stray from the path, be back in time for breakfast, and whatever you do, take care of your little red shoes, you know cousin Dorothy went through alot of trouble to send those for you Goldy"
"Oh I will mother", called Goldlilocks. And she ment it- well the part a bout her little red shoes anyway.

Off she went skipping, picking a flower here and a flower there.
Looking down a rabbit hole.."I wonder if cousin Alice, really fell into Wonderland..mmm maybe I will ask her next time mother and I visit the Institute", she said out loud to herself, she was very pleased at herself for sticking to the path, well at least for now, until she heard a voice so beautiful the birds started singing along, Goldilocks curiosity took over and off she went running deep into the woods following the beautiful voice she heard. "Mother always tells me the story abut the princess who was sent to the woods because of her beauty, and her voice was as soft as snow..what was her name?..Snow White!, it must be her, ohh" Goldilocks was so excited to meet the 7 dwarves she didn't notice how quiet the forest had got, and how she was deep into the woods. Slowing down her pace, she started to panic, "mother is going to be so cross, I'm late for breakfast, I dont know how I am going to get back home", she started sobbing. She stood all alone in the middle of the forest. All she could hear was the rustling of leaves and.well..buzzing. "I wonder who is making all that noise" she thought. And she followed the buzzing until she came into a clearing.

There, in the middle of the trees stood a curious looking wooden cottage and, next to it, three wooden beehives, surrounded by lots of buzzing bees.
"Maybe someone in that house could help me find my way back home," she thought and off she went to the curious looking cottage.

She knocked, one, two three times. No one answered.
I wonder where evryone is, as she turned to leave the door opened and the sweet smelling scent of honey and poridge crept from the gap left by the opened door and turned the knots in Goldilocks tummy. She remembered how hungry she was and how she had already missed breakfast.
Slowly she pushed the door and poked her little curly head in, "H E L L O?" she called out. No reply.
As she stepd inside she noticed that there was three of everthing, three wooden chairs, three comfortable looking beds and sitting on the table, three deliciously looking bowls filled with honey porridge. "Oh I am terribly famished" Goldilocks thought and ran straight to the dinner table.
Now we all know how Goldilocks ate Papa Bears, Mama Bears and Baby Bears porridge, but she ate ALL of Baby Bears because it was just right, "Oh no" she realised she had eaten all the porridge from one of the bowls and she felt bad, so she poured half of the first bowl (the too hot one) into the empty bowl. "There we go, good as new" she smiled to herself and off she went to sit down for a while.
"Now this chair looks too BIG for me" Goldilocks said about Papa Bears chair,
"This chair has too much wool on it" she said about Mama Bears chair,
"Oh! this chair looks just right for me", and she climbed onto Baby Bears chair . She didn't know how heavy she was and she accidently -F L O P went baby bears chair. Red faced she felt so bad she tried to fix it but alas, nothing could be done, so she placed the flowers she had picked earlier ontop of the cushion to baby bears chair, "I hope that makes it all better".

Soon she felt tired and her gaze went to the beds, "Maybe." she wondered, "maybe if I just lie down for a bit, get my energy back I can find my way home." and with this said, she drifted off to find the perfect bed to lie down on.

The first bed was too BIG she felt pea sized ontop of this gigantic bed,
The next bed was too clean and neat, and she was afraid to mess it up,
The last bed looked perfect, with her search over, she removed her little red shoes, placed them neatly by the side of the bed, and she drifted off to sleep.

Now as she was resting, the Bear family returned from their morning walk. "Something does not seem right darling" Papa Bear gruffed to Mama Bear. "Oh honey I'm sure its nothing you worry to much" replied Mama Bear. Baby Bear stayed quiet because all he saw was his little chair, broken to pieces with flowers on top of it.."Look mama, I think my chair died, see, someone left flowers on it like they did to Sleeping Beauty when they thought she was dead" Baby Bears' tears started rolling down.

"And LOOK honey, someone has eaten half of my porridge" growled Papa Bear, now he was angry, because he had been very excited to come back home to eat his wifes delicious porridge ( Mama Bears' specialty was making honey porridges)

"Uhh..Dear?" mama bear said in a hushed whisper, "Someones sleeping in Babys bed"

Surprised, Goldilocks noticed she wasn't the only one in the room now. Goldilocks was so frightened she didnt even have time to think of anything other than RUN!!

As she dashed off, she found her way back onto the path and kept on running until she reached her own home.

Mother was very angry because she was late home and she had started to get worried. Goldilocks learnt her lesson not to intrude on other peoples properties, or eat their food without permission and she had to write a letter explaining to cousin Dorothy how she had lost her shoes.

As for Baby Bear, he was very happy to be the owner of new red shoes, he now uses on his morning walks. And he takes extra care of them too.

The End.