Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Learn English with Stories)

One morning, Papa Bear made some steaming-hot porridge for his family. He poured his porridge into a big bowl. He poured Mama Bear’s porridge into a middle-sized bowl.

Finally, he poured Baby Bear’s porridge into a tiny bowl. While the porridge cooled, the Three Bears went for a walk in the forest.

That very same morning, a little girl named Goldilocks had also gone for a walk in the forest. However, Goldilocks lost her way and came upon the Bears’ cozy cottage.

Goldilocks was hungry. She stepped inside the cozy cottage. There, she found the three bowls of porridge.

Goldilocks tasted the porridge in the big bowl—too hot! She tasted the porridge in the middle-sized bowl—too cold! Then she tasted the porridge in the tiny bowl. It was just right, so she gobbled it all up.

Goldilocks began to feel tired. She looked around and saw three chairs. She tried sitting in the big chair. It was too hard. Ouch!

She tried sitting in the middle-sized chair. It was too soft. Plop!

She sat down in the tiny chair. It was just right. But, suddenly the chair broke and Goldilocks fell to the floor! Crash!

Goldilocks went upstairs and found three beds.

She was still tired, so she tried the big bed. It was too smooth. She tried the middle-sized bed. It was too lumpy. She tried the tiny bed. It was just right. Goldilocks fell fast asleep.

While Goldilocks was sleeping, the Bears returned home. They saw that someone had been eating their porridge. They saw that someone had been sitting in their chairs.

Baby Bear said, “Someone has been sitting in my chair—and has broken it all to pieces!”

The Bears went upstairs and discovered that someone had been sleeping in their beds. Baby Bear said, “Someone has been sleeping in my bed—and here she is!”

Goldilocks was startled when she woke up and saw the Bears.

Goldilocks ran out of the cozy cottage as fast as she could. The Three Bears never saw or heard from her again.