Quickly the
little pig clapped on the cover, and when the wolf was boiled ate him for
supper.
THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS[1]
[Footnote 1: Adapted from Joseph Jacobs's _English Fairy Tales_ (David
Nutt, 57-59 Long Acre, W.C. 6s.).]
Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house of
their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Small Wee Bear, and one
was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Huge Bear. They had
each a pot for their porridge,--a little pot for the Little Small Wee
Bear, and a middle-sized pot for the Middle-sized Bear, and a great pot
for the Great Huge Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in,--a little
chair for the Little Small Wee Bear, and a middle-sized chair for the
Middle-sized Bear, and a great chair for the Great Huge Bear. And they had
each a bed to sleep in,--a little bed for the Little Small Wee Bear, and a
middle-sized bed for the Middle-sized Bear, and a great bed for the Great
Huge Bear.
One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast, and poured
it into their porridge-pots, they walked out into the wood while the
porridge was cooling, that they might not burn their mouths, by beginning
too soon to eat it. And while they were walking, a little girl named
Goldilocks came to the house.
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