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"Oh my sweet lord, a human girl trespassing in our home," Mama Bear exclaims in Katzaman's rendition. Over the years the character unfolded, becoming a likeable but curious blond-headed girl.Īs the story developed and writers explored different versions, Goldilocks often became a tasty treat for the bruins, such as in James Katzaman's account posted in the online library of : "The tale has apparently been around for at least two centuries, but with a different intruder in its earliest incarnations," according to "History of Goldilocks & the Three Bears," posted on the website .īritish author and poet Robert Southey is often given credit for the first recorded narrative form of the Goldilocks chronicle in "The Story of the Three Bears." Southey's original main character was an intrusive old woman. But the anecdote of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a fairy tale, a children's story filled with imaginary characters, fantasy places and improbable events, leading to a happy ending - Goldilocks escaping unscathed after falling asleep in the bears' "house."
According to the article, many classic fairy tales end with people being killed: "Like in 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears,' says she runs away but it's obvious they eat her." Can it be true that's how its ends?Ī child wandering through the woods, seeking refuge in a bear's den and eating its food, most likely would not fare as well as the fictional Goldilocks did in her dealings with the wild animals.
31, 2011, of People magazine and came across the brief article "What do you read to kids?" by Kim Hubbard.
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