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Goldilocks and
the Three Bears
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Jannie Ho
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Goldilocks and
the Three Bears
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Jannie Ho
 Guided Reading Level G

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Written by Violet Findley
Illustrated by Jannie Ho
Designed by Maria Lilja
ISBN: 0-439-77400-4
Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in China.
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 Once upon a time, a family of three bears
decided to go for a walk. They shut the door
of their tidy house and off they went.
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By and by, a girl named Goldilocks saw
their house.
“What a nice home!” she cried.
Then she opened the door and went inside.
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 In the kitchen, Goldilocks found three bowls
of porridge. She tried the big bowl. It was
too hot. She tried the middle bowl. It was
too cold.
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Finally, she tried the little bowl. It was just
right, so she ate it up. Slurp!
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 In the living room, Goldilocks found three
chairs. She tried the big one. It was too hard.
She tried the middle one. It was too soft.
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Finally, she tried the little chair. It was just
right, so she sat down. But the chair broke
into bits. Crack!
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 In the bedroom, Goldilocks found three
beds. She tried the big one. It was too hard.
She tried the middle one. It was too soft.
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Finally, she tried the little bed. It was just
right, so she lay down and went to sleep.
Zzzzz!
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 By and by, the bears came back to their
house to have breakfast.
“Someone has been eating our porridge!”
said Papa Bear and Mama Bear.
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“And someone ate mine all up!”
cried Baby Bear.
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 The bears went into the living room to
sit down.
“Someone has been sitting in our chairs!”
said Papa Bear and Mama Bear.
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“And someone broke mine into bits!”
cried Baby Bear.
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 The bears went into the bedroom to lie
down. “Someone has been sleeping in our
beds!” said Papa Bear and Mama Bear.
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“And someone is still in mine!” cried
Baby Bear.
With that, Goldilocks opened up her eyes
and screamed.
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 Then, quick as a wink, she ran out the door.
And the three bears never saw that rude
girl again.
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Glossary
porridge warm cereal, like
oatmeal

rude not polite

slurp the sound of loud

sipping

tidy neat and clean

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ISBN: 0-439-77400-4