Have it ever crossed your mind that that little girl with golden locks of hair, who barged into the lovely home of a bear family, committed a grievous crime? Yes, I will be discussing another well-loved fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It was a story of trespassing and vandalism; and it being regarded as a children’s story amazes me!
Just put yourself in the shoes of the Mama Bear (if she ever wears one): she cleaned the house, prepared a delicious meal of steaming hot porridge and fresh coffee (probably some toast, too), your family stepped out of the house for just a short walk; and came back to your house with the porridge eaten, your son’s little dining chair broken (let’s think for a minute that it could be an antique passed down through generations), your beds undone and to your horror the nosy little skunk climbed to the beds with fresh sheets without taking off her filthy shoes thick with grime!
Goldilocks committed at least three crimes: first, breaking and entering; second, stealing (the porridge); third, destruction of property. That did not include the fact that she mess she smeared on the spotless sheets with her filthy stinking shoes.
In the traditional story, children are supposed to cheer when this little criminal escapes; but in Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhyme she got her comeuppance.
'Oh daddy!' cried the Baby Bear,
'My porridge gone! It isn't fair!'
'Then go upstairs,' the Big Bear said,
'Your porridge is upon the bed.
'But as it's inside mademoiselle,
'You'll have to eat her up as well.'
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