Goldilocks and Three Bears
Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house in the forest.
Therewas a great big father bear, a middle-sized mother bear and a tiny
baby bear.
One morning, their breakfast porridge was too hot to eat, so they decided
to go for a walk in the forest. While they were out, a little girl called
Goldilocks came through the trees and found their house. She knocked on
the door and, as there was no answer, she pushed it open and went inside.
In front of her was a table with three chairs, one large chair, one middle-
sized chair and one small chair. On the table were three bowls of porridge,
one large bowl, one middle-sized bowl and one small bowl – and three
spoons.
Goldilocks was hungry and the porridge looked good, so she sat in the
great big chair, picked up the large spoon and tried some of the porridge
from the big bowl. But the chair was very big and very hard, the spoon was
heavy and the porridge too hot.
Goldilocks jumped off quickly and went over to the middle-sized chair. But
this chair was far too soft, and when she tried the porridge from the middle-
sized bowl it was too cold. So she went over to the little chair and picked up
the smallest spoon and tried some of the porridge from the tiny bowl.
This time it was neither too hot nor too cold. It was just right and so
delicious that she ate it all up. But she was too heavy for the little chair and
it broke in pieces under her weight.
Next Goldilocks went upstairs, where she found three beds. There was a
great big bed, a middle-sized bed and a tiny little bed. By now she was
feeling rather tired. so she climbed into the big bed and lay down. The big
bed was very hard and far too big. Then she tried the middle-sized bed, but
that was far too soft. so she climbed into the tiny little bed. It was neither
too hard nor too soft. In fact, it felt just right, all cosy and warm. and in no
tine at all Goldilocks fell fast asleep.
In a little while, the three bears came back from their walk in the forest.
They saw at once that pushed open the door of their house and Father
Bear looked around. then roared with a growly voice.
Mother Bear said in a quiet gentle voice.
"Somebody has been sitting in my chair.
Then Little Bear said in small squeaky baby voice.
"Somebody has been sitting in my chair and nas broken it!"
Then Father Bear looked at his bowl of porridge and saw the spoon in it
and he said in his great big growly voice,
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN EATING MY PORRIDGE"
Then Mother Bear saw that her bowl had a spoon in it, and said in her quiet
voice.
"Somebody has been eating my porridge Little Bear looked at his porridge
bowl and said in his small squeaky baby voice,
"Somebody has been eating my porridge, and has eaten it all up:-
Then the three bears went upstairs, and Father Bear saw at once that his
bed was untidy, and he said in his great big growly voice,
"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED!"
Mother Bear saw that her bed, too, had the bedclothes turned back, and
she said in her quiet gentle voice,
"Somebody has been sleeping in my bed!"
Then Little Bear looked at his bed and said in his small squeaky baby
voice,
"Somebody is sleeping in my bed!"
He squeaked so loudly that Goldilocks woke up with a start. She jumped
out of bed, and away she ran, down the stairs and out into the forest. And
the three bears never saw her again.
Robert Southey.
Terjemahan:
Suatu ketika hiduplah seorang anak perempuan yang selalu ingin tahu,
bernama Goldilocks. Suatu hari ia berjalan-jalan ke hutan seorang diri dan
menemukan sebuah pondok disana, karena kosong dan ia ingin tahu, ia
memutuskan untuk masuk.
Didalamnya ia menemukan tiga mangkuk sop ayam. Ia mencicipi yang
pertama, tapi terlalu panas. Ia mencicipi yang kedua, tapi terlalu dingin. Ia
mencicipi yang ketiga dan panasnya tepat, jadi ia makan semuanya.
Di sekeliling meja makan terdapat tiga kursi. Ia mencoba duduk di kursi
pertama, tapi terlalu tinggi. Ia duduk di kursi kedua, tapi terlalu lebar.
Akhirnya ia duduk di kursi ketiga, karena tidak sanggup menahan tubuh
Goldilocks yang berat kursi itu hancur berkeping-keping.
“Aku mengantuk, rasanya aku akan istirahat sebentar disini,” kata
Goldilocks dan ia naik ke kamar tidur. Ranjang pertama terlalu keras,
ranjang kedua terlalu empuk, tapi ranjang yang paling kecil tepat baginya,
akhirnya ia tertidur disana karena kekenyangan.
Pada saat itu para beruang pemilik pondok itu kembali. Ayah dan Ibu
Beruang terkejut sekali, dan beruang kecil menangis. “ada yang makan
semua pureku. Dan ia menghancurkan kursiku!” para beruang naik ke
kamar dan menemukan Goldilocks tidur nyenyak di tempat tidur beruang
kecil. Goldilocks bangun dan sangat ketakutan sampai ia berlari pulang
dan tidak pernah usil lagi.
