Maria Tatar, in "The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales" (2002), notes that Southey's tale is sometimes viewed as a cautionary tale that imparts a lesson about the hazards of wandering off and exploring unknown territory. Like "The Tale of the Three Little Pigs", the story uses repetitive formulas to engage the child's attention and to reinforce the point about safety and shelter. Tatar points out that the tale is typically framed today as a discovery of what is "just right", but for earlier generations, it was a tale about an intruder who could not control herself when encountering the possessions of others.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Interpretations
"The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales",  "The Tale of the Three Little Pigs", "The Uses of Enchantment". He is principally remembered as author of the poem "After Blenheim" He was the author of After Blenheim "After Blenheim"
when was goldilocks and the three bears written
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In 1837.
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what kind of a work is it?
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It is a British 19th-century fairy tale story.
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who is the composer?
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It is a story written by British writer and poet Robert Southey.
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what is the storyline?
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In one version a littele girl who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never seen again.
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what were the various interpretations this work received?
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The original version of the tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman, the second version replaced the old woman with a little girl named Goldilocks, the third version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear.
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what can you tell me about his other works?
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He believes the tale is an escapist one that thwarts the child reading it from gaining emotional maturity.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Interpretations
The story of the three bears was in circulation before the publication of Southey's tale. In 1813, for example, Southey was telling the story to friends, and in 1831 Eleanor Mure fashioned a handmade booklet about the three bears and the old woman for her nephew Horace Broke's birthday. Southey and Mure differ in details. Southey's bears have porridge, but Mure's have milk; Southey's old woman has no motive for entering the house, but Mure's old woman is piqued when her courtesy visit is rebuffed; Southey's old woman runs away when discovered, but Mure's old woman is impaled on the steeple of St Paul's Cathedral.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Origins
The story makes extensive use of the literary rule of three, featuring three chairs, three bowls of porridge, three beds, and the three title characters who live in the house. There are also three sequences of the bears discovering in turn that someone has been eating from their porridge, sitting in their chairs, and finally, lying in their beds, at which point is the climax of Goldilocks being discovered. This follows three earlier sequences of Goldilocks trying the bowls of porridge, chairs, and beds successively, each time finding the third "just right". Author Christopher Booker characterises this as the "dialectical three", where "the first is wrong in one way, the second in another or opposite way, and only the third, in the middle, is just right".
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Literary elements
"The Story of the Three Bears" is a tale by Robert Southey published in 1837. It is generally known today as "The Three Bears", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" or simply "Goldilocks". The Three Bears can also refer to:
The Three Bears (disambiguation) | Introduction
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (originally titled "The Story of the Three Bears") is a British 19th-century fairy tale of which three versions exist. The original version of the tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never seen again. The second version replaced the old woman with a little girl named Goldilocks, and the third and by far best-known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear (who is not actually an infant, but rather a small cub).
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Introduction
Whatever her fate, Goldilocks fares better than Southey's vagrant old woman who, in his opinion, deserved a stint in the House of Correction, and far better than Miss Mure's old woman who is impaled upon a steeple in St Paul's church-yard. Southey's all-male ursine trio has not been left untouched over the years. The group was re-cast as Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear, but the date of this change is disputed. Tatar indicates it occurred by 1852, while Katherine Briggs suggests the event occurred in 1878 with "Mother Goose's Fairy Tales" published by Routledge. With the publication of the tale by "Aunt Fanny" in 1852, the bears became a family in the "illustrations" to the tale but remained three bachelor bears in the text.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Later variations: Goldilocks
Maria Tatar, in "The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales" (2002), notes that Southey's tale is sometimes viewed as a cautionary tale that imparts a lesson about the hazards of wandering off and exploring unknown territory. Like "The Tale of the Three Little Pigs", the story uses repetitive formulas to engage the child's attention and to reinforce the point about safety and shelter. Tatar points out that the tale is typically framed today as a discovery of what is "just right", but for earlier generations, it was a tale about an intruder who could not control herself when encountering the possessions of others.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Interpretations
In Robert Southey's version of the tale, three anthropomorphic bears – "a little, small, wee bear, a middle-sized bear, and a great, huge bear" – live together in a house in the woods. Southey describes them as very good-natured, trusting, harmless, tidy, and hospitable. Each of these "bachelor" bears has his own porridge bowl, chair, and bed. One day they make porridge for breakfast, but it is too hot to eat, so they decide to take a walk in the woods while their porridge cools. An old woman approaches the bears' house. As she has been sent out by her family, she is a disgrace to them.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Plot
She is impudent, bad, foul-mouthed, ugly, dirty, and a vagrant deserving of a stint in the House of Correction. She looks through a window, peeps through the keyhole, and lifts the latch. Assured that no one is home, she walks in. The old woman eats the Wee Bear's porridge, then settles into his chair and breaks it. Prowling about, she finds the bears' beds and falls asleep in Wee Bear's bed. The end of the tale is reached when the bears return. Wee Bear finds his empty bowl, his broken chair, and the old woman sleeping in his bed and cries, "Somebody has been lying in my bed, and here she is!" The old woman wakes, jumps out the window and is never seen again.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Plot
Goldilocks or "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a 19th-century fairy tale. Goldilocks may also refer to:
Goldilocks (disambiguation) | Introduction
The story was first recorded in narrative form by British writer and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously as "The Story of the Three Bears" in 1837 in a volume of his writings called "The Doctor". The same year Southey's tale was published, the story was versified by George Nicol, who acknowledged the anonymous author of "The Doctor" as "the great, original concocter" of the tale. Southey was delighted with Nicol's effort to bring more exposure to the tale, concerned children might overlook it in "The Doctor". Nicol's version was illustrated with engravings by B. Hart (after "C.J."), and was reissued in 1848 with Southey identified as the story's author.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Origins
Twelve years after the publication of Southey's tale, Joseph Cundall transformed the antagonist from an ugly old woman to a pretty little girl in his "Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children". He explained his reasons for doing so in a dedicatory letter to his children, dated November 1849, which was inserted at the beginning of the book: Once the little girl entered the tale, she remained – suggesting children prefer an attractive child in the story rather than an ugly old woman. The juvenile antagonist saw a succession of names: Silver Hair in the pantomime "Harlequin and The Three Bears; or, Little Silver Hair and the Fairies" by J.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Later variations: Goldilocks
B. Buckstone (1853); Silver-Locks in "Aunt Mavor's Nursery Tales" (1858); Silverhair in George MacDonald's "The Golden Key" (1867); Golden Hair in "Aunt Friendly's Nursery Book" (ca. 1868); Silver-Hair and Goldenlocks at various times; Little Golden-Hair (1889); and finally Goldilocks in "Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes" (1904). Tatar credits Flora Annie Steel with naming the child (1918). Goldilocks's fate varies in the many retellings: in some versions, she runs into the forest, in some she is almost eaten by the bears but her mother rescues her, in some she vows to be a good child, and in some she returns home.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Later variations: Goldilocks
Each episode of the series had its own visual style based on the works of a particular painter or illustrator. The artists were chosen by Shelley Duvall and included Gustav Klimt (Rapunzel) and Edmund Dulac (The Nightingale). The visual style of the Goldilocks episode was modeled after the works of Norman Rockwell.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | Visual style
One day, Mama Bear cooks some porridge, but it turns out to be too hot, so the family goes out for a walk to let it cool off.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | Plot
And who is home? None other than the Big Bad Wolf from the tale of Little Red Riding Hood in bed wearing Grandma's nightgown and cap! He says in a deep voice, "Come in Little Red...", coughs, then in a soft female voice, "Come in Little Red Riding Hood!" As Goldilocks opens the door, the wolf looks surprised and says, "What is this, a frame-up? Who are you?". Goldilocks introduces herself and says, "Isn't this where the Three Bears live?". Sarcastically, the Wolf replies, "Nah, this isn't where the Three Bears live! That outfit lives two miles down the road at the first stop signal!" He shoos Goldilocks out the door before she spoils everything.
The Bear's Tale | Plot
In "The Uses of Enchantment" (1976), the child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim describes Goldilocks as "poor, beautiful, and charming", and notes that the story does not describe her positively except for her hair. Bettelheim mainly discussed the tale in terms of Goldilocks' struggle to move past Oedipal issues to confront adolescent identity problems. In Bettelheim's view, the tale fails to encourage children "to pursue the hard labor of solving, one at a time, the problems which growing up presents", and does not end as fairy tales should with the "promise of future happiness awaiting those who have mastered their Oedipal situation as a child".
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Interpretations
Folklorists Iona and Peter Opie point out in "The Classic Fairy Tales" (1999) that the tale has a "partial analogue" in "Snow White": the lost princess enters the dwarfs' house, tastes their food, and falls asleep in one of their beds. In a manner similar to the three bears, the dwarfs cry, "Someone's been sitting in my chair!", "Someone's been eating off my plate!", and "Someone's been sleeping in my bed!" The Opies also point to similarities in a Norwegian tale about a princess who takes refuge in a cave inhabited by three Russian princes dressed in bearskins. She eats their food and hides under a bed.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Origins
List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | See also
In the opening sequence, the Cast frame quotes "Miss Goldilocks appears through the courtesy of The Mervin LeBoy Productions". This is in reference to Mervyn LeRoy, the film producer. Once upon a time, in a comical re-creation of the traditional tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we see a quaint cottage where Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear live. They're all sitting at the breakfast table in anticipation of getting their porridge, when a bowl of porridge drops onto the table in front of each of them. Having surmised that the porridge is too hot to eat, the Bears decide to take a ride.
The Bear's Tale | Plot
Goldilocks' mother sends her out to go deliver some treats to her sick grandmother. Goldilocks meets a wolf, who gives her a "shortcut" to her grandmother's house. Eventually, tired from her long walk down the "shortcut," Goldilocks stops at a house where she finds three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds. She tries all three porridges and eats the last one, sits in all the chairs and breaks the last one, and lies down in all the beds before falling asleep in the last one. She wakes up to find Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear standing over her.
Baby Bear and the Big, Bad Wolf | Act One
What was originally a frightening oral tale became a cozy family story with only a hint of menace. The story has elicited various interpretations and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Introduction
The episode features an extended story based on the events of the original fairytale, where Goldilocks' visit to the Bears' home is only a small portion of the overall plot. The story is being told by a Ranger (Hoyt Axton), who relates to the audience the incident of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks (Tatum O'Neal) is introduced as a pretty young girl with golden curls who likes to play tricks on others and tell wild stories. In the nearby wood, a family of bears consisting of Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Cubby Bear wake up from hibernation in their little cottage.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | Plot
"Motion Picture Herald" (Oct 7, 1944): "When hot swing hits the old nursery tales it cuts some strange capers. Here, three bears go to town in modern musical style leaving the way clear for a blackfaced Goldilocks who proceeds to sample the beds. In comes the wolf, weary of waiting for Little Red Riding Hood and on the prowl for other game. The bears return and Goldi gives the Wolf quite a workout, while Red Riding Hood and Grandma arrive in time to keep him on his feet." "Motion Picture Exhibitor" (Sept 6, 1944): "This hilarious burlesque on fairy tales has the three Jivin' Black Bears going to town with some red hot music...
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | Reception
The Three Bears, a jazz trio, are enjoying a hot jam session when their instruments catch fire. After consulting a storybook, they find that they must go out for a walk to let the instruments cool off. Across the street (in a house with a neon sign saying "GRANMA'S"), the Big Bad Wolf is expecting Red Riding Hood's arrival. Instead, he receives a telegram that says Red Riding Hood will be late because she is "working at Lockheed as a rivetater." The frustrated wolf looks out the window and sees Goldilocks entering the Three Bears' house. (Unlike the other characters, Goldilocks is drawn as an attractive young woman.) Because there is a "food shortage" going on, the wolf decides to pursue Goldilocks.
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | Plot
Booker continues: "This idea that the way forward lies in finding an exact middle path between opposites is of extraordinary importance in storytelling". This concept has spread across many other disciplines, particularly developmental psychology, biology, economics and engineering where it is called the "Goldilocks principle". In planetary astronomy, a planet orbiting its sun at just the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface, neither too hot nor too cold, is referred to as being in the 'Goldilocks Zone'.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Literary elements
The girl who broke into the Three Bears' home and ate their porridge has grown up. Now Goldilocks is a gun-toting Leftist political agitator. She led about half of the Farm against Snow White in a rather foolish revolution. Despite her claims to be fighting for the 'rights' of the Farm Fables, and even becoming Little Bear's lover, her actions make it quite clear that she didn't care about the cause in the slightest, simply the power that such a position would provide. It was hoped that she had been killed after attempting to assassinate Bigby and Snow White (being, in order, hit in the head with an axe, knocked off a cliff and then finally hit by a truck off another cliff into a river), all the while still attempting to kill the two.
List of Fables characters | Goldilocks
A parody of the original Goldilocks and the Three Bears fairy tale, Goldilocks is not a little girl, but rather a greedy rogue biologist bent on tracking and studying the peaceful anthropomorphic bears to make a splash in the scientific community. Goldilocks attempts to put tranquilizers in the bears' porridge and traps with radio collars in their beds. However, the bears note the "chemical" smell of their organic porridge and, suspicious, discover the traps as well as Goldilocks, who has fallen asleep in the corner of the room while waiting for her targets to return. The Papa Bear and Mama Bear then brutally kill and consume Goldilocks while the shocked Baby Bear looks on; it is revealed that the family is vegetarian, though the parents made an exception this time.
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories | Goldilocks
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" was commissioned by the Singapore Repertory Theatre and premiered there in 2013. The Mandarin production opened that same year. A studio cast recording featuring David Bedella, James Gillan, Leanne Jones, Amy Lennox and Michael Xavier was released in 2015.
George Stiles (composer) | Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The third and final release, "The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show" (based on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"), was released on December 16, 2008.
Unstable Fables | Introduction
Inside the Three Bears' house, Goldilocks tries all the beds and lies down in the best one, only to find the wolf in bed with her. The wolf chases Goldilocks through the house until the Three Bears return. Finding Goldilocks and the wolf struggling in the living room, they shout "Jitterbugs!" and begin playing a dance tune. The wolf and Goldilocks dance the jitterbug until the wolf is exhausted and flees to Grandma's house.
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | Plot
Bugs Bunny eats the Bears' soup; they prepare to attack him as he does, but fall to the floor pretending to be rugs when Bugs nearly sees them. After eating and then stretching out on the 'rugs' for a bit, Bugs goes for some 'shuteye' in Junior's bed. The Bears recite the Goldilocks story lines and then attack Bugs, but he manages to escape and is seen standing next to Papa Bear's bed, watching the Bears essentially beat up an empty bed. When Mama Bear realizes the situation, she approaches Bugs with her fists raised. He flatters her and tells her that she's beautiful ("Your eyes.
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Plot
The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (promotionally titled as simply Goldilocks and the 3 Bears) is the third and final animated film in the series. The film is a twisted retelling of the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". The direct-to-DVD film was released on December 16, 2008. The film features the voices of Tom Arnold, Brooke Shields, and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Unstable Fables | "The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show"
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" was commissioned by the Singapore Repertory Theatre and premiered there in 2013. The Mandarin production opened that same year. A studio cast recording featuring David Bedella, James Gillan, Leanne Jones, Amy Lennox and Michael Xavier was released in 2015.
Anthony Drewe | Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Residents at the Farm due to their non-human appearance, the Three Bears got involved with the rebellion there, largely manipulated by Goldilocks, who was sleeping with Boo, the now-grown Baby Bear. After the revolt failed, the three were sentenced to one hundred years of hard labor. Some time later, when it became apparent that Fabletown would soon fall under attack, the three volunteered to join the defense, hoping to demonstrate their new loyalty. They fought bravely, but Papa Bear was badly injured and Boo was slain by enemy fire in the closing stages of the battle. Boo's body was committed to the depths of the Witching Well along with his fallen comrades, watched by his grieving parents.
List of Fables characters | The Three Bears
Habberton is also known for his stories about early California life, many of which were collected in his 1880 book "Romance of California Life: Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous" (New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., 1880). He was also known under the pseudonym "Smelfungus."
John Habberton | Other work
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the 9th episode of the television anthology "Faerie Tale Theatre". The story is based on the Robert Southey's story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and stars Tatum O'Neal as Goldilocks.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | Introduction
Goldilocks, a spoiled television star, moves in with a family of three bears to be filmed in a "Big Brother"-style reality TV show.
Unstable Fables | Plot
He has drawn / painted several book covers, worked on a movie and written several short stories for anthology books.
Duncan Eagleson | Other Work
In the tradition of American tall tales and folklore, not all of the narrations are complete fabrications. Instead they are highly embellished stories elaborated on personal experiences. In the narrative of Hyampom Hog Bear, a hog bear cub is found in Klamath River, California and taken by Eugene S. Bruce to the National Zoo in Washington D.C. This account is also recorded in "The Land We Live In, The Book of Conservation" by Overton W. Price. In this version Bruce did in fact catch a cub with his bare hands while trekking through the California mountains; the accompanying image stating underneath, "It [the bear] is now in the Washington Zoo, albeit the animal pictured is presumably not a hog bear.
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts | Historical connections
The girl who broke into the Three Bears' home and ate their porridge has grown up. Now Goldilocks is a gun-toting Leftist political agitator. She leads about half of the Farm against Snow White in an attempted revolution. Despite her claims to be fighting for the 'rights' of the Farm Fables, and even becoming Little Bear's lover, her actions make it quite clear that she does not care about the cause, but rather the power that such a position would provide. After the revolution fails, Goldilocks flees to Fabletown, and hides out with her lover Bluebeard. The two scheme to remove Snow White and Bigby from power by use of a magic potion.
List of Fables villains | Goldilocks
When released on video in 1990, this episode received less than stellar reviews. Steven Rea of the "Philadelphia Inquirer" noted that "there isn't enough story to sustain "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" for the length of the film.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre) | Reviews
Two parodies by Thomas Bridges, "A Travestie of Homer" and "The Battle of the Genii", were formerly erroneously attributed to Francis Grose.
Francis Grose | Other works
You Oughta Be in Pictures (1934, uncredited), by Dana Suesse Frühlingslied (Spring Song) Op.62#6 (1842, uncredited), by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Home, Sweet Home (1823, uncredited), by H.R. Bishop What's the Matter with Father (1910, uncredited), by Egbert Van Alstyne California, Here I Come (1924, uncredited), by Joseph Meyer (songwriter) Rock-a-bye Baby (1886, uncredited), by Effie I. Canning My Old Kentucky Home (1853, uncredited), by Stephen Foster The Lady in Red (1935, uncredited), by Allie Wrubel Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin) (uncredited), by Frédéric Chopin Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (1909, uncredited), by Percy Wenrich Long, Long Ago (1883, uncredited), by Thomas Haynes Bayly Mary Had a Little Lamb (uncredited), Traditional Merrily We Roll Along (1937, uncredited), by Murray Mencher That Wonderful Mother of Mine by Walter Goodwin A-Tisket, A-Tasket Traditional Goodnight, Ladies Traditional
The Bear's Tale | Music
In 1829 she fell seriously ill and was to remain an invalid for the remainder of her life. She died at eighty-three in 1855 near Ambleside, having spent the past twenty years in, according to the biographer Richard Cavendish, "a deepening haze of senility". Her "Grasmere Journal" was published in 1897, edited by William Angus Knight. The journal eloquently described her day-to-day life in the Lake District, long walks she and her brother took through the countryside, and detailed portraits of literary lights of the early 19th century, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Lamb and Robert Southey, a close friend who popularised the fairytale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
Dorothy Wordsworth | Writing
The stories upon which the songs are based include Little Red Riding Hood, The Story of the Three Bears, The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through a Dream, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Master Maid, Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, the Japanese folk tale "The Ugly Son", The Stonecutter, and the Ho-Chunk tale "Wakjąkága". Most of these tales are given a specific spin, rather than being a straight retelling. For example, Gold Locks is not a sweet little girl, but a monstrous woman who hunts bears for fun, while the emperor in "I Can See" is an oppressive tyrant, dethroned in a revolution by the end of the song.
Question Bedtime | Concept and production
In addition to the short cartoons, a spin-off set of books were created in 2005 by Joe Phillips, the titles of which are: In an online-only short movie, the audience is introduced to Justin Morecock, the younger brother of Jonas, in a tale called "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in which Justin has a four-way orgy with three bears. Justin Morecock appears in this one short Flash animation only and has not been mentioned since. Visually, his appearance is almost exactly the same as Jonas, except that Justin has a middle-parting haircut.
The House of Morecock | In other media
The novels "Freaky Friday" and "Summer Switch" by Mary Rodgers are modern re-tellings of the same story. Mr. Bultitude (but not the name of the novel) is mentioned in "The Gold Bat" by P.G. Wodehouse, in the first paragraph of Chapter XII. Mr. Bultitude is also the name of the tame bear (the last of the Seven Bears of Logres) in the third book of C. S. Lewis' science fiction trilogy, "That Hideous Strength".
Vice Versa (novel) | Allusions/references from other works
The Bear is a fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in "The Grey Fairy Book". It is Aarne-Thompson classification system type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include Cap O' Rushes, Catskin, Little Cat Skin, Allerleirauh, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, The She-Bear, Tattercoats, Mossycoat, The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress, and Donkeyskin, or the legend of Saint Dymphna.
The Bear (fairy tale) | Introduction
Bears are popular in children's stories, including Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Gentle Ben and "The Brown Bear of Norway". An early version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", was published as "The Three Bears" in 1837 by Robert Southey, many times retold, and illustrated in 1918 by Arthur Rackham. The Hanna-Barbera character Yogi Bear has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. The Care Bears began as greeting cards in 1982, and were featured as toys, on clothing and in film. Around the world, many children—and some adults—have teddy bears, stuffed toys in the form of bears, named after the American statesman Theodore Roosevelt when in 1902 he had refused to shoot an American black bear tied to a tree.
Cultural depictions of bears | Literature and media
The Goldilocks principle is named by analogy to the children's story "The Three Bears", in which a young girl named Goldilocks tastes three different bowls of porridge and finds that she prefers porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold, but has just the right temperature. The concept of "just the right amount" is easily understood and applied to a wide range of disciplines, including developmental psychology, biology, astronomy, economics and engineering.
Goldilocks principle | Introduction
Other works by him are editions of Anacreon (1778), several plays of the Greek tragedians, Apollonius Rhodius (1780), Aristophanes, with an excellent Latin translation (1781–1783), "Gnomici poetae Graeci" (1784), Sophocles (1786), with Latin translation, a work for which he received a pension of 2,000 "francs" from the king. He also published editions of Virgil (1785), Plautus (1788) and Terence (1797).
Richard François Philippe Brunck | Other editions
The eagle carried him back. He showed the giant the whiskey bottle, and the giant offered him money, a saddle and bridle for it. He agreed, but said the giant must give it to his sweetheart, if she came. The giant agreed. The next two giants, he sold the bread and cheese under the same conditions. He met his brothers in the town and told them to come home, but they set on him to kill him and stole the water. He recovered and called to a smith traveling by, who threw him into his cart. The iron got into his wounds and made him rough-skinned and bald.
The Brown Bear of the Green Glen | Synopsis
The tale was one of many from d'Aulnoy's pen to be adapted to the stage by James Planché, as part of his "Fairy Extravaganza". He translated the tale as "The Fair One with Golden Locks" for the stage.
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks | Legacy
During Grizzly Adams' exhibition of his grizzly bears and other trained animals in San Francisco, he was working with Hittell from July, 1857 until December 1859. Hittell listened to Adams narrate his adventures almost daily for an hour or so and took careful notes, cross-questioning Adams to assure he had it straight. Adams knew, and was apparently flattered by the fact Mr. Hittell intended to write a book based upon Adams' talks. Also, during this time, the artist Charles C. Nahl took an interest in Adams' grizzlies and, working with Hittell, prepared illustrations (one of which is at the head of this article) that would be used in Hittell's forthcoming book.
John &quot;Grizzly&quot; Adams | Association with Theodore H. Hittell and Charles C. Nahl
Jones brought back the Bears for his 1948 cartoon "What's Brewin', Bruin?", this time without Bugs. Here, Papa Bear decides that it's time for the Bears to hibernate; however, various disturbances interfere. Junior's voice is here supplied by Stan Freberg. Other Three Bears cartoons included "Bear Feat", released in 1948 and "Bee-Deviled Bruin", released in 1949. The final Three Bears cartoon of the classic era, "A Bear for Punishment" (1951), parodies cultural values surrounding the celebration of Father's Day.
The Three Bears (Looney Tunes) | Further theatrical appearances
Ma and Pa Bear and their young son Teddy (later called Ted) were three anthropomorphic bears who lived in a setting loosely based on the American Wild West. They were lazy and gluttonous, and lived in a cave upon a hill. Most storylines revolved around their attempts to steal "grub" from the local storekeeper Hank (who often shoots at the Three Bears with his blunderbuss for trying to rob him). There was the occasional appearance by the local sheriff, and their rival bear Grizzly Gus (who had a son called Gus's Grizzly).
The Three Bears (comic strip) | Concept
While looking in the mirror, Mama dons her hat and turns the mirror over to see how it looks from the back (in the mirror we see a reflection of her back side). As they all head for the door, Baby exits from the small door, Mama from the medium-sized door, and Papa from the large door. We see them riding through the forest on a tricycle when Mama and Papa decide to take a break from pedalling, leaving Baby to relentlessly power the tricycle (out of fear of having an accident). Goldilocks appears, skipping carelessly through the forest when she comes upon the Bears' cottage and knocks on the door.
The Bear's Tale | Plot
Baby Bear- a 12-year-old bear, really named Bruno. Baby is often played by a full grown man. Baby Bear is considered the protagonist of the story, though it has been argued that this is really Goldilocks. Goldilocks- a 12-year-old girl, who combines the two classic fairy tale characters of Goldilocks and Little Red Ridinghood. Mom- Goldilocks' mother, often played by the same woman who plays Grandma.
Baby Bear and the Big, Bad Wolf | Characters
Other manuscripts and written materials relating to his life and work — including his correspondence with poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman — is in the possession of Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.
Arthur Stanley Pease | Other work
Other works were: He began a didactic poem in French verse, intended to popularise the views of his ‘Théorie.’ Lines on his own wrinkled and ‘lugubre’ countenance are in Amelia Opie's ‘Life.’
John Bruckner | Works
He also produced 'An Island (Grenada) Bagatelle,' 1829; 'Four Years in the West Indies,' 1830; verses written for 'Six Sketches of Taglioni,' 1831; 'Tales of the late Revolution,' 1831; 'Scenes and Stories by a Clergyman in Debt,' 3 vols. 1835; 'New Tale of a Tub,' 1841 and 1847; 'Blue Beard,' 1842; 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 1843; an edition of the "Works" of Mrs. Sigourney, 1850; a contribution to the 'Little Folks' Laughing Library,' 1851; verses in 'Gems for the Drawing-room,' 1852; verses in Paul Jerrard's "Humming Bird Keepsake", 1852.
F. W. N. Bayley | Works
Painted by Jill Thompson. It's about King Cole. It features several of the other Fables that live on the farm, including Mean Little Sunflower Kid, the Badger, the Three Blind Mice, and the Three Bears. The Adversary has attacked Cole's kingdom and he hides with several dedicated subjects. The story shows how Cole makes sure all his people eat first, even if it means he does not eat at all.
1001 Nights of Snowfall | Fair Division
Sanford Gifford, and his style is descriptive and original. The Adirondack Museum, New York has a collection of his work.
Horace Wolcott Robbins | Work
In his later years, Skotnes had begun to reflect more on his own origins. The journey of his father from Norway to Canada and then to Africa, the death of his uncle on the Spitzbergen, the cold dim landscape of the Arctic Circle and its contrast to the heat of the South African highveld, and the damp richness of the Cape coast. He has produced works on these themes, most notably two portraits of the dead uncle, a trapper who was found, frozen in his hut in the company of the bears, foxes and birds he had hunted. But his last works are about none of these things in particular, yet about all of them in general.
Cecil Skotnes | Later life
Therefore, a more elaborate explanation has been advanced, which postulates Arthur's prototype to be the mythological Arcturus "guardian of the bear" of constellation lore.
Bear's Son Tale | Other literary examples
A tale by Stepan Pisakhov. Because this is, after all, the North, no brown bears are allowed in the villages – only white polar bears. This is a tale about a brown bear who finds some baking powder, makes himself white, and attempts to sneak into a village.
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea | About the Bear (Про медведя)
"A Growling Place", Simply Read books, 2007. A traditional storybook about a girl who rescues a stuffed bear. The book features a simplified chapter system. The table of contents show the color-coded chapter names and the chapter names appear directly in the text of the book as the story is told. "Three Little Dreams", Simply Read books, 2010. This is Maguires first attempt to create stories as single long images. This storytelling technique is taken to an extreme in "The Wild Swans". "Three Little Dreams" is a box set of three small unfolding books; each book represents a dream that unfolds to about 3 feet in length.
Thomas Aquinas Maguire | Books
_________. "Animals of the Ocean, In particular the giant squid", Volume 3, 2006 _________. "Cold Fusion", Volume 4, 2008 _________. "Amphigorey too". New York: Perigee, 1975. _________. "Amphigorey Also". Harvest, 1983. _________. "Amphigorey Again". Barnes & Noble, 2002. _________. "The Writings of John Lennon: In His Own Write, A Spaniard in the Works" New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964, 1965. _________. "Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor". London: Country Life Book, 1939. _________. "Rhymes Without Reason". Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. _________. "Titus Groan". London:, London: Methuen, 1946. _________. "Wish You Were Here", Chennai: Tara Publishing, 2003. _________. "Today is My Day", illus.
Literary nonsense | Primary sources
He had endless stories, but most had been written by others. The only piece which he seems to have written himself was the Tale of "Bill Smith at the Battle of Waterloo" telling how Bill and a group of Geordies won the day. It is a typical story which illustrates the prejudices of human nature in general. The story was taken from an old American story.
George Charleton Barron | Works
She leaves the house. Goldilocks finally arrives at her grandmother's house, and comes in to find the wolf disguised as her grandmother. The wolf jumps at her, but the actual grandmother comes out of the bathroom and beats him with a baseball bat. Goldilocks tells her about her journey through the woods, and her grandmother gives her a lecture on privacy. Meanwhile, Big Sister Pig, Little Sister Pig, and Brother Pig are introduced building a straw house. The wolf comes along and blows it down. The pigs run away. The wolf reveals that she is really a witch in disguise, and when she smells children, she hides.
Baby Bear and the Big, Bad Wolf | Act One
The third and final story tells of a rabbit and a bear, who both boast that they are the "best of the beasts", because of the range of their hearing and smelling abilities, respectively. However, they are humbled by a worm who claims he can see all around the world—right back to his own hill, where he sees the rabbit and bear, whom he calls "the two biggest fools that have ever been seen". Then the worm "dived in his hole and went back to his work".
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories | “The Big Brag”
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated is a 1940 book by James Thurber. Thurber updates some old fables and creates some new ones of his own. Notably there is 'The Bear Who Could Take It Or Leave It Alone' about a bear who lapses into alcoholism before sobering up and going too far that way. (He used to say 'See what the bears in the back room will have.') Also an updated version of 'Little Red Riding Hood' which ends with the immortal lines, "even in a nightcap a wolf does not look any more like your grandmother than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks like Calvin Coolidge.
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated | Introduction
The Three Bears are hungry and want something to eat, so they settle on a plan to lure Goldilocks to them with porridge. They find, however, that all they have is carrots, so they make carrot soup instead. The family then pretends to go on a walk through the woods, but quickly comes back to hide in the house and wait for Goldilocks to arrive. The delicious aroma of the carrot soup causes Bugs Bunny to literally float out of his rabbit hole and into the Bears' home. A plot derived from that of the traditional "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" story unfolds, with Bugs Bunny as the unwitting guest in the home of the three bears.
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Plot
There are 18 stories and Uncle Remus writes about Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear in one of the stories.
Julian Bagley | Career
"The Bear Came Over the Mountain" features as the closing piece in the 2008 short story collection, "My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro", edited by novelist Jeffrey Eugenides.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage | Reception
During Grizzly Adams' exhibition of his grizzly bears and other trained animals in San Francisco, he was working with Hittell from July, 1857 until December 1859. Hittell listened to Adams narrate his adventures almost daily for an hour or so and took careful notes, cross-questioning Adams to assure he had it straight. Adams knew, and was apparently flattered by the fact Mr. Hittell intended to write a book based upon Adams' talks. Also, during this time, the artist Charles C. Nahl took an interest in Adams' grizzlies and, working with Hittell, prepared illustrations (one of which is at the head of this article) that would be used in Hittell's forthcoming book.
Theodore H. Hittell | Association with John "Grizzly" Adams
Allmovie's review of the film was negative, writing "director Herschell Gordon Lewis turns in surprisingly dull work that doesn't hint at the quite individual style exhibited in many of his other films."
Goldilocks and the Three Bares | Critical reception
Of the former presence of bears, only old drawings and paintings remain.
Anton Karg Haus | Hinterbärenbad
He has been confused with another Alexander Pennecuik (died 1730), said to be his nephew, a writer of verse.
Alexander Pennecuik | Works
Hannali is a buffalo bull of a man who should become one of the enduring characters in the literature of the American Indian." He also wrote, "It is art applied to history so that the legend of the Choctaws, their great and small men, their splendid humor, and their tragedies are filled with life and breath."
R. A. Lafferty | Selected works
The book was made into a successful animated film, "Three from Prostokvashino" (and its two sequels). Uspensky continued with Uncle Fyodor in other books, which have not, however, been as successful. Uspensky published other books with human-like animal characters.
Eduard Uspensky | Uspensky's work in literature
On both occasions where the fable has been made a subject by painters, it has been as part of a set. In the case of Jan van Kessel the Elder, the other three scenes included "The Wolf, the Deer and the Sheep", "The Lion and the Boar" and "The Sick Stag". Though he often had a unifying theme when creating such sets, none has been suggested here, other than that all are fables by Aesop. Where the "Bear attacked by bees" of Georg Ernst Sandner (1736–1811) is concerned, its companion piece, "A boar sow and its young”, is not a fable.
The Bear and the Bees | The fable in the applied arts
The motif of crippling the hero is found in various other tales, such as "True and Untrue" and "The Prince and the Princess in the Forest". "True and Untrue" also has trickery about food; "The Three Treasures of the Giants" is similar, although the hero has no food because he does not wish to take it from his poor mother. The animals who help after being spared are common – as in "The Two Brothers", or "The Queen Bee", or "The Death of Koschei the Deathless" – and in "The Gold-bearded Man" and "Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful", they help with envious, false claims.
The Grateful Beasts | See also
First recorded in Latin verse by Avianus, the tale is one that educators recommend for teaching young children about moral values. The basic story is of two friends walking through rough country who are suddenly confronted by a bear. One of the travellers saves himself by scrambling up a tree while the other throws himself on the ground and pretends to be dead. The animal comes close and sniffs him over but then leaves, for bears are reputed not to touch dead meat. Then the man in the tree came down to his comrade and jokingly asked what the bear had been saying to him.
The Bear and the Travelers | The Classical Fable
A predecessor to the tale penned by Madame d'Aulnoy is "Livoretto", an Italian literary fairy tale by Giovanni Straparola, in his "The Facetious Nights".
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks | Predecessors
In 1965 the composer Edward Hughes included the fable in a poetic version by Peter Westmore among his ten "Songs from Aesop's Fables". There is also a setting by Anthony Plog for narrator, horn and piano (2011).
The Bear and the Travelers | Artistic interpretations
His short story "The Hundredth Centennial" was published by "The Paris Review" in 1954. Another short story, "The Dove Shoot", was published in a collection of works by Duke authors in 1963. Hyman's daughter Gwyn Hyman Rubio is the author of "Icy Sparks" and "The Woodsman's Daughter".
Mac Hyman | Other works and facts
She could not listen unless he killed the giant. He went to fight it, and with the raven's aid in pecking the giant's eyes during the fight, he succeeded. Goldilocks refused unless he brought her some water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty, and the owl fetched the water for him. The princess agreed then and made preparations to go and marry the king, although she at times wished they could stay, and she would marry Charming. Charming refused to be disloyal to his king.
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks | Synopsis
Once the bear was gone Kjelgaard got down from the tree screaming and yelling as he ran into the house. In the meantime, Henry was too small to get out of the tree himself and was stuck there. The bear came back again and stared Henry down with Kjelgaard laughing in the distance. This is where Kjelgaard's first love of bears comes from and later appeared in his books such as Buckskin Brigade (1947). As a child, Kjelgaard liked to read. Although his family was often low on money, Kjelgaard's parents always tried to support Kjelgaard and provide as many books for him as they could.
Jim Kjelgaard | Early life and education
A distinct interpretation of the narrative was provided by Dan Grădinaru, a researcher of Creangă's work, who exposed it to psychoanalytical interpretation and contended that it offers insight into the writer's own childhood (as reflected in Creangă's own "Childhood Memories"). In his interpretation, the wolf stands for Creangă's father Ştefan, who probably lived separate from Creangă's mother Smaranda, but who may have visited her occasionally for sexual privileges. Grădinaru's version also claims that the author, perceiving the events through a version of the Oedipus complex, cast himself as the youngest kid, and that his escape into the chimney alludes to the maternal vagina.
The Goat and Her Three Kids | Critical reception and cultural legacy
Jon, at that time just one year and seven months old, met a female brown bear with two cubs and fed the cubs lingonberry twigs. They got tired and the cubs and Jon all lay to rest next to the female bear. Jon's eldest sister then fetched their mother and she scared off the bears. A Norwegian newspaper wrote an article about this incident in April 1851 and the author Wilhelm von Braun (1813–1860) wrote a poem about it, "Stark i sin oskuld" ("Strong in his innocence") which starts with the line "Small boy in a mountain forest went, rosy cheeks and angelic look...".
Mors lilla Olle | Introduction
Goldsmith is also thought to have written the classic children's tale "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes" • "The Grumbler: An Adaptation" (1931), edited by Alice I. Perry Wood
Oliver Goldsmith | Other works
Alexander also wrote a "minneleich," "Mín trûclîchez klagen", which invokes the essence of Cupid, as well as mentioning the destruction of Troy.
Der wilde Alexander | Works
Yet "The Golden Bough", his study of ancient cults, rites, and myths, including their parallels in early Christianity, continued for many decades to be studied by modern mythographers for its detailed information. The first edition, in two volumes, was published in 1890; and a second, in three volumes, in 1900. The third edition was finished in 1915 and ran to twelve volumes, with a supplemental thirteenth volume added in 1936. He published a single-volume abridged version, largely compiled by his wife Lady Frazer, in 1922, with some controversial material on Christianity excluded from the text. The work's influence extended well beyond the conventional bounds of academia, inspiring the new work of psychologists and psychiatrists.
James George Frazer | His work
He also wrote the second and final issue of "The Cougar", the third and final issue of "Morlock 2001", with the rare art team of Steve Ditko and Bernie Wrightson; the third and final issue of "The Brute"; and the fourth and final issue of "IronJaw" (all July 1975).
Gary Friedrich | Other work
As the bear had directed, when the giant had him down, he said that if the brown bear of the green glen were there, it would not go well with him; the bear appeared. The giant ordered a sheep carcass laid before the door. He told John that an eagle would eat it, and he was to cut the wart from its ear without drawing a drop of blood. The prince did so and the eagle carried him off to the Green Island for the water to cure his father. There, he got the water, and also a whiskey bottle that never emptied, a loaf that grew no smaller when slices were cut off, and a cheese that was the same; he also kissed a sleeping beautiful woman.
The Brown Bear of the Green Glen | Synopsis
Furthermore, his psychiatrist is particularly sceptical about his claim that his new car repairs itself when no one is watching, and the car salesman who can prove his sanity cannot be found. His self-esteem is somewhat restored when the newspaperman who has been hounding him begs Jack's help in finding his missing sister "Goldilocks". It seems she was working on an explosive story involving cucumber growers. Meanwhile, the Gingerbreadman, the notorious murderous biscuit (or possibly cake, occasionally cookie) escapes custody, leaving a trail of bodies; Jack is frustrated when the case is given to an unimaginative officer outside NCD. While Jack and Mary are making enquiries about Goldilocks, they twice encounter the fugitive biscuit, but fail to capture him.
The Fourth Bear | Plot
15th-20th century illustrations from books
The Bear and the Travelers | External links
Even buildings do not always survive such an attack. He picks up many injuries himself, but being shot, getting many cuts with Bowie knives, head bashed with numerous objects, having his ear chewed, scratched up by a mountain lion he then threw into a room full of feuding men and such are just minor nuisances to him. He previously rode an old mule called Alexander, the only animal that could carry him till he came across Cap'n Kidd, his equine equivalent, and tamed him. Elkins is the only man tough enough to ride the giant, pugnacious horse. Glory McGraw (a local girl) is his sometimes love interest but he is often too dumb to see it.
A Gent from Bear Creek | Overview