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THE THREE BEARS.
>ME time ago, ere we were born or thought of, There lived a little girl, who liked to roam Through lonely woods and lanes, unknown, un¬ sought of
Such folk who like to stop and stay at home. She found out curious things in all her travel, And one of her adventures I will tell :
Once, in a wood she saw a path of gravel,
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And, as the door stood open, in walked boldly, This child, whose name was Silverlocks, 1m There was nobody there to treat her coldly, [told ;
No friend to call her back, no nurse to scold. She found herself within a parlour charming ;
And there upon the table there were placed Three basins, sending up a smell so warming. That she at once felt hungry, and must taste. The largest basin first, but hot and biting The soup was in it, and the second too ;
The smallest basin tasted so inviting.
That up she ate it all, with small ado.
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And next she saw three chairs, and tried to sit The biggest, but it was too hard and high ; The middle one she scarcely seemed to fit in,
But in the smallest chair sat easily ;
And rocked herself, her ease and comfort taking, Singing the pretty songs she knew so well ; When, oh ! the little chair cracked loud, and, breaking,
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1 Ah, well,” she thought, “ there may be beds to lie on Upstairs ; I think I ’ll go at once and see.”
And so there were ; she said aloud, “ I ’ll try one,
For I am tired and sleepy as can be.”
The biggest bed was not of feathers, surely,
It was so hard ; and so she tried the next,
And found it little better ; but securely She slept upon the smallest one, unvext.
The little house belonged to bears, not persons ;
Father Bear, so very rough and large ; The Mother Bear (l have known many worse ones) ;
And then the little Cub, their only charge.
They had gone for a walk before their dinner ; Returning, Father growled, “Who’s touched my soup ?’ “Who’s touched my soup?” said Mother, with voice “But mine,” said little Cub, “is finished up!” [thinner; They turned to draw their chairs a little nearer ;
“ Who’s sat in my chair ?” growled the Father Bear ; “Who’s sat in my chair?” said the Mother, clearer ;
And squeaked the little Cub, “Who’s broken my small chair ?”
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“ But some one lies on mine ! the small Bear said.
“We’ll kill the child, and eat her for our dinner,”
The Father growled ; but said the Mother, “ No ;
For supper she shall be, and I will skin her.”
“No,” said the little Cub, “we’ll let her
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So Silverlocks, in sudden terror flying, Reached home; and when the Nurse the story hears,
® She says, “You are in luck, there’s no denying,
To get away in safety from
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