"This famous wicked little
Should never have been put on
It is a mystery to
Why loving parents cannot
That this is actually a
About a brazen little crook...""...
Now just imagine how you'd
If you had cooked a lovely meal,
Delicious porridge, steaming hot,
Fresh coffee in the coffee pot,
With maybe toast and marmalade,
The table beautifully laid,
One place for you and one for dad,
Another for your little lad.
Then dad cries, 'Golly–gosh!
Gee whizz!'Oh cripes!
How hot this porridge is!'Let's take a walk along the street'Until it's cool enough to eat.'He adds, 'An early morning stroll'Is good for people on the whole.'It makes your appetite improve'It also helps your bowels move.'No proper wife would dare to
Such a sensible suggestion,
Above all not at
When men are seldom at their prime.
No sooner are you down the
Than Goldilocks, that little
That nosey thieving little louse,
Comes sneaking in your empty house....""...(Here comes the next catastrophe.)Most educated people
To rid themselves of socks and
Before they clamber into bed.
But Goldie didn't give a shred.
Her filthy shoes were thick with grime,
And mud and mush and slush and slime.
Worse still, upon the heel of
Was something that a dog had done.
I say once more, what would you
If all this horrid dirt and
Was smeared upon your
By this revolting little clown?(The famous story has no
To show the girl removed her shoes.)Oh, what a tale of crime on crime!
Let's check it for a second time.
Crime One, the prosecution's case:
She breaks and enters someone's place.
Crime Two, the prosecutor notes:
She steals a bowl of porridge oats.
Crime Three:
She breaks a precious
Belonging to the Baby Bear.
Crime Four:
She smears each spotless
With filthy messes from her feet.
A judge would say without a blink,'Ten years hard labour in the clink!'But in the book, as you will see,
The little beast gets off scot–free,
While tiny children near and
Shout 'Goody–good!
Hooray!
Hurrah!''Poor darling Goldilocks!' they say,'Thank goodness that she got away!'Myself,
I think I'd rather
Young Goldie to a sticky end.'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."
