Tale Summary
There are 3 bears: baby, mama, and papa bear. While the bears are out and an old woman comes and eats all their porridge, sits in their chairs, and sleeps in all their beds. The bears come home and scare her off.
Fairy Tale Title
The Story of the Three Bears
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Andrew Lang
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
H. J. Ford
Common Tale Type
Tale Classification
Page Range of Tale
pp. 234-237
Full Citation of Tale
“The Story of the Three Bears.” The Green Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892, pp. 234-237.
Original Source of the Tale
Robert Southey (1774-1843)
Tale Notes
Instead of other versions of this story, in which the Goldilocks character is a young girl, here she is an old woman.
Research and Curation
Nikki Sermak, 2022
Book Title
The Green Fairy Book
Book Author/Editor(s)
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s)
H. J. Ford
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1892
Decade Published
1890-1899
Publisher City
London
Publisher Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Available at the Internet Archive
Book Notes
This is a 1st edition of Lang’s The Green Fairy Book. Green hardback with a gold dragon on the cover. Has the name Betty written in it as well as Montgomery and Kendal.