The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
The story Of the Three Bears.
" A story which may content the minds
OF learned men and grave philosophers.

The Story of the Three Bears.
story which may content the minds
OF learned men and grave philosophers"
Once upon a time there were Three
Bears who lived together in house of
their own in a wood. One of them
was Little, Small, Wee Bear, and one
was a Middle sized Bear, and the other
was Great, Huge Bear. They had each
pot for their porridge; little pot
| for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a
middle-sized pot for the Middle Bear,
and a great pot for the Great, Huge
Bear. Aud they had each chair to
sit in a little chair forthe Little, Small,
Wee Bear, and a middle-sized chair
for the Middle Bear, and great chair
| for the Great, Huge Bear. And they
had each q bed to sleep in !; little bed
for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and q
middle. sized bed for the Middle Bear.
and great bed for the Great, Huge
Bear.
One day, after they had made the
porridge for their breakfast, and poured
it into their porridge-pots, they walked
out into the woods while the porridge
was cooling, that they might not burn
| their mouths by beginning too soon to
a little old Woman came to the house.
4 She could not have been good, honest
old Woman; for first she looked in at
the window, and then she peeped in at
| the key-hole /; and seeing nobody in the
house, she lifted the latch. The door
was not fastened, because the Bears were
good Bears, who did nobody any harm,
and never suspected that anybody
would harm them. So the little old
Woman opened the door and went
IN; and well pleased she was when she
| %1,o foh oh
had been a good little old Woman,
she would have waited till the Bears
come home, and then, perhaps, they
would have asked her to breakfast j;
for they were good Bears-a little rough
or SO, as the manner of Bears is, but for
all that very good-natured and hospita-
BILE. But she was an impudent, bad
old Woman, and set about helping her
self.
So first she tasted the porridge of the
Great, Huge Bear, and that was too hot
for her; and she said bad word about
that. And then she tasted the por-
ridge of the Middle Bear, and that was
too cold for her and she said a bad
word about that too. And then she
went to the porridge of the Little,
Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that
and. that was neither too hot nor
too cold and she liked it so well that
she ate it all up; but the naughty
old Woman said bad word about the
little porridge- pot, because it did not
hold enough for her.
Then the lutte old Woman sat down
in the chair of the Great, Huge Bear,
and that was too hard for her. And
then she sat down in the chair of the
Middle Bear, and that was too soft fol
her. And then she sat down in the
chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and
that was neither too hard nor toe
soft, but was just right. So she
seated herself in it, and there
she sat till the bottom of the chail
came out, and down came hers, plump
upon the ground. And the naughty
old Woman said wicked word abou
that too.
Then the little old Woman went NJ
stairs into the bed chamber in which
the Three Bears slept. And first she Ia,
down upon the bed of the Great, Hug,
1 Bear but that was too high at thu
lead for her. And next she lay dow
upon the bed of the Middle Bear ant
that was too high in the foot for her
J And then she lay down upon the bed o
the Little, Small, Wee Bear and tina
! was neither too high at the head nor q
the foot, but just right. So she covere.
herself up comfortably, and lay ther
till she fell fast asleep.
9 By this time the Three Bears though
8 their porridge would be cool enough
: SO they came home to breakfast. Nov
? the little old Woman had left tn
: spoon of the Great, Huge Bear standin
Q in his porridge.
SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT M.
a PORRIDGE r. said the Great. Hug
y Bear, in his great, rough, gruf voice
And when the Middle Bear looked a
. his he saw that the spoon. was standin
g in it too. They were wooden spoons
/ if they had been silver ones, the naught
a old Woman would have put them In he
e pocket.
y ssSOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY POI
RIDGE !" said the Middle Bear, in hi
q middle voice.
= Then the Little, Small, Wee Bea
3 looked at his, and there was the spoo
g in the porridge pot, but the porrldg
@ was all gone.
) Somebody has been at asy 90,
!. ridge, and has eaten 1t all apr" sal
i the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his Ii
:. tie, small, wee voice,
"a Upon this the Three Bears, seein
q that some one had entered their hous,
4 and eaten up the Little, Small, We
Bears breakfast. began TO look abou
them. Now the little old Woman ha
= she rose from the chair of the Grea
IS aSOMEBoDY HAS BEEN ST
4 TING INMY CHAIR ?'' said the Gres
i Huge Bear, in his great, rough, gr1
:. voice.
er And the little old Woman had squa
4 ted down the soft cushion of the Mldd
- Bear.
81 d. ssSoMEBoDY HAS BEEN SITTING m !
g CHAIR" said the Middle Bear, in b
= middle voice.
: And you know what the little o
10 Woman had done to the third chair.
). {. Somebody has been sStting in .,
% chair, and has sat the bottom of 1t out
4 said the Little, Small, Wee Bear, In b
1t little, small, wee voice.
" Then the Three Bears thought
&c necessary that they should make furth
" search 80 they went mp stairs in
10 their bed chamber. Now the little o
10 Woman had pulled the pillow of &
7e Great, Huge Bear out of its place
). SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYTN
is IN MY BEDt' said the Great, HUI
Bear, in his great. rough. gruff voice.