"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (originally titled "The Story of the Three Bears") is a 19th-century British 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 while 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).

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.

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