<P> `` Goldilocks and the Three Bears '' ( originally titled `` The Story of the Three Bears '' ) is a 19th - century 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 whilst 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 most well - known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear , Mama Bear and Baby Bear . </P>
<P> `` Goldilocks and the Three Bears '' ( originally titled `` The Story of the Three Bears '' ) is a 19th - century 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 whilst 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 most well - known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear , Mama Bear and Baby Bear . </P>
goldilocks ate this dish in the house of three bears
goldilocks ate this dish in the house of three bears
porridge
porridge