Prevod
Nekoč je živela deklica, ki je imela tako svetle in zlate lase, da so se na soncu bleščali kakor zlate niti. Zato so jo klicali Zlatolaska.
Nekega dne je Zlatolaska odšla na travnike nabirat rože. Potepala se je vse dlje in dlje in čez čas prišla do gozda, v katerem še nikoli ni bila. Stopila je vanj in tam je bilo prijetno hladno in senčno.
Kmalu je prišla do hišice, ki je čisto sama stala sredi gozda. Ker je bila utrujena in žejna, je potrkala na vrata. Upala je, da ji bodo dobri ljudje v hiši dali kaj piti in ji dovolili, da se malo odpočije.
Zlatolaska tega ni vedela, a v hišici so živeli trije medvedi. Tam so bili VELIKANSKI OČE MEDVED, srednje velika mama medvedka in ljubek mali medvedek, ki ni bil nič večji od Zlatolaske. Toda vsi trije so odšli na sprehod po gozdu, medtem ko se jim je večerja hladila, zato Zlatolaski nihče ni odgovoril, ko je potrkala na vrata.
Nekaj časa je čakala, nato pa znova potrkala. Ker ji še vedno nihče ni odgovoril, je odrinila vrata in stopila noter. Tam so v vrsti stali trije stoli. Prvi je bil VELIKANSKI STOL in je pripadal očetu medvedu. Drugi je bil srednje velik stol in je pripadal mami medvedki, tretji pa je bil ljubek majhen stol in je pripadal medvedku. Na mizi so stale tri sklede vroče kaše, iz katere se je kadilo. »Torej,« si je mislila Zlatolaska, »se bodo kmalu vrnili, da jo pojedo.«
Sklenila je, da bo sedla in počivala, dokler se ne vrnejo. Najprej je sedla na VELIKANSKI STOL, toda blazina je bila premehka. Zdelo se ji je, da jo bo kar pogoltnila. Potem je sedla na srednje velik stol, a blazina je bila pretrda in ni ji bilo udobno. Nato je sedla na ljubki majhni stol in ta je bil ravno pravšnji. Prilegal se ji je, kakor da bi bil narejen prav zanjo. Tako je sedela na njem in se zibala in zibala ter sedela in sedela, dokler ni s svojim zibanjem in sedenjem prelomila sedeža.
Še vedno ni bilo nikogar, na mizi pa so stale sklede kaše. »Ti ljudje že ne morejo biti zelo lačni,« si je mislila Zlatolaska, »sicer bi se vrnili domov na večerjo.« Stopila je k mizi, samo da bi pogledala, ali so sklede polne.
Prva skleda je bila VELIKANSKA SKLEDA z VELIKANSKO LESENO ŽLICO in je pripadala očetu medvedu. Druga je bila srednje velika skleda s srednje veliko leseno žlico in je pripadala mami medvedki. Tretja pa je bila ljubka majhna skleda z ljubko majhno srebrno žličko in je pripadala medvedku.
Kaša v skledah je tako lepo dišala, da je Zlatolaska sklenila, da jo bo samo malo pokusila. Vzela je VELIKANSKO ŽLICO in pokusila kašo iz VELIKANSKE SKLEDE, a bila je prevroča. Nato je vzela srednje veliko žlico in pokusila kašo iz srednje velike sklede, a bila je prehladna. Potem je vzela malo srebrno žličko in pokusila kašo iz ljubke majhne sklede. Ta je bila ravno pravšnja in tako okusna, da jo je pokušala in pokušala ter pokušala in pokušala, dokler je ni pojedla do zadnje žličke.
Potem je postala zelo zaspana, zato je šla po stopnicah navzgor in se ozrla naokrog. Tam so v vrsti stale tri postelje. Prva je bila VELIKANSKA POSTELJA, ki je pripadala očetu medvedu. Druga je bila srednje velika postelja, ki je pripadala mami medvedki, tretja pa ljubka majhna postelja, ki je pripadala ljubkemu malemu medvedku.
Zlatolaska je legla na VELIKANSKO POSTELJO, da bi jo preizkusila, toda vzglavnik je bil previsok in prav nič udobno ji ni bilo. Potem je legla na srednje veliko posteljo, a vzglavnik je bil prenizek in tudi tam ji ni bilo udobno.
Nato je legla na posteljico malega medvedka. Ta je bila ravno pravšnja in tako zelo udobna, da je ležala in ležala, dokler ni trdno zaspala.
Medtem ko je Zlatolaska še spala v mali postelji, so se trije medvedi vrnili domov. Brž ko so stopili skozi vrata in se ozrli naokrog, so vedeli, da je bil nekdo v hiši.
»NEKDO JE SEDEL NA MOJEM STOLU,« je zagrmel oče medved s svojim mogočnim glasom, »IN PUSTIL BLAZINO POSTRANI.« »Tudi na mojem stolu je nekdo sedel,« je rekla mama medvedka, »in ga pustil postrani.«
»Tudi na mojem stolu je nekdo sedel,« je zacvilil medvedek s svojim tankim glaskom, »in sedel in sedel, dokler ni prelomil sedeža.« Zaradi tega je bil zelo žalosten.
Nato so trije medvedi stopili k mizi, da bi pojedli kašo. »KAJ PA JE TO!« je zagrmel oče medved s svojim mogočnim glasom. »NEKDO JE POKUŠAL MOJO KAŠO IN PUSTIL ŽLICO NA MIZI.«
»Tudi mojo kašo je nekdo jemal,« je rekla mama medvedka s svojim srednje močnim glasom, »in jo polil čez rob sklede.« »Tudi mojo kašo je nekdo pokušal,« je zacvilil medvedek, »in jo pokušal in pokušal, dokler je ni vse pojedel.« Ko je to izrekel, je bil videti, kakor da bo zdaj zdaj zajokal.
»Če je bil kdo tukaj, mora biti še vedno tu,« je rekla mama medvedka. Zato so se vsi trije odpravili po stopnicah navzgor, da bi pogledali. Najprej je oče medved pogledal svojo posteljo. »NEKDO JE LEŽAL NA MOJI POSTELJI IN POTEGNIL ODEJO NAVZDOL,« je zagrmel s svojim mogočnim glasom.
Nato je mama medvedka pogledala svojo posteljo. »Nekdo je ležal na moji postelji in z nje potegnil vzglavnik,« je rekla s svojim srednje močnim glasom. Potem je medvedek pogledal svojo posteljo in v njej je ležala mala Zlatolaska z lički, rožnatimi kakor vrtnice, in zlatimi lasmi, razprostrtimi po vzglavniku.
»Nekdo je ležal v moji postelji,« je veselo zacvilil medvedek, »in še vedno je tukaj!« Ko je Zlatolaska v spanju zaslišala mogočni glas velikanskega očeta medveda, je sanjala, da po nebu bobni grom.
Ko je zaslišala srednje močni glas mame medvedke, je sanjala, da med drevesi piha veter. Toda medvedkov glas je bil tako tenek in oster, da jo je pri priči zbudil. Sedla je v postelji in zagledala tri medvede, ki so stali okoli nje in jo gledali.
»Ojoj, prejoj!« je vzkliknila Zlatolaska. Zvrnila se je iz postelje in stekla k oknu. Bilo je odprto in skozenj je skočila, še preden so jo medvedi utegnili ustaviti. Nato je tekla domov, kolikor hitro je mogla, in nikoli več se ni približala gozdu. Mali medvedek pa je jokal in jokal, saj si je želel, da bi se ljubka deklica igrala z njim.
Izvirnik
There was once a little girl whose hair was so bright and yellow that it glittered in the sun like spun-gold. For this reason she was called Goldilocks.
One day Goldilocks went out into the meadows to gather flowers. She wandered on and on, and after a while she came to a forest, where she had never been before. She went on into the forest, and it was very cool and shady.
Presently she came to a little house, standing all alone in the forest, and as she was tired and thirsty she knocked at the door. She hoped the good people inside would give her a drink, and let her rest a little while.
Now, though Goldilocks did not know it, this house belonged to three bears. There was a GREAT BIG FATHER BEAR, and a middling-sized mother bear, and a dear little baby bear, no bigger than Goldilocks herself. But the three bears had gone out to take a walk in the forest while their supper was cooling, so when Goldilocks knocked at the door no one answered her.
She waited awhile and then she knocked again, and as still nobody answered her she pushed the door open and stepped inside. There in a row stood three chairs. One was a GREAT BIG CHAIR, and it belonged to the father bear. And one was a middling-sized chair, and it belonged to the mother bear, and one was a dear little chair, and it belonged to the baby bear. And on the table stood three bowls of smoking hot porridge. “And so,” thought Goldilocks, “the people must be coming back soon to eat it.”
She thought she would sit down and rest until they came, so first she sat down in the GREAT BIG CHAIR, but the cushion was too soft. It seemed as though it would swallow her up. Then she sat down in the middle-sized chair, and the cushion was too hard, and it was not comfortable. Then she sat down in the dear little chair, and it was just right, and fitted her as though it had been made for her. So there she sat, and she rocked and she rocked, and she sat and she sat, until with her rocking and her sitting she sat the bottom right out of it.
And still nobody had come, and there stood the bowls of porridge on the table. “They can’t be very hungry people,” thought Goldilocks to herself, “or they would come home to eat their suppers.” And she went over to the table just to see whether the bowls were full.
The first bowl was a GREAT BIG BOWL with a GREAT BIG WOODEN SPOON in it, and that was the father bear’s bowl. The second bowl was a middle-sized bowl, with a middle-sized wooden spoon in it, and that was the mother bear’s bowl. And the third bowl was a dear little bowl, with a dear little silver spoon in it, and that was the baby bear’s bowl.
The porridge that was in the bowls smelled so very good that Goldilocks thought she would just taste it.
She took up the GREAT BIG SPOON, and tasted the porridge in the GREAT BIG BOWL, but it was too hot. Then she took up the middle-sized spoon and tasted the porridge in the middle-sized bowl, and it was too cold. Then she took up the little silver spoon and tasted the porridge in the dear little bowl, and it was just right, and it tasted so good that she tasted and tasted, and tasted and tasted until she tasted it all up.
After that she felt very sleepy, so she went upstairs and looked about her, and there were three beds all in a row. The first bed was the GREAT BIG BED that belonged to the father bear. And the second bed was a middling-sized bed that belonged to the mother bear, and the third bed was a dear little bed that belonged to the dear little baby bear.
Goldilocks lay down on the GREAT BIG BED to try it, but the pillow was too high, and she wasn’t comfortable at all.
Then she lay down on the middle-sized bed, and the pillow was too low, and that wasn’t comfortable either.
Then she lay down on the little baby bear’s bed and it was exactly right, and so very comfortable that she lay there and lay there until she went fast asleep.
Now while Goldilocks was still asleep in the little bed the three bears came home again, and as soon as they stepped inside the door and looked about them they knew that somebody had been there.
“SOMEBODY’S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR,” growled the father bear in his great big voice, “AND LEFT THE CUSHION CROOKED.”
“And somebody’s been sitting in my chair,” said the mother bear, “and left it standing crooked.”
“And somebody’s been sitting in my chair,” squeaked the baby bear, in his shrill little voice, “and they’ve sat and sat till they’ve sat the bottom out”; and he felt very sad about it.
Then the three bears went over to the table to get their porridge.
“WHAT’S THIS!” growled the father bear, in his great big voice, “SOMEBODY’S BEEN TASTING MY PORRIDGE, AND LEFT THE SPOON ON THE TABLE.”
“And somebody’s been taking my porridge,” said the mother bear in her middle-sized voice, “and they’ve splashed it over the side.”
“And somebody’s been tasting my porridge,” squealed the baby bear, “and they’ve tasted and tasted until they’ve tasted it all up.” And when he said so the baby bear looked as if he were about to cry.
“If somebody’s been here they must be here still,” said the mother bear; so the three bears went upstairs to look.
First the father bear looked at his bed. “SOMEBODY’S BEEN LYING ON MY BED AND PULLED THE COVERS DOWN,” he growled in his great big voice.
Then the mother bear looked at her bed. “Somebody’s been lying on my bed and pulled the pillow off,” said she in her middle-sized voice.
Then the baby bear looked at his bed, and there lay little Goldilocks with her cheeks as pink as roses, and her golden hair all spread over the pillow.
“Somebody’s been lying in my bed,” squeaked the baby bear joyfully, “and here she is still!”
Now when Goldilocks in her dreams heard the great big father bear’s voice she dreamed it was the thunder rolling through the heavens.
And when she heard the mother bear’s middle-sized voice she dreamed it was the wind blowing through the trees.
But when she heard the baby bear’s voice it was so shrill and sharp that it woke her right up. She sat up in bed and there were the three bears standing around and looking at her.
“Oh, my goodness me!” cried Goldilocks. She tumbled out of bed and ran to the window. It was open, and out she jumped before the bears could stop her. Then home she ran as fast as she could, and she never went near the forest again. But the little baby bear cried and cried because he had wanted the pretty little girl to play with.
