A TREASURY OF STORIES, JINGLES AND RHYMES.

Then she tried the third bowl, which was a little wee bowl,
with a little wee spoon, and the porridge was so delicious
that she ate it all up. Then she felt tired and thought that
she would like to sit down. She looked round the room,
and saw that there were three chairs there. One was a
very large chair, so she got up on that, but she found it so
hard that she soon clambered down again. Then she tried
the second chair, which was a middling-sized chair, but this
was so soft that she sank down in it, and felt quite lost.
So this did not please her, and she got off it and tried the
third chair, which was a little tiny chair, and this was so
comfortable that she sat there until the bottom came out.
And when this happened, little Silver-locks thought that
she had better go through the house and see what else was
there. So she went up-stairs, and there she found a nice
tidy little bedroom with three white beds in it. One was
quite big, and she got into that, but it was hard, like the big
chair down-stairs, so she got up again. Then she tried the
middling-sized bed, but that was too soft, like the middling-
sized chair, so that did not please her. And then she lay
down on the little bed, and this was so comfortable that she
fell fast asleep. After atime, the three Bears came in from
their walk to have their breakfast. First came the big
Bear, and when he saw the spoon in his porridge, he
roared in his big gruff voice: “SOMEONE HAS BEEN
EATING MY PORRIDGE!” Then the second Bear
came in, and he looked at his bowl, and said in his middling
voice: “ SOMEONE HAS BEEN EATING MY PORRIDGE!” And

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