Many versions of the story are simply titled The Three Bears, with no mention of Goldilocks. They are introduced and described in the story before Goldilocks arrives. The Three Bears are the joint protagonist of the story. Although they share a home, they may not be related. In Southey's early version, the one we read here, the bears are not described as a traditional family of father, mother, and child. Three Bears: The three bears have shared various relationships as the story has evolved. You can read the unaltered story from Jacobs' English Fairy Tales at The Story of the Three Bears.ฤก. You can read more about these changes and variants on the History of Goldilocks and the Three Bears page and in the notes below. Personally, I just like these references as they portray Goldilocks as the juvenile delinquent she has always been in my view of the story. I wanted to keep the references for annotating. I kept the extra descriptions of the old woman's illegal and uncouth activities although many of these are usually removed in the Goldilocks variants. For my annotated version of the tale, I have altered Jacobs' version to reflect Goldilocks by name and description instead of the little old woman. This version does not feature the now familiar Goldilocks, but a little, old vagrant woman instead. Note about my adaptation of the story: Joseph Jacobs based his The Story of the Three Bears on one of the earliest literary versions of the tale by Robert Southey.
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