Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades. Florence Holbrook

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      Goldilocks. Oh, it won't hurt them. Now let us try this pretty little chair. Come, Dollie, I'll sing you a song:

      Rock-a-bye, Dollie, in the treetop,

       When the wind blows, the cradle will rock;

       When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall

       And down will come Dollie, cradle and all!

      [Chair breaks.]

      Dollie. Well, something broke then!

      Goldilocks. Yes, the cradle and all came down that time. Dear, O dear! I wish I hadn't rocked you so hard. I wish I hadn't run away! [Crying.]

      Dollie. Don't cry, dear Goldilocks. Let us see what we can find in the next room. Perhaps some one is in there who will take us to your dear mother.

      Goldilocks. O Dollie! I'm a naughty girl not to mind my mother. If I'd only stayed at home in the garden!

      Dollie. Oh, see the big bed!

      Goldilocks. I'm so tired I believe I'll climb in and go to sleep. But I don't like it. This big bed is too hard.

      Dollie. And this middle-sized one is too soft.

      Goldilocks. But this little one is just right. Go—to—sleep—Dollie—

Scene II.—The Bear Family in the Wood

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      Father Bear. Well, little son, aren't you about ready to go home?

      Sonny Bear. Oh, no, father! Let me play just a little longer. Here are such good places to hide in the shady wood.

      Mother Bear. No, dear little sonny, we must go home now. It is getting late. It's time for you to have your supper and go to bed.

      Sonny Bear. All right, mother dear. I believe I am hungry, and your porridge is always so good.

      Mother Bear. Most children like porridge. Perhaps you can have a nice red apple, too.

      Sonny Bear. Oh, goody! Little sonny bears always like apples, don't they, papa?

      Father Bear. Yes, my dear. Mother, let me take your knitting basket. What are you making now?

      Mother Bear. A warm cap for sonny. Isn't it pretty?

      Father Bear. Very pretty, and he should be very glad he has such a good mother.

      Sonny Bear. She is a good mother, and you are a very good father, too.

      Father Bear. Well, here we are at home again. But the door is open. I'm certain I closed it when we went away. Who has been here?

      Mother Bear. Let us take off our wraps and have our tea.

      Father Bear. Why, somebody has been tasting my porridge.

      Mother Bear. What? Let me see! Some one has left a spoon in my porridge, too.

      Sonny Bear. Oh, mamma! Look at my bowl! Some one has eaten my porridge all up.

      Mother Bear. Never mind, sonny boy, you may have some of mine. But I wonder who has been here. Let us go into the parlor and see if anyone is there.

      Father Bear. Who's been moving my chair?

      Mother Bear. Some one has been sitting in my chair!

      Sonny Bear. Look, mother! Some one has been rocking in my chair and broken it all to pieces! O dear! my nice little chair!

      Father Bear. Never mind, Sonny Bear; don't cry. I'll buy you another chair at Mr. Wolf's store to-morrow.

      Mother Bear. And now it is time for us to go to bed. Our little son is tired and sleepy.

      Father Bear. I'll carry him up stairs. Come, sonny, there you are up on my shoulder.

      Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross

       To see an old woman ride on a white horse.

       With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,

       She shall have music wherever she goes!

      Well, who's been in my bed, I'd like to know?

      Mother Bear. Why, look at my bed. Some one has been lying on my bed!

      Sonny Bear. Come quick, Mother! Father, come! Some one is in my bed.