Is the Russian fairy-tale told by Leo Tolstoy different from this fairy-tale? What is the difference? Which fairy-tale do you like better? Why? Tell your classmates the plot of the fairy-tale you like best.

Yes, the Russian fairy tale told by Leo Tolstoy is different from the English fairy tale. In Tolstoy’s version, a girl enters the bears’ house, eats their food, sits on their chairs and lies in their beds. The bears come home and find her there, but she runs away. In the English version, Goldilocks is usually described as a girl with golden hair, and the story includes the episode with Baby Bear’s broken chair.

I like the Russian fairy tale better because it is short, clear and teaches children not to take other people’s things without permission.

One day a little girl went into the forest and found a house belonging to three bears. Nobody was at home, so she entered the house. She ate the porridge, sat on the chairs and lay in the beds. When the bears came back, they saw what had happened. The girl was frightened and ran away. After that, she understood that it was wrong to enter someone’s house and use their things without permission.