Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a classic fairy tale in which a girl named Goldilocks goes for a walk and arrives at the home of three bears, who have went for a walk while their porridge cools off. Goldilocks tastes each bowl of porridge (one is too hot, one is too cold, and one is just right) and then sits in the three chairs (with one being too hard, one being too soft, and the other being just right, only to break), and then sleeps in the bears beds. The bears then come home to find that somebody's been eating their porridge, sitting in their chairs, and sleeping in their beds.

This story has been referenced in a number of Henson productions. The Sesame Street characters of Baby Bear, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Goldilocks are all based off of the characters from the story. This fact has led to a few variations of the story, such as in Episode 4066, in which Beaby Bear and Telly Monster decide to write a new version of the story, making it have four bears instead of three and including Baby Bear's newer sister, Curly Bear, and Episode 4087, in which Baby Bear tells Telly about what happened during the bears walk.

In episode 518 of The Muppet Show, during the story of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves", due to budget the number of thieves is reduced to three, portrayed by Fozzie Bear and two other bears, an obvious refernce to this story, made more obvious when a Muppet Goldilocks shows up.

The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales also features an adaption of the story, as read by Big Bird. The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook also featured a simialr story, "Goldi-Snuffle and the Seven Bears".