![]() ![]() Goldie’s friendship with Peek is the door through which she enters the Bear family’s realm. I figured that by presenting a cast of enthusiasts I’d be able to brighten the tone of the story, amplify personalities, and more easily establish an important early affinity between Goldie and Peek, the little bear. Papa loves his garden, and Momma pursues the culinary arts. Peek is committed to his cub scout career. With no villain in the story of Goldilocks, just a little girl making bad decisions, I chose to emulate K-5 exuberance by giving each of the story's characters a positively ardent interest. Offenbach’s La Boulangere a des Ecus,įrom J. ![]() ![]() Offenbach’s La Fille du Tambour Major,įrom J. Locks and the Three Singing Bears.įrom J. What should she do? Should she risk getting in trouble by telling the truth? Should she be dishonest and hope to avoid being punished?Īfter a bit of trial and error, Goldie learns that honesty is always the best choice, and as Momma, Papa & Peek take their new friend home to her mother, Goldie resolves to tell the truth always, and whenever troubles make her sad, to share them with a trusted grownup, like a teacher, police officer, mom or dad. Goldie is horrified, for she knows, of course, that she’s the sneaky soup robber. Peek confides to Goldie that a sneaky robber snuck into his family’s house that very morning, licked his spoon and ate his soup. Trying to find her way home after eating soup that doesn’t belong to her, Goldie meets Peek, a little bear. Whereas the original Goldilocks never actually meets The Three Bears (other than to be discovered and run away), operatic Goldie begins to interact with the Bear family early in the story. Ending up lost and alone, Goldie B’s story unfolds much like the traditional Goldilocks, but with one important difference. When a beautiful butterfly flutters off into the woods, she chases it, forgetting a promise made to her mom to stay close to home. Locks doesn’t just like bugs – she loves them. Locks and the Three Singing BearsĪn operatic version of the story of Goldilocks based on scenes from operas by Locks and the Three Singing Bears :: Opera Tales :: Children's Opera :: ![]()
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