This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.

The three bears decide to get their own back on Goldilocks. When they find her cottage, they wreak havoc on it. What fun they have, throwing cereal around, tangoing on table tops and filling the bathroom with shaving foam! Then Goldilocks returns and they find they have made a terrible mistake.

A good time and a romping rhyme for ages six to ninety-nine. Nick was in the mood to take a different path home To see new things and be free to roam. He didn't fully grasp what his Gran was trying to say. Beware the bear, she warned. But he was on his way. He bounded through the trees and he paddled by the lake. It wasn't till the tunnel that he made his big mistake. He stomped and sang and echoed. It was tons of fun. But now the bear's awake. Well, there's nowhere to run. With a little more care he would have tiptoed past the bear. But now the bear's awake he has to trick his way out of there. How's he going to do it? The answer's really cool. I don't want to ruin it, but this I can tell you: It's more than a story, it's a rhyme with a flow. So read it out loud. Go on, give it a go.

Angry at what Goldilocks has done to their house, the three bears decide to get back at her by messing up her house, but they make an unfortunate mistake.

A children's book which follows an English explorer going in search of a lovable breed of hugging bears.

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