Reading Notes: Scrapefoot, Part A

For this week's reading I looked into the second unit of English Fairy Tales. My favorite story from part A was Scrapefoot. I liked this story because it's the familiar story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Except, instead of Goldilocks, the character is a fox named Scrapefoot. The story comes from More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.

If I were to choose to rewrite this story this week, I would make the main character Goldilocks instead of the fox because I like the original story that I've always known. I would also like to change the different things that she does while she is in the house. I would like to make the story more modern, so when Goldilocks enters the bears' home she will tamper with other things. For example, I had an idea that she would mess with different TVs in the home. The dad has the biggest TV in the living room, the mom has a middle-sized TV, and then the baby bear has the smallest TV. Goldilocks will alter all of their preset favorite channels. She will also tamper with some of their foods. Finally, she will break the baby bear's bed.

When the bear family arrives back home, instead of throwing Goldilocks out, the family will welcome her and accept her apology. They will be understanding and decide to be friends and welcome her as a visitor anytime she wants to come back.

I only wanted to change the ending to a more happy ending because I don't like how they throw her out. Even though it's reasonable to throw an intruder out. It's hard to change such a well-known story too much.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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