Goldilocks With A Twist

• Anoushka Salian, Grade 8, Hurlstone Agricultural High School -
• Poetry
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

Wandering the woods was little Miss Goldilocks,
Feeling as hungry as a fully-grown fox!
She was ready to eat a small, innocent mouse,
Until she stumbled along a cosy looking house.
Gently pushing the door wide,
Like a lion, she snuck stealthily inside.
Little did she know what awaited her,
As a large shadow slid past her in a blur.
What it was she was uncertain,
But watching her were three bears through a slit in the curtain.
Naïve and hungry she had fallen for their bait,
To eat the sweet girl, they could not wait!
The bears lashed out with their mighty paws,
Poor Goldilocks stood no chance against those treacherous claws!
She was eaten with homemade jam and whipped cream that night,
The bears relishing her with every bite!