Monday, January 12, 2009

Goldilocks and the three Bears

In year 8 we had to write a series of poems. One of which was a ballad based on a famous children's story type of thing. I was cleaning out my room and found it. It was epic all those years ago, so I'm going to assume it still is =p

There once was a girl with gold locks of hair
And around the corner lived three brown bears,
The golden haired girl's name was Goldilocks,
She went to the door and gave it three knocks.
Went to the the window and began to stare,
She couldn't see any of the three bears.

She turned the knob and found it unlocked,
She entered the house, our dear Goldilocks.
On the table laid the three bears breakfast,
Goldilocks licked her lips and said, "At last!"
First, she tasted Big Papa Bear's Cornflakes,
It tatses like it has been through several lakes.
Next she tasted Mama Bear's coco pops,
They were just awful, she had to stop.
After that she tried Baby bear's weet-bix.
They were so, so scrumptious, she needed six.

From all this food, Goldilocks put on weight.
She was really in a terrible state.
So bad, in fact, she broke baby bear's stool.
her trip was not turning out very cool.
She was apprehensive, she was aghast.
She was frantically running very fast.

A car rolled up in front of the bear's house,
Out came Papa Bear, second by his spouse.
Papa Bear then entered the bear's homestead,
Goldilocks jumped into Baby Bear's bed.
Firstly, Papa Bear stopped, smelt for some food,
And stated, "Someone has been here. How rude!"
He checked out his cornflakes and with a great flash,
Said, "whoever has been here I will bash!"
Mama Bear came in and shouted, "Oh dear!"
Not as many coco pops are in here!
Baby Bear started to scream and to kick,
Someone had eaten his lovely weet-bix.
Baby bear ululated and Goldilocks woke,
His screams were about how his chair broke.
Goldilocks raided the three bear's sock draw.
Papa Bear found nails amounting to four.
Goldilocks tied all the socks together,
And she ran away and left forever.
Papa Bear fixed Baby Bear's wooden chair,
When Baby bear saw Goldilocks out there.

Big Papa Bear chased after Goldilocks,
Goldilocks tripped over some rocks.
Then Big Papa Bear attacked and mauled her,
Then wiped all of her blood off of his fur.
He went home to have a celebration,
Concerning this momentous occasion.


C. Law

The Indonesian teacher who could hardly speak English commented on it saying, "Poor Goldilocks! What a Violent end!" And to the entire book of poems, "Well done, Casey. Your poems convey some interesting messages." She gave me an A! YAY! But yeah... If I were a teacher, I would be seriously concerned with how that poem ended, lol. But aside from that, It goes alright for a 14yo's attempt Iambic pentameter and an AABBCC rhyming scale... well I think so *shy*