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골디락스가 곰 가족이 사는 집에 몰래 들어가서 죽을 훔쳐먹고 아기곰의 의자를 부수고 아기곰 침대에서 자다가 곰가족에게 들켜서 도망을 간지 50년이 흘렀습니다. 그동안 골디락스는 이름을 골디라고 바꾸고 다시는 자기와 같은 잘못을 저지르는 사람이 나오지 않도록 외부인이 침입하는 것을 방지하는 물품들을 파는 가게를 운영해 왔습니다만, 자신이 어릴 적에 곰가족의 집에 들어가서 저질렀던 잘못된 행동들 때문에 죄책감에 시달리며 살아왔습니다. 곰돌이 인형만 봐도 깜짝 놀라고, 밤에는 곰에 관한 악몽을 꾸곤 했습니다.

더 이상 이렇게 살 수 없다고 생각한 골디는 50년만에 처음으로 숲 속에 있는 곰가족의 집을 다시 찾아갔습니다. 그리고 곰가족이 산책을 나간 사이에 현관문에 온갖 자물쇠와 걸쇠들을 달아주고, 식탁에 차려진 죽은 모두 싱크대에 버린 후 건강음식들로 바꿔 놨습니다. 곰가족의 의자들과 침대들도 너무 푹신한 것은 좀 딱딱하게 만들고, 너무 딱딱한 것은 푹신하게 만드는 등 자신이 보기에는 완벽하게 수리를 해놓았다고 생각했습니다. 그리고 피곤해진 골디는 아기곰의 침대에 누워서 잠이 들었습니다. 골디는 자신이 한 일들에 대해서 곰가족이 크게 기뻐하고 고마워할 거라고 생각했습니다만, 과연 그럴까요?






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Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0689857055
ISBN-13: 978-0689857058
책 크기: 26.6 cm x 22.2 cm



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Book Description
Ever since she snooped around the house of the three bears, Goldilocks (now Goldi) has been feeling guilty. She wants to do something nice for the bears. What if she stops by one day, replaces the icky porridge with Rutabega Breakfast Bars and all her favorite foods, fixes Baby Bear's broken chair, and cleans the house until it gleams? Perfect! When the bears return home, they'll hardly recognize their home! They'll LOVE it! (Or will they?)


Publishers Weekly
Fifty years after vandalizing the Three Bears' house, Goldilocks clearly has some issues to resolve. Nagged by guilt, she buys some groceries, straps on a tool belt and heads for "the deep, dark woods." Finding the Bears away, she replaces their steaming porridge with fat-free snacks and re-stuffs their beds ("Just as I remembered: too hard, too soft," she tsks). When the Bears return, theyAand readersAexperience profound d?j? vu. Ernst, the author of the revisionist Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale, puts a campy spin on a classic story. All the characters suffer long-term effects from their legendary first meeting; Baby Bear never left his childhood home, and "due to the fright brought on by Goldilocks, he still had a wee little voice." Ernst is at her wittiest when depicting the mild-mannered Bears, whose wide-eyed disbelief fades to glum acceptance of the unsolicited home improvements; there's also a satirical edge to the pastel palette, whose sentimental shades underline Goldi's friendly but misguided intentions. Goldilocks has grown from a curious child to a full-fledged meddler in this humorous retelling.


School Library Journal
An enjoyable sequel to the classic tale. Now middle-aged, Goldi has opened a locksmith shop "to help people protect themselves against snoops" and alleviate her guilt over what she did to the Bear family years ago. Still haunted by her past, she decides to visit the Bears to make amends. She finds them living exactly as before, even though Baby Bear is also now middle-aged. Goldi arrives just after the Bears have left for their morning walk and begins by installing locks on their doors (to deter intruders like herself). She then goes on to adjust the upholstery in the chairs and the beds, redecorate, and replace the Bears' unhealthy porridge with celery juice and fat-free rutabaga bars. When the Bears come home, they are more upset than ever, until the next morning when they leave for their walk and spy a young blond girl approaching their home. In the hope that she will undo Goldi's efforts, they continue merrily on their way. Ernst's cartoon-style art, done in pastel, ink, and pencil, work well and add bits of additional humor, especially in the double-page spread of the shop. Children will appreciate Goldi's attempts at repair, especially her "improvement" of the Bears' food. All in all, a solid addition to the world of fractured fairy tales.


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Fifty years later, she’s changed her name and launched her own business called Goldi’s Locks and Keys. Still, she’s having a terrible time forgiving herself for her childhood break-in at the bears’ home. To make amends, Goldi returns to the cottage of the bears and provides her services as interior decorator and housekeeper.