The Goat with Three KidsThe Goat with Three Kids

ByBy Ion Creangă Ion Creangă

Drawings by Drawings by ““Ion Ion CreangăCreangă”” School School

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�� Once upon a Once upon a

time there was time there was

a goat that had a goat that had

three kids. three kids.

They were living in a house near the forest.They were living in a house near the forest.

One day, the mother goat left home in order to bring One day, the mother goat left home in order to bring foods from the woods and told her kids to keep the foods from the woods and told her kids to keep the door locked and not to open it unless they heard her door locked and not to open it unless they heard her singing a little song. singing a little song.

�� Meanwhile, the bad wolf, having heard what the mother told Meanwhile, the bad wolf, having heard what the mother told her kids about the song, started singing the same song, hoping her kids about the song, started singing the same song, hoping he would trick the kids this way to open the door to him. he would trick the kids this way to open the door to him.

�� The eldest kid opened the door, thinking it was his mother The eldest kid opened the door, thinking it was his mother singing. The middle kid hid under a blanket and the little one singing. The middle kid hid under a blanket and the little one hid in the fireplace. The hungry wolf eat the big kid, and then hid in the fireplace. The hungry wolf eat the big kid, and then the middle one.the middle one.

�� When the mother goat came When the mother goat came back from the woods, she found back from the woods, she found out from the little kid what had out from the little kid what had happened and she decided to happened and she decided to punish the bad wolf. She started punish the bad wolf. She started cooking all kind of goodies, cooking all kind of goodies, made a hole in the garden, made a hole in the garden, covered it and made a wax table covered it and made a wax table and a chair. When everything and a chair. When everything was ready, she went in the was ready, she went in the forest to look for the wolf to forest to look for the wolf to invite him to the mourning invite him to the mourning feast.feast.

�� Back at the house, she invited Back at the house, she invited the wolf to seat on the wax chair the wolf to seat on the wax chair and brought him food. While he and brought him food. While he was eating, the wax chair was eating, the wax chair melted and the wolf fell in the melted and the wolf fell in the fire hole and burnt to death!fire hole and burnt to death!