What is it?
Goldilocks On CCTV
Who wrote it?
John Agard
Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
Where can it be
found?
In ‘Goldilocks On CCTV’
Adaptation?
Yes, a different spin on this story, focusing more on the
aftermath.
My thoughts in
exactly 10 words:
Breaking and entering, theft, vandalism: Bears were prepared
with CCTV
Extended thoughts:
When I was reading this collection of contemporary takes on
fairy tale characters, I was trying to decide which poem to write about. In the
end I picked the title poem because I think it’s rather funny. It talks about
how the news reported of the girl who was caught sleeping at the scene of the
crime and how the Bears decided to drop the charges.
Like other poems in the book, it adds an element to the
stories we know that I think high school age kids will appreciate. Drawing on
the more mature concepts behind some of the stories, they poke fun at both
classic conventions engrained in fairy tales as well as having a little giggle
at contemporary life.
Favourite Quote:
“There she was, tucking in
to a bowl of their muesli.
Every move on CCTV.
to a bowl of their muesli.
Every move on CCTV.
How she vandalised a chair
in the nursery
then tried out their Jacuzzi”
in the nursery
then tried out their Jacuzzi”
Moral of the story in
my own words:
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