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Examples
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Then the Little, Small, Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge-pot, but the porridge was all gone.
The Green Fairy Book 2003
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And then she went to the porridge of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that; and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right; and she liked it so well, that she ate it all up: but the naughty old woman said a bad word about the little porridge-pot, because it did not hold enough for her.
The Green Fairy Book 2003
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They went up above the cave, and found a window in it, through which they looked, and saw four trolls lying asleep beside the fire, over which a large porridge-pot was hanging.
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‘Now you must empty all the salt into the porridge-pot,’ said Snati.
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“Here I have sat waiting hour after hour, and have not even two sticks to lay across each other under the Christmas porridge-pot.”
The Blue Fairy Book 2003
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Then the Little, Small, Wee Bear looked, and there was the spoon in his porridge-pot; but the porridge was all gone.
Favorite Fairy Tales Logan Marshall
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And when the Middle-Sized Bear looked, she saw that the spoon was standing in her porridge-pot too.
Favorite Fairy Tales Logan Marshall
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And, as soon as they recovered their breaths, which had been nearly stopped by the violence of the indignation, they coolly pocketed the grant, that is to say, an annuity of one thousand livres, and sent off the porridge-pot.
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Then the Little, Small, Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge-pot, but the porridge was all gone.
The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls Unknown
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Little, Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that; and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right; and she liked it so well, that she ate it all up: but the naughty old Woman said a bad word about the little porridge-pot, because it did not hold enough for her.
The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls Unknown
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