Quote#Wisdom
Out the Old Woman jumped (of the window). And whether she broke her…
Quote byJoseph Jacobs · 1854–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Story of the Three Bears, (note Goldilocks doesn't feature in this particular version of the story)..
English (original)
Out the Old Woman jumped (of the window). And whether she broke her neck in the fall; or ran into the wood and was lost there...or taken up by a constable to the House of Correction for the vagrant she was I cannot tell. But the Three Bears never saw anything more of her.
— Joseph Jacobs
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