Given all the strange things in tradition stories the main things that worried me about them when I was a kid
was the concept that they made the porridge
then went for a walk while it cooled
and the walk was long enough for a girl to arrive, taste all three, try three chairs
and try 3 beds
go to sleep
and when they came back one of them - which had been left just on the table - was still even warm - never mind hot!!!
the idea that bears make porridge or sit on chairs was OK
but porridge cooling that slowly worried me