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The Three Bears was a long-running cartoon strip in the Beano comic. It originally made its first appearance in The Beano on 6 June 1959, drawn by Leo Baxendale.
Ma and Pa Bear and their young son Ted were lazy and gluttonous, and lived in a cave upon a hill. Most storylines revolved around their attempts to steal "grub" from the local storekeeper Hank. The strip has returned to The Beano several times since then, re-appearing in issues 2391 and 2674 (dated 14 May 1988 and 16 October 1993). Its most recent re-appearance was in 1999 when it won the vote by Beano readers to be returned to the comic, while Tricky Dicky, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon Bennett lost.
Bugs Bunny encountered The Three Bears in several cartoons directed by Chuck Jones.
The Three Bears is also a notable children's bedtime story, written by the Brothers Grimm.
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