Goldilocks turned out to be more of a wary tale than a fairy tale for two girls who stole fancy dress outfits. The pair were arrested after pictures of them wearing the costumes - one of which was of the fair-haired character - appeared on Facebook.
A friend of the shop's owner, Ben Muir, had been to the same party as the teenagers and showed him photos from the event on the social networking website.
Mr Muir called police after spotting the stolen Goldilocks and sailor girl costumes. Officers then tracked down the two thieves and retrieved the outfits.
'Just after the costumes were stolen, a friend had gone to a costume party dressed as a Spice Girl,' said Mr Muir.
'I was looking at photos of the party on Facebook and, lo and behold, there were the girls wearing our costumes. We called the police and they couldn't believe it.'
Mr Muir's partner, Lee Cooper, said four girls had come into the shop - After Dark in Lancaster - and two of them distracted him while the others pinched the costumes.
'As well as the Goldilocks and sailor girl costumes, they tried on Little Bo Peep and a pirate queen,' he said.
'It just shocked me that someone would want to take the costumes.'
However, the thieves won't be doing porridge. Lancashire Police said two girls aged 17 and 16 were given fixed penalty fines for shoplifting.
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