KUALA TERENGGANU: It could have been a scene out of the old favourite bedtime story Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

A burglar actually helped himself to Chinese New Year delicacies at a house at the Petani Flats on Saturday evening and promptly dozed off on a bed, scaring the occupants when they returned home from a nearby shopping complex.

The unwelcome guest, in his mid 30s, was found sleeping comfortably on the bed with the blanket pulled over him.

The family called the police, who shook the burglar from his slumber and took him away.

V. Sathya, 39, and his 30-year-old wife Wong Chee Chu, had gone shopping for Chinese New Year at Kampung Cina at noon together with their children, Kavelan, nine, and Shalini, six.

The boy was shocked when he entered his room to see a man sleeping in his bed.

“He shouted and ran out of his room. Even then the burglar did not wake up and carried on sleeping while holding on to one of my wife’s purses,” said Sathya.

“I guess my wife’s cookies were just too irresistible for him,” he said.

“My wife had prepared various delicacies over the past few days but the rogue ate everything,” said the annoyed insurance manager.

Despite the loss, Sathya and his family plan to hold an open house for family members and friends.

Burglars are not welcome.