once upon a time there lived a poor widow who had an only son named Jack
She was very poor for times had been hard and Jack was too young to work almost
all the furniture of the little cottage had been sold to buy bread until at last
there was nothing left worth selling only the good cow milky-white remained
and she gave milk every morning which they took to market and sold. But one sad
day milky-white gave no milk and then things looked bad indeed. "- Never mind mother!
Said Jack", we must sell milky white, trust me to make a good bargain!
And away he went to the market. For some time he went along very sadly but after
a little he quite recovered his spirits. I may as well ride as walk, said he.
So instead of leading the cow by the halter he jumped on her back, and so he went
whistling along until he met a butcher. - Good morning said the butcher!
- Good morning sir, answered Jack. Where are you going? said the butcher. I am going to
market to sell the cow. It's lucky I met you said the butcher, you may save
yourself the trouble of doing so far. With this he put his hand in his pocket
and pulled out five curious-looking beans. - What do you call these? he said.
Beans! said Jack. - Yes, said he. - Beans but they're the most wonderful beans that
ever were named. If you plant them overnight by the next morning they'll
grow up and reach the sky. But to save you the trouble of going all the way to
market, I don't mind exchanging them for that cow of yours
Done! cried Jack. Who was so delighted with the bargain that he ran
all the way home to tell his mother how lucky he had been. But all how
disappointed the poor Widow was. - Off to bed with you! she cried and she was so
angry that she threw the beans out of the window into the garden. So poor Jack
went to bed without any supper and cried himself to sleep...
When he woke up the next morning the room was almost dark and Jack jumped out
of bed and ran to the window to see what the matter was.
The sun was shining brightly outside but from the ground right up beside his
window there was growing a great Beanstalk which stretched up and up as
far as he could see into the sky I'll just see where it leads to thought
jack and with that he stepped out of the window onto the Beanstalk and began to
climb upwards. He climbed up and up till after a time his mother's cottage looked
a mere speck below. But at last the stalk ended and he found himself in a new and
beautiful country. A little way off there was a great castle with a broad road
leading straight up to the front gate. But what most surprised Jack was to find
a beautiful maiden suddenly standing beside him. - Good morning ma'am! said he
very politely. - Good morning Jack! said she. and Jack was more surprised than ever
for he could not imagine how she had learned his name. But he soon found that
she knew a great deal more about him than his name for she told him how when
he was quite a little baby his father a gallant knight had been slain by the
giant who lived in yonder castle, and how his mother in order to save Jack had
been obliged to promise never to tell the secret. All that the Giant has is
yours she said and then disappeared quite as suddenly as she came. She must
be a fairy! thought Jack. As he drew near to the castle he saw the Giant's wife
standing at the door. - if you please ma'am, said he. Would you kindly give me some
breakfast I have had nothing to eat since yesterday. Now the Giant's wife
although very big and very ugly had a kind heart
so she said: very well little man. Come in. But you must be quick about it for if my
husband the Giant finds you here, he will eat you up bones and all.
So in Jack went and the Giants wife gave him a good breakfast but before he had
half finished it there came a terrible knock at the front door, which seemed to
shake even the thick walls of the castle. - Jeeringly that is my husband. Said the
Giants wife in a terrible fright. We must hide you somehow. And she lifted Jack up
and popped him into the empty kettle. No sooner has the Giant's wife opened the
door than her husband brought out: Fee-fi-fo-fum! I smell the blood of an
Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread!
it's a boy, I'm sure it is. He continued. Where is he?
I'll have him for my breakfast! - Nonsense! said his wife, you must be mistaken
it's the oxes hide you smell. So he sat down and ate up the greater part of the Ox.
When he had finished, he said: Wife, bring me my money bags! So his wife
bought him two full bags of gold and the giant began to count his money. But he
was so sleepy that his head soon began to nod and then he began to snore like
the rumbling of thunder. Then Jack crept out snatched up the two bags and though
the Giants dog barked loudly he made his way down the Beanstalk back to the
cottage before the giant awoke. Jack and his mother were now quite rich but it
occurred to him one day that he would like to see how matters were going on at
the Giant's Castle. So while his mother was away at market he climbed up and up
and up, and up, until he got to the top of the Beanstalk again. The giant's wife was
standing at the door just as before, but she did not know Jack who, of course was
more finely dressed and on his first visit. - If you please ma'am, said he. Will
you give me some breakfast? - when away, said she. or my husband the giant will
eat you up bones and all. The last Boy who came here stole two bags of gold.
Off with you. but the giant's wife had a kind heart and after a time she allowed Jack
to come into the kitchen where she set before him enough breakfast to last him
a week. Scarcely had he begun to eat then there was a great rumbling like an
earthquake, and the giant s had only time to bundle Jack into the oven when in
came the Giant. No sooner was he inside the room than he roared: - Fie fie foe fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones
to make my bread! But his wife told him he was mistaken and after breakfasting
off a roasted Bullock just as if it were a lock he calls out: Wife, bring the
little brown hen! the giant s went out and brought in a
little brown hen which he placed on the table. Lay! said the Giant, and the hen
at once laid a golden egg. Lay! said the giant a second time, and she laid another
golden egg. Lay! said the giant, a third time and she laid a third golden egg.
that will do for today, said he, and stretched himself out to go to sleep.
As soon as he began to snore Jack crept out of the oven went on tiptoe to the table
and snatching up the little brown hen made a dash for the door. Then the hen
began to cackle, and the giant began to wake up. But before he was quite awake
jack had escaped from the castle and climbing as fast as he could down the
Beanstalk got safe home to his mother's cottage. The little brown hen laid so
many golden eggs that Jack and his mother had now more money than they
could spend. But Jack was always thinking about the Beanstalk and one day he crept
out of the window again and climbed up and up and up and up until he reached
the top. This time you may be sure he was careful not to be seen so he crept
around the back of the castle, and when the Giants wife went out he slipped into
the kitchen and hid himself in the oven. In came the giant roaring louder than ever
Fie five fo fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman! be he alive or be he
dead. I'll grind his bones to make my bread. But the giant s was quite sure
that she had seen no little boys that morning and after grumbling a great deal
the giant sat down to breakfast even then he was not quite satisfied for
every now and again he would say: Fie five fo fum, I smell the blood of an
Englishman, and once he got up and looked in the kettle but of course Jack was in
the oven all the time. When the giant had finished he called out: wife, bring me the
golden harp! so she brought in the golden harp and placed it on the table. - Sing
said the giant, and the harp at once began to sing the most beautiful songs
that ever were heard. it sang so sweetly that the giant soon fell fast asleep and
then Jack crept quietly out of the oven and going on tiptoe to the table seized
hold of the golden harp. But the harp at once called out: - master
master! and the giant woke up just in time to catch sight of Jack running out
of the kitchen door. With a fearful roar he seized his oak tree Club and dashed
after Jack who held the harp tight and ran faster than he had ever run before
The giant brandishing his club and taking terribly long strides gained on
Jack at every instant and he would have been caught if the giant hadn't slipped
over a boulder. Before he could pick himself up Jack began to climb down the
Beanstalk and when the Giant arrived at the edge he was nearly halfway to the
cottage. The giant began to climb down too but as soon as Jack saw him coming
he called that: - Mother bring me an axe! and the widow hurried out with the chopper.
Jack had no sooner reached the ground then he cut the Beanstalk right
into, down to him the Giant with a terrible crash and that you may be sure
was the end of him. What became of the Giant's wire and the
castle? nobody knows! but Jack and his mother grew very rich
and lived happily ever after ...
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