Jack and the beanstalk
Once upon a time there was a poor widow with her son Jack all they had to live on was the milk from their cow milky white.
One day the cow stopped giving milk Jack’s mother said we must sell milky white for some money.
So Jack set off to town with the cow. After a while he met an old man who said, “Where are you going, Jack?”
Jack wondered how this man knew his name.
I’m off to sell our cow,”he replied.
The man Showed Jack 5 beans. “These beans are of great value. I’ll swap with you .”
Jack agreed and handed over the cow.
Jack’s mother was surprised to see him home so soon.
“ How much did you get?”she asked.
Jack showed her the beans.
“Have you Swapped our cow for some beans you fool!”she cried and she threw the beans out the window.Jack was sent to bed with out any supper.
The next morning,Jack's bedroom was dark.He looked out the window and saw that the beans had formed a beanstalk.
“I will climb my beanstalk and see where it ends,”he thought.Jack’s house,the road and the town below all looked very small.
When Jack reached the top,he saw a stone castle.On the doorstep he saw a giantess.
”Good morning,”said Jack.”Would you give me some breakfast?”
My husband is a giant who loves a boy for breakfast!” said the giantess. “Move along!”
“Please, please,”begged Jack. “I can help you around the house.”
“Oh… all right,” said the giantess, and she gave him some food.
Then Jack heard a thumping in the distance.
“Oh that’s my husband!” She cried, and put Jack into the oven to hide.
The giant held three calves. “Cook these for breakfast!” he shouted. Then he sniffed the air and bellowed fee fi fo fum I smell the blind of an English man be he alive or be he dead i’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”
“ It must be the boy you ate yesterday.”said the giantess.”I’ll get your breakfast,”
Jack opened the door ,but the giantess said,
“He will sleep after breakfast then you can come out.
After breakfast,the giant counted his gold until he started to snore.Jack crept out of the oven,Took a bag of gold and ran home.As he showed his mother the gold,he said “I was right to take those beans!”
When the gold ran out,Jack climbed the beanstalk.Again he asked the giantess for some breakfast.
“Aren’t you the boy who came before? My husborne lost a bag of gold that day,” she said.
But the giantess was curious, so she gave him some food.Jack heard a far away noise.”into the oven!” cried the giantess
The giant bellowed :
“Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blind of an english man!
Be he alive or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”
The giantess scolded the giant as he had his breakfast.She gave him his hen,and he said”Lay”After the hen laid a gold egg,the giant started to snore.
Jack crept out of the oven,grabbed the hen,and rushed down the beanstalk.He showed his mum that the hen had laid golden eggs.
One day,Jack climbed the beanstalk again.
This time Jack hid in a copper pot.
When the giant came home he sniffed the ear and bellowed:
Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blind of an english man!
Be he alive or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”
“If that’s the boy who stole your gold and hen said the giantess he will be in the oven.”But Jack wasn’t there.
The giant ate his breakfast and then the giantess took hima gold harp.The giant said,”sing”and the harp sang until the giant started to snore so loudly that the house shook.
Jack climbed out of the pot,grabbed the harp and ran.But the harp called “Master”,and the giant woke up.
Jack ran very fast ,but the giant nearly caught him when they reached the beanstalk.The giant watched Jack climb down.
Then the giant climbed down the beanstalk.When Jack was nearly home,he cried, Mother bring me the axe.Jack’s mother came running with the axe.
Jack grabbed it and chopped down the beanstalk.
It fell,and the giant fell with it and lay still.
Jack and his mother became rich.Jack also married a princess and they lived happily ever after.
