Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack.
One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the market
and on the way he met a man who wanted to buy his cow. Jack asked, “What will
you give me in return for my cow?” The man answered, “I will give you five
magic beans!” Jack took the magic beans and gave the man the cow. But when he
reached home, Jack’s mother was very angry. She said, “You fool! He took away
your cow and gave you some beans!” She threw the beans out of the window. Jack
was very sad and went to sleep without dinner.
The next day, when Jack woke up in the morning and looked out
of the window, he saw that a huge beanstalk had grown from his magic beans! He
climbed up the beanstalk and reached a kingdom in the sky. There lived a giant
and his wife. Jack went inside the house and found the giant’s wife in the
kitchen. Jack said, “Could you please give me something to eat? I am so
hungry!” The kind wife gave him bread and some milk.
While he was eating, the giant came home. The giant was very
big and looked very fearsome. Jack was terrified and went and hid inside. The
giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or
be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!” The wife said, “There is no
boy in here!” So, the giant ate his food and then went to his room. He took out
his sacks of gold coins, counted them and kept them aside. Then he went to
sleep. In the night, Jack crept out of his hiding place, took one sack of gold
coins and climbed down the beanstalk. At home, he gave the coins to his mother.
His mother was very happy and they lived well for sometime.
climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant’s house again.
Once again, Jack asked the giant’s wife for food, but while he was eating the
giant returned. Jack leapt up in fright and went and hid under the bed. The
giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or
be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!” The wife said, “There is no
boy in here!” The giant ate his food and went to his room. There, he took out a
hen. He shouted, “Lay!” and the hen laid a golden egg. When the giant fell
asleep, Jack took the hen and climbed down the beanstalk. Jack’s mother was
very happy with him.
After some days, Jack once again climbed the beanstalk and
went to the giant’s castle. For the third time, Jack met the giant’s wife and
asked for some food. Once again, the giant’s wife gave him bread and milk. But
while Jack was eating, the giant came home. “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!” cried the giant. “Don’t be silly! There is no boy in here!” said his
wife.
The giant had a magical harp that could play beautiful songs.
While the giant slept, Jack took the harp and was about to leave. Suddenly, the
magic harp cried, “Help master! A boy is stealing me!” The giant woke up and
saw Jack with the harp. Furious, he ran after Jack. But Jack was too fast for
him. He ran down the beanstalk and reached home. The giant followed him down.
Jack quickly ran inside his house and fetched an axe. He began to chop the
beanstalk. The giant fell and died.
Jack and his mother were now very rich and they lived happily
ever after.
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