Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk first
appeared as The Story of Jack Sprigging and the Enchanted Bean in 1734.
Featured illustrations are by Arthur Rackham, 1918 edition of English Fairy
Tales retold by Flora Annie Steel.
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An illustration for the story Jack
and the Beanstalk by the author
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-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!”
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk Fee Fi Fo
Fum!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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