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Jack and the Beanstalk
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(A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com)
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Once there was a young man named Jack.
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He lived with his mother on a small farm
at the foot of the Foggy Mountains.
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Jack and his mother were very poor.
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Their only way of making money was
selling the milk from their cow, Bess.
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One morning, Jack's mother
woke him up early.
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It was still dark outside.
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She was crying.
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"Jack, wake up!
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Go to the market today
and sell our cow, Bess."
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"But why?" asked Jack, yawning.
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"We need money to fix our house.
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There are holes in the roof.
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The windows are broken.
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For heaven's sake, we have no front door.
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Winter is coming soon.
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If we don't fix the house,
the cold will kill us!"
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Jack packed his bag and
fetched Bess from the barn.
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As he was walking out the gate,
he heard his mother shout:
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"She is worth at least five gold coins!
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Don’t sell her for less!"
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When Jack was half way to
the market, he met an old man.
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"Good morning, my boy!"
said the old man.
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"Where are you going today?"
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"Good morning, sir," replied Jack.
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"I'm going to the market
to sell my cow.
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Her name is Bess."
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"She is a beautiful cow," said the man.
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"I will buy Bess, and I will give you
a very good deal!"
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“How much will you pay for her?
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I won’t take less than
five gold coins!” said Jack.
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“I don't have five gold coins," whispered the man.
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"But I have these five black beans!
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These beans are magic beans!
They are worth more than gold!
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If you take these beans, you will be
richer than the richest man in the world.”
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Jack thought about his mother.
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He thought about how happy
she would be if they were rich.
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They could fix the roof, the windows,
and the front door.
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Maybe they could buy a new cow!
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“Okay," said Jack. "You’ve got a deal.
Give me the beans!"
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Jack was very excited.
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He ran home and showed
his mother the beans.
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But instead of being happy,
she was furious.
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“You foolish boy! You traded our
only cow for a handful of beans?!”
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She took the beans and threw
them out the window.
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Then she sat down beside
the fire and cried.
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Jack was devastated.
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He shut himself in his bedroom.
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He felt so stupid.
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They no longer had a cow,
and now they were poorer than before.
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What a disaster!
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And it was his fault!
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The next morning when Jack opened
the curtains, he saw something very strange.
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In the same place where his
mother had thrown the beans,
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there was a giant, green beanstalk.
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It stretched from the ground,
up, up, up… all the way to the clouds.
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“The beans really are magic!”
whispered Jack.
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"The old man was telling the truth!"
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Jack's mother was still asleep,
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so Jack decided to climb the beanstalk
to look for the riches the old man had described.
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"Just five gold coins," thought Jack.
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That's all I need to make my mother happy."
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Jack climbed up, up, up,
higher and higher into the clouds.
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When he reached the top,
he was very hungry.
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He saw a castle in the distance.
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"Maybe I can find something to eat
in that castle…" he thought.
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Jack walked up to the door of
the castle and knocked twice.
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Knock knock!
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A giantess opened the door.
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She was as big as a house,
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but she had a warm smile
and gentle eyes.
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"Excuse me, Mrs. Giant," said Jack.
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"Could you please give me something to eat?
I am so hungry!"
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"Oh you poor boy!" said the giantess.
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She could see that Jack was very thin.
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"Of course! Come in! Come in!"
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The kind giantess gave Jack
some vegetable stew.
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He was enjoying it so much that he didn't
notice when the kitchen table started to shake.
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Stomp... Stomp... Stomp…
Loud footsteps echoed down the hallway.
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"Oh dear," whispered the giantess.
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"That is my husband!
He is home from work!
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He doesn't like humans!
Quick! Hide!"
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Jack hid in the pantry.
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The giant stomped into the kitchen
and sniffed the air.
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"FEE FI FO FUM! ...
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Hello my beautiful wife!
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Wait! Do I smell a human man?
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YUCK! WHERE IS HE?"
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"Good evening, my darling husband,"
replied the giantess.
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"There is nobody here.
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You smell the vegetable stew,
nothing more."
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"Good," grunted the giant.
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"I hate humans."
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He sat down at the
table in the kitchen.
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The giant took out a small sack of gold coins
out of his pocket and counted them.
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One... two... three... four... five gold coins.
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Jack watched from inside the pantry.
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"Five gold coins!" thought Jack.
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"If I had that money, I could fix our house!"
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When the two giants left the room,
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Jack stole the five gold coins
and slipped them into his bag.
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"This is all I need!" thought Jack.
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But then Jack remembered that
his family no longer had a cow.
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Without a cow, they would surely starve.
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He decided to stay and
look for other treasures.
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He followed the giant into the living room
and hid under the couch.
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The giant went to the cupboard
and pulled out a golden hen.
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“Hello, my beautiful hen!
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Lay, please!" said the giant,
and the hen laid a golden egg.
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Jack watched from under the couch.
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"A hen that lays golden eggs!"
whispered Jack.
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"If I had that hen,
I could buy FIFTY cows!"
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When the giant left the room,
Jack crawled out from under the couch.
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He went to the cupboard, took the hen,
and put it in his bag.
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"This is all I need… " thought Jack.
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But then Jack thought about
what the old man had promised.
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Jack imagined being richer than
the richest man in the world.
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He decided to see what other
treasures he could find.
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He followed the giant into the bedroom,
and hid under the bed.
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There was a golden harp standing
in a corner of the room.
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"Hello, my beautiful harp. Play, please!"
said the giant.
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The harp began playing music
with no one touching the strings.
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"Wow! A magic harp!" whispered Jack.
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"That harp would make me
rich and famous!"
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When the giant fell asleep,
Jack crawled out from under the bed.
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He took the magic harp
and put it in his bag.
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But this time Jack was less lucky.
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The magic harp screamed,
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“Help me, master!
A human is stealing me!”
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The giant woke up and saw Jack
with the magic harp,
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the golden hen, and his gold coins.
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"STOP, THIEF!"
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The giant chased Jack —
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— out of the bedroom, down the hallway,
through the kitchen, and out the front door.
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But Jack was smaller
and faster than the giant.
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Jack reached the beanstalk first
and slid down.
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He arrived at the ground
with all his treasures.
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The giant reached the top of
the beanstalk and looked down.
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He was afraid of heights.
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He slowly climbed down.
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"BE CAREFUL, MY HUSBAND!"
shouted the giantess from the castle.
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"HUMANS CAN BE DANGEROUS!"
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Jack saw the giant coming
down the beanstalk.
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So he ran into his house
and grabbed an axe.
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He chopped the beanstalk.
Whack! Whack! Whack!
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Suddenly, the beanstalk snapped.
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The giant came tumbling down from the sky.
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He fell down, down, down, and landed far away,
on the other side of the Foggy Mountains.
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Thud!
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For a moment everything was silent.
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Then Jack heard a strange sound
from far away.
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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!"
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It was the giant.
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The beanstalk had fallen,
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and now he had no way to get back up
to his castle in the clouds.
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The giant yelled so loudly that
the clouds shook and turned gray.
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Then somewhere up in the sky,
Jack heard Mrs. Giant start to cry.
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Her tears fell through the clouds in tiny drops
and soaked the earth.
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After that, Jack and his mother
lived a very comfortable life.
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The golden hen made a Jack a millionaire.
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The magic harp made him famous.
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Jack married a rich and famous woman
and together they had ten children.
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But Jack was never truly happy.
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Every time the wind blew,
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Jack heard the giant calling for his wife.
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And every time it rained,
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he felt the giant-wife's
tears falling on him.
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Jack felt sad and guilty.
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One day, when Jack was very old,
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he decided that he didn't want
to be sad any more.
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He opened a box on his mantelpiece and
pulled out one last shrivelled magic bean.
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If he could find the giant,
he could grow another beanstalk.
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Then the giant could climb back up
to his castle in the clouds.
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If he could find the giant, he could also
apologize for being so greedy.
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Jack packed his bag and walked
into the Misty Mountains.
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Did Jack find the giant?
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Did he grow a new beanstalk
with the last magic bean?
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Nobody knows.
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But people say, if you listen closely
during a thunderstorm,
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you can hear the rumbling sound of
two giants dancing together in the clouds.
