A Bedtime Story - Jack And The Beanstalk
This
is a short about a poor boy named Jack and his widow mother. It tells of his
adventure with the giants. Do enjoy the story and share with your friends
A
long time ago in a certain land, lived a poor widow and her son whose name was
Jack. They owned only one cow which they milked sometimes for milk. One day,
things became so unbearable that the poor widow asked her son Jack to take the
cow to the market and sell it. Jack was sad, but he had to do that which his
mother has asked of him. On his way to the market, he met a certain man who was
interested in buying the cow.
“What
do you offer for my cow?” Jack asked the man
The
man replied, “I have these five magic beans with me, I will exchange them for your
cow if it is ok with you.
Jack
agreed and took the five magic beans. When he got home, his mother was very
furious at him.
“you
are a foolish boy, how could you sell the only cow we had for some stupid
beans?” she asked.
Jack
couldn’t say a word and she angrily threw the magic beans away. Jack was very
sad and went to bed angry.
Early
the next morning when Jack woke up, he saw that a giant beanstalk had grown in
front of his window. Jack liked adventures, so he climbed the beanstalk until
he got to the top of the beanstalk. He soon discovered that a giant and his
wife lived at the top of the beanstalk. He went into the house and found the
wife of the giant in the kitchen.
“I
am very hungry ma, could you help me something to eat?” Jack asked.
The
wife of the giant was very kind, she gave him a glass of milk and bread to eat.
Few
minutes after Jack had begun eating, the giant came home to rest. He was a very
strong and fearsome creature. Jack was very terrified when he saw him and went
and hid inside the house.
“Fee-fi-fo-fum,
there is a young man in this place, I can smell his blood. Dead or alive, I
will grind his bones for my bread today!” the giant yelled.
“There
is no one in the house except you and I,” the wife replied.
After
searching around the house for any human, he couldn’t find jack. He went back
to the kitchen, eat his food, counted his sacks of gold coins, and went to his
room to rest.
In
the night, jack came out of his hiding place, went to where the giant kept his
gold coins, and took some of it. When Jack got home, he gave the gold coins to
his mother. She was very happy and they were able to buy some things with it
and lived happily for some time.
After
some time, when they have exhausted the worth of the gold coin Jack took, jack
journeyed back to the giant’s house again. When Jack got there, he met the
giant’s wife, who as usual gave him food to eat. This time, before jack could
take a bite from the food, the giant returned home.
“Fee-fi-fo-fum,
there is a young man in this place, I can smell his blood. Dead or alive, I
will grind his bones for my bread today!” the giant cried.
“There
is no one in the house except you and I,” the wife replied.
As
usual, after a thorough investigation, he couldn’t find Jack. He brought out
his hen which laid golden eggs and asked the hen to lay eggs. He then went to
sleep in his room. Jack crept out of his place of hiding and took the hen down
with him. He gave his mother the hen that laid golden eggs and she was very
happy.
A
few days later, jack went up the beanstalk again for the third time. He met the
giant’s wife and as usual, she gave him food to eat. As before, the giant
returned for his usual rest.
“Fee-fi-fo-fum,
there is a young man in this place, I can smell his blood. Dead or alive, I
will grind his bones for my bread today!” the giant cried.
“What
is wrong with you? There is no one in the house except you and I,” the wife
said.
To
satisfy his curiosity, he searched the house, but couldn’t find Jack in his
hiding place. He ate his food and went to his room to sleep.
The
giant owned a magical harp in his room that played lovely music for him while
he slept. Jack crawled out of his hiding place and went to the giant’s room to
take it. As Jack was about to leave the room, the harp cried, “help me, master,
a boy is trying to steal me from you.” Immediately, the giant woke up and
chased after Jack, but Jack was too fast for him. When jack got home, he
quickly ran inside the house, got an axe, and began to cut the beanstalk
because the giant was making his way to the ground. The giant was still very
far from the ground when Jack finished cutting the beanstalk, he lost his grip
on the beanstalk and fell to the ground and died.
Jack
and his mother lived happily ever after with lots of riches.
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