The Real Story Of Jack And The Beanstalk | 2020
“Jack And The Beanstalk Story”
Once upon a time there lived a widow with her only son, named Jack.
Their times were really hard and they were living in poverty for long. Jack was too young to work and earn money. All their house furniture and other belongings were sold off to carry on with their basic daily needs.
Until at last they were left with a cow who used to give milk every day and that they used to sell-off in the market to buy bread.
One day the poor old cow didn’t give any milk That’s when Jack suggested his mother I think we should sell off this cow and get a good return in the bargain.
So Jack left to sell off the cow in the market.
On the way, he met a butcher who asked, “Oh! Where are you going Jack?”
“I am going to the market to sell off this cow for a good bargain.” said Jack.
Butcher suggested, “Oh why take the trouble to go that far? I have a very good deal for you.”
He took out 5 strange looking beans from his pocket and handed them to Jack. Jack looked little hazed as to what kind of “Good” Bargain is it?
“Oh My God! They are so beautiful! What do you call these?” Jack questioned.
Butcher replies, “Beans! Magical Beans. If you plant them overnight, by the next morning they will grow up and reach the sky.”
“Wow! Mother would be so happy to see them. Thank You Mr. Butcher.” said Jack and off went Jack happily to his mother and showed her the Magical beans.
But to his disappointment she only got angry at him and shouted, “Off you go to bed Right away!” She threw the beans outside the kitchen window and into the backyard and went off to her bed crying and weeping.
The next morning, when Jack woke up, he saw outside his window and to his surprise, he saw a great beanstalk reaching up to the sky. “Oh My God! This beanstalk is so huge. I need to climb this up to see where it leads too.”
He climbed up and up and up till his home looked a mere spot on the ground. At last, the stalk ended and Jack found himself in a completely different place.
But suddenly a beautiful lady appeared and said, “Hello Jack! You don’t know me but I know you and everything about you. The castle you see there belongs to a Giant who stole all your father’s money and killed him. Your mother had kept this secret from you, to protect you. He owes you, Jack.”
The lady disappeared in thin air.
Jack kept standing there and thinking, “He surely owes me and my family.”
Far away where the road ended, he could see a Huge Castle. He went up to the castle and knocked on the huge door.
A giant woman opened the door. She looked scary and howled at Jack, “What you want?”
“If you please Ma’am,would you kindly give me some breakfast? I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday,” said Jack.
The giant woman though looked cruel and ugly had a kind heart and offered Jack a huge plate of English breakfast but warned him, “You must finish quickly before my Giant husband comes back and eats you.”
Then suddenly there was a huge knock on the door. And the wife picked up the jack and hid him in the huge empty kettle.
As the door opened, the giant entered and roared,
“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!”
“Non Sense! You are mistaken. It’s the ox hide you smell.” said his wife.
So he sat down at the table and ate the ox that his wife had served him as breakfast. After he finished he asked his wife, “Get me my Money Bags.”
He started counting his money but he was so sleepy that he slept on the table. The whole room was roaring with his snore.
Jack, taking an opportunity of this time got out of the kettle, picked up the money bags and ran towards the door. Before the giant woke up he climbed down the beanstalk and to his cottage and didn’t look back even once.
He took a sigh of relief and ran to his mother. “Mother! Look what I got! We are rich now!”
The Mother and the son lived quite comfortable till one-afternoon when…
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