Pauline McIntyre

Jack and the Beanstalk

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack who lived with his poor widowed mother. They had sold almost everything they owned to buy food. When their last cow stopped giving milk, Jack’s mother sent him to town to sell it.

On the way to town Jack met a strange fellow who told him stories of magic beans. “Where can I buy some of these magic beans for my mother?” asked Jack.

“I have the last five magic beans and I will sell them to you because you are a good boy,” the strange man smiled at Jack.

“Well I have nothing but our old cow and we need the money I would get by selling her for food.”

The man replied, “Trust me, my boy, these beans will bring you food and fortune and your mother will be proud.”

Jack hesitated but finally traded the cow for the beans. When Jack returned home his mother was furious and threw the beans out the kitchen window crying. Jack went to bed that night sad and hungry.

He woke the next morning to find a huge beanstalk gro