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Poems
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
Information Plot/Description
Information
Plot/Description
Spoiler Warning! Jack and his mother are
completely broke, so she sends him off to sell their old cow to someone
wealthy. Instead he comes back with only one bean. She can't believe his
stupidity and throws the bean out onto the rubbish dump. Then she beats
Jack with the vacuum cleaner handle. The next day they see that the bean
has sprouted into a huge beanstalk. Jack is pleased, but his mother
complains that there aren't any beans for them to pick. Jack points out
that the leaves above them are pure gold. She is entranced and tells him
to climb up and cut them off. As he climbs, though, he hears a giant above
say, "FEE FI FO FUM, I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN!" Jack scurries
down and reports back to his mother. She tells him it's no wonder the
giant smells him, as Jack never bathes and he stinks. She decides to climb
it herself. Not long after, Jack hears the giant eat her up. He realizes
that if he wants the gold, he's going to have to wash. So he cleans
himself thoroughly. When he climbs the beanstalk again, the giant doesn't
smell him at all. Jack waits til the giant is sleeping and then gathers up
enough gold to make himself a millionaire. "A bath," he said, "does seem
to pay. I'm going to have one every day."
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