Jack
and the Beanstalk
Once upon a time there
lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell
their only cow. Jack went to the market and on the way he met a man who wanted
to buy his cow. Jack asked, “What will you give me in return for my cow?” The
man answered, “I will give you five magic beans!” Jack took the magic beans and
gave the man the cow. But when he reached home, Jack’s mother was very angry.
She said, “You fool! He took away your cow and gave you some beans!” She threw
the beans out of the window. Jack was very sad and went to sleep without
dinner.
The next day, when
Jack woke up in the morning and looked out of the window, he saw that a huge
beanstalk had grown from his magic beans! He climbed up the beanstalk and
reached a kingdom in the sky. There lived a giant and his wife. Jack went
inside the house and found the giant’s wife in the kitchen. Jack said, “Could
you please give me something to eat? I am so hungry!” The kind wife gave him
bread and some milk.
While he was eating,
the giant came home. The giant was very big and looked very fearsome. Jack was
terrified and went and hid inside. The giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the
blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to
make my bread!” The wife said, “There is no boy in here!” So, the giant ate his
food and then went to his room. He took out his sacks of gold coins, counted
them and kept them aside. Then he went to sleep. In the night, Jack crept out
of his hiding place, took one sack of gold coins and climbed down the
beanstalk. At home,
he gave the coins to his mother. His mother was very happy and they lived well for sometime.
he gave the coins to his mother. His mother was very happy and they lived well for sometime.
Climbed the beanstalk
and went to the giant’s house again. Once again, Jack asked the giant’s wife
for food, but while he was eating the giant returned. Jack leapt up in fright
and went and hid under the bed. The giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the
blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to
make my bread!” The wife said, “There is no boy in here!” The giant ate his
food and went to his room. There, he took out a hen. He shouted, “Lay!” and the
hen laid a golden egg. When the giant fell asleep, Jack took the hen and
climbed down the beanstalk. Jack’s mother was very happy with him.
After some days, Jack
once again climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant’s castle. For the third
time, Jack met the giant’s wife and asked for some food. Once again, the
giant’s wife gave him bread and milk. But while Jack was eating, the giant came
home. “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!” cried the giant. “Don’t be silly!
There is no boy in here!” said his wife.
The giant had a
magical harp that could play beautiful songs. While the giant slept, Jack took
the harp and was about to leave. Suddenly, the magic harp cried, “Help master!
A boy is stealing me!” The giant woke up and saw Jack with the harp. Furious,
he ran after Jack. But Jack was too fast for him. He ran down the beanstalk and
reached home. The giant followed him down. Jack quickly ran inside his house
and fetched an axe. He began to chop the beanstalk. The giant fell and died.
Jack and his mother
were now very rich and they lived happily ever after.
* THE END *
Questions:
1) What type of the text?
2) Why do Jack and his mother
decide to sell the cow?
3) How many beans does the old man
give Jack?
4) What kind of beans are they?
5) What does Jack's mother do with
the beans?
6) What does Jack see the next
morning?
7) What is the first thing Jack
takes from Ogre?
8) What kind of eggs does the hen
lay?
9) How does Jack kill the giant?
10) What happens at the end of the
story?
Answers:
1) Narrative Text.
2) Because they’re poor.
3) Five beans.
4) Magic beans.
5) Throws them out the window.
6) A giant beanstalk outside his
window.
7) One sack of gold coins.
8) Golden eggs.
9) He chops down the beanstalk with
giant on it.
10) Jack and his mother were now
very rich and they lived happily ever after.
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