JACK AND THE BEANSTALK In a faraway land lived a boy named jack, and his mother, they were very poor and so, one day, jack decided to go to the market and sell his cow for some money On the way, jack met a strange traveler He said to jack, that’s a fine cow you`ve got I`ll buy it from you, but I have no money All I have are these beans.” I can sell you a cow for beans! Jack cried But the traveler replied, these are magic beans They will grow into a large beanstalk in only one night.” Jack was curious He sold his cow to the traveler and took the beans Jack was very pleased with himself But when he went back home without any money, his mother was very angry You are a silly boy! She shouted at jack These beans are useless! She said and threw the beans out of the window However, the next morning, there was a surprise for them Outside their windows was the biggest beanstalk in the whole world! It was so tall that it reached the clouds Jack was excited I wonder what is at the top of the beanstalk, he said and began to climb it He climbed and climbed but he didn’t still reach the top Although he was tired, he didn’t stop Finally, just at some clouds, the beanstalk stopped Jack saw that he had reached a strange land In the distance was a large castle Jack slowly crept into the castle He was surprised to see a huge giant sleeping inside Quietly, he began to explore the castle Jack soon found rooms full of treasure in the castle He said to himself, there is so much gold here if I take some back with me, mother and I will no longer be poor He filled some bags with the treasure he even found a bird that laid golden eggs and a magical harp to take back with him But just as he was going to leave the castle, the giant woke up Fee-fo-fum I smell the blood of an English man he thundered He saw jack and ran after him roaring in anger Come back with my gold! He shouted Come back i`ll eat you for dinner! But jack was too fast for him He quickly slid down the beanstalk with the giant behind him As soon as he reached the ground, he took an axe and chopped down the beanstalk As the beanstalk fell to the ground, the giant too fell and died, leaving a large hole in the ground Jack and his mother lived happily, for they were never poor again