Long ago in a far away land, a poor woman lived with her only son Jack.

One day the woman found that they had nothing left to eat and no money to buy food. The woman told Jack, who was already feeling hungry to take the cow to the market and sell her ."Make sure you get a good price for her" she said. Jack went to the field and tied a rope around the cow's neck and started walking down the road towards the town.

Suddenly, Jack found a small old man walking besides him. He was very surprised. "That's a nice cow", said the strange man. "yes she is", said Jack. "I am off to the market to sell her". "I'll buy her", said the old man. " No I must go to the market and get the price I can." I'll give you a good price for her", said the old man. "How much?" asked Jack. "Seven magic beans", said the old man. "No way said Jack. I'll give you the beans for the cow and life will be different for you, said the old man. "I am sorry my mother will be very unhappy, if I went home with a handful of beans. I must sell her at the market, "said Jack; "You will not be successful, said the old man "But go if you must" The market was very busy Jack stood in the middle calling out that his cow was for sale, but nobody spoke to him or even looked at the cow.

At the end of the day everyone started packing up "come on" he said to the cow, "let's go back home". "You still have the cow and I still have the magic beans", the old man appeared again. Jack stopped and thought if the beans were magic they may well change things. "I all take the beans", he said "Wise choice", said the old man, "and Good luck". "Thank you" said Jack and headed for home and as he looked back the old man was no where to be seen. "Beans...Beans !! ", shouted his mother. "How will the beans feeds us" "They are magic beans, "said Jack. "Magic, how stupid ! oh you silly boy", said his mother and threw the beans out of the window.

They went to bed hungry. When Jack woke up the next morning, he saw a very strange thing. A huge green trunk was growing past the window, with enormous leaves. Jack called his mother and shouted, "It's the beans you threw last night". They both looked up and the bean- stalk served to be growing right into the sky, disappearing into the clouds. "I am going to climb it, "said jack. "Oh! Jack don't "said his mother. "You don't know where it goes". "I 'll find out", said jack and he began climbing. Jack climbed so high that he went through the white clouds.

As, the bean- stalk finished a path stretched in front of Jack. In the distance he could see a castle. When he reached the castle he, stood in front of the huge gate and pulled the bell. A large woman came out of the door. "How did you get here?" she asked, "come in before my husband arrives". Jack was taken into the kitchen. The table and chair were like mountains to him. "Have some breakfast you must be hungry," said the woman. Jack ate a plate full of food. Loud steps, could be heard suddenly, "That's my husband", said the woman. You must hide or he will eat you". Jack went behind the overdoor. "Fee,Fo,Fi,Hum, I smell the blood of an English man. Be alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread", shouted the giant as he came into the kitchen. You are imagining things, "said his wife". "There is no English man here". Your breakfast is on the table. "Jack watched the giant as he ate his breakfast & very often he would stop and sniff and then carry on eating. When he was full he called out to his wife, bring my golden hen.

The hen was tiny and sat on the table in front of him. "Lay golden hen, said the giant. The hen began to lay eggs and they were golden eggs Jack was looking at this from his hiding place. The giant soon began to snore and was fast asleep. Jack jumped and climbed the table, crept past the giant, picked up the hen and ran. He ran fast out of the castle and then down the bean attack . His mother was relieved to see him and the hen that laid golden eggs. They would never go hungry again. Jack began to get bored after a while. They had plenty of money, plenty to eat and new clothes to wear

One day he said to his mother, " I am going to climb the beanstalk again, "But why?"' She asked "I want to see what else is up there, said Jack and climbed the bean stalk again. This time where he reached the castle, he hide in the draw. After a while he heard loud footsteps ""Fe, FO, if, fume, I smell the blood of an English man and this time I will find him." "I'll help you said his wife. The naughty boy took your favourite hen. They looked high and low but could not find Jack. Don't be upset, said the giant's wife, "eat your dinner and have rest". The giant finished his dinner and called his wife, "Bring my harp it can sing me to sleep. "His wife bought the harp and the giant stroked the string, the harp began to sing by itself. The giant smiled and yawned and soon went to sleep. As soon as the giant was fast asleep, Jack jumped out of the drawer and grabbed the harp as he had not seen such a beautiful thing before. "Master-Master", shouted the harp "Help me". Jack started running the giant got up and ran after jack. Jack ran as fast as he could and came to the bean- stalk, he climbed down as fast as he could.

"Mother" shouted Jack. "Mother bring me the axe". His mother took one look up and ran to fetch the axe. When Jack was on the ground, his mother took the harp and handed him the axe. "Whack-Whack" went the axe cutting the bean stalk "fe,fo,fi,fum", bellowed the giant, suddenly the whole thing began to fall over. The bean- stalk landed with the grant waking in huge hole. The giant tumbled down the hole never to be seen again. Jack and his mother lived happily ever after, with the golden hen and the singing harp.