The Giant’s Revenge

Jack and his mother became very rich. They had a hen that laid golden eggs and a golden harp that played the most wonderful music. They lived in a big house on the edge of the wood and had many servants. But Jack and his mother became greedy and very mean.

One day an old woman came to the door. ‘Would you like to buy some beans?’ she asked Jack.

‘Yes, but I will only give you a penny,’ Jack answered.

The old woman was so poor that she accepted the penny and went away. Jack told one of the servants to plant the beans and water them.

In no time at all, the beanstaiks grew so tall that they touched the clouds. Jack climbed up the tallest beanstaiks and found himself back at the giant’s land. Ahead of him was the big castle. He knocked on the door but there was no answer, so he went inside.

The floor and walls were covered with jewels and gold coins. Soon he filled his pockets with the jewels and money, and was just about to run away when he heard loud footsteps. Suddenly he found himself in a giant fist. It was the fist of the same giant he met in his previous adventure. There was no way for Jack to escape.

‘Fee fi fo fum, I’m so glad you’ve come. Be you alive or be you dead, you’ll be my slave or off your head!’

So Jack became the giant’s slave. He cooked, washed and cleaned the castle. He had to do everything the giant asked. Jack was very unhappy and begged to go home but, alas, he was made to stay in at the castle.

The giant, however, married a princess not long after that, and they lived happily ever after.