Then the King’s son remembered, and he sprang and claimed the Giant’s little daughter as his bride.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
RETOLD BY MARY LENA WILSON
A long, long time ago there was a boy named Jack. He and his mother were very poor, and lived in a tiny cottage. Jack’s mother loved him so much that she could never say no to anything he asked. So whenever he wanted money she gave it to him, until at last all they had was gone. There was nothing left with which to buy supper. Then the poor woman began to cry, and said to her son:
“Oh, Jack, there is nothing in the house to eat; and there is no money to buy food. You will have to take the old cow to town and sell her. She is all we have left.”
Jack felt very bad when he saw his mother crying; so he quickly got the cow and started off to town. As he was walking along he passed the butcher, who stopped him and said:
“Why, Jack! what are you driving your cow away from home for?” And Jack replied sadly: “I am taking her to town to sell her.”
Then he noticed that the butcher held in his hand some colored beans. They were so beautiful he could not keep from staring at them.