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A children's story. Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant. The giant senses Jack's presence and cries, “Fee, fie, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!” Outwitting the giant, Jack is able to retrieve many goods once stolen from his family, including an enchanted goose that lays golden eggs. Jack then escapes by chopping down the beanstalk. The giant, who is pursuing him, falls to his death, and Jack and his family prosper.

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A Summary and Analysis of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ – Interesting Literature

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By Dr Oliver Tearle

What is the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ all about? And what is the moral of this story? It’s one of the best-known and best-loved fairy tales in Britain, and also – as we will see – one of the oldest.

‘Jack and the Beanstalk’: plot summary

First, a very short summary of the plot of the Jack and the beanstalk tale (or a refresher for those who are some way out of the nursery). Jack is a young and rather reckless boy who lives with his widowed mother. They become increasingly poor – thanks partly to Jack’s own carelessness – until the day comes when all they have left is a cow, which Jack’s mother tells him to take to the market to sell for money. Unfortunately, while on his way into town, Jack meets a bean dealer who says he will pay Jack a hat full of magic beans for the cow.

Jack, delighted to have been made an offer on the cow before he’s even reached the market, lives up to his reckless reputation once again and agrees to the deal. He returns home with no cow and no money and only a hat full of beans to show for the journey; his mother, needless to say, is less than happy with this outcome, and hurls the beans out into the garden in her anger. They both retire to bed without having eaten, as they have no food left.

However, when Jack wakes the next morning, he finds that the magic beans scattered across the garden have grown into a giant beanstalk outside his window. He promptly climbs it – as you do – and finds a whole new land at the top. Wandering among this land, Jack comes upon a huge castle and sneaks his way inside. The giant, who owns the castle, returns home and smells Jack, proclaiming: ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum! I smell the blood of an English man: Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.’ Jack steals a sack of gold from the giant’s castle before swiftly making his escape back down the beanstalk.

However, this is a fairy tale, which wouldn’t be complete without obeying the ‘rule of three’. So, Jack duly climbs the beanstalk twice more and steals from the giant twice more. The giant wakes when Jack is leaving the castle the third time, and chases Jack back down the beanstalk.

The quick-thinking Jack calls for his mother to throw down an axe for him; before the giant reaches the ground, Jack chops down the beanstalk, causing the giant to fall to his death. Jack and his mother live happily ever after, and are never poor or hungry again, thanks to Jack’s burgling skills. Who says crime doesn’t pay?

‘Jack and the Beanstalk’: analysis

‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, like a great number of fairy tales, has a curious and complicated history. The story’s earliest incarnation of in print was as ‘The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean’ in 1734; it underwent some tidying up (with a large dose of moralising added for good measure) in 1807 in Benjamin Tabart’s ‘The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk’, although the elements we most associate with the story were given the definitive treatment in an 1890 version.

All this would suggest that the tale of Jack and the beanstalk is relatively recent, especially when so many other classic fairy tales have medieval prototypes in world literature.

But in fact, researchers at the universities in Durham and Lisbon believe that the essential story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ dates back over 5,000 years, or two whole millennia before Homer. This prototype of Jack’s beanstalk antics is classified by folklorists as ATU 328 The Boy Who Stole Ogre’s Treasure. Like ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’, this story appears to be thousands, rather than hundreds, of years old.

As we implied above, there is something immoral in the story’s essential message: steal from others to get yourself out of poverty, and you will triumph. The killing of the giant is self-defence, admittedly, but we can see why Victorians might have been a little queasy around the central thrust of the story.

So in some versions of the tale, such as the one the Opies include in The Classic Fairy Tales

, a back-story is included, which informs us that the giant actually stole his riches from Jack’s father, whom he killed out of jealousy and greed. The giant’s wealth, then, is ill-gotten, and Jack, in stealing from him, is in fact only reclaiming what is rightfully his. This addition makes the tale more palatable to younger readers whose parents want to use the fairy tale for moral instruction as well as entertainment, and, after all, Jack is still far from perfect. His lack of foresight and rashness lead to his selling the cow for such a low price.

‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ has endured because it contains so many of the classic ingredients of the fairy tale: the plucky young hero who’s down on his luck, the evil villain, the happy ending. And it’s been around for a long time: if those scholars are correct in their analysis, the original for the story has been around for almost twice as long as Homer’s Iliad. That’s some literary pedigree.

The author of this article, Dr Oliver Tearle, is a literary critic and lecturer in English at Loughborough University. He is the author of, among others, The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers’ Journey Through Curiosities of History and The Great War, The Waste Land and the Modernist Long Poem.

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Fairy tale "Jack and the beanstalk"

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack. His father died a long time ago, and he and his mother were left alone. They were very poor. More precisely, they had nothing but a single cow that gave them milk.

But, alas, the day came when the cow stopped being milked, and Jack's mother decided that it was better to sell her then. She ordered to take the cow to the nearest town and sell it there at the fair. “Yes, to make it as expensive as possible,” she strictly punished. Jack set off. But as soon as he walked a couple of miles, he saw a strange little old man, barely reaching his shoulder, walking along the road towards him.
- Hello boy! Sell me your cow, the old man suggested. “And in payment I will give you five beans. If you plant them in the ground, they will soon make you rich.
Before Jack had time to utter a word in response, the old man disappeared with the cow, as if he did not exist at all. Jack wondered if he had done the right thing by agreeing to such an exchange. What will the mother say to that? But the deed was done, and with a heavy heart he went back home.
- How? Why are you back so soon? - the mother was surprised. - Well, how many coins did you sell the cow for?
- For five beans.
- What a dumbass you are! We need money so much, there is nothing in the house! the mother yelled at Jack. “And how could you come up with such a thing!”

She grabbed the beans and threw them out the window and sent Jack to bed hungry. When Jack woke up the next morning, he couldn't recognize his little room. She was bathed in a pleasant greenish light. Jack went to the window and saw an amazing picture - the beans that his mother threw out of the window yesterday sprouted overnight, their shoots intertwined into a huge stalk that went up high, high into the very sky.
Jack dressed carefully so as not to wake his sleeping mother, climbed over the window sill right onto the stalk and began to climb it. He was simply sure that the wealth that the old man had told him about was waiting for him up there.
Jack got higher and higher. He looked down - the ground was so far away that he was afraid, his head was spinning, and Jack almost broke and fell. He decided not to look down any longer and stubbornly climbed up. Finally, he hit the clouds, climbed a little higher and saw a long road.

Jack started down the road and soon saw a huge castle ahead. He walked up to the castle gate and knocked. Soon a huge woman opened the door for him.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack and the beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk ) is an English folk tale about a brave boy Jack who defeats a giant.

Plot

A widow forced to sell her cow sends her son Jack to the market. On the way, Jack meets an old man who offers to exchange the cow for magic beans, from which the stalk will supposedly grow to the sky. An angry mother, having learned about this deal, throws the beans out the window. The next morning, Jack sees that the old man was telling the truth. The curious boy climbs the stem until he finds a road leading to a house. At the house, Jack meets a giantess and asks her to feed him. A kind woman fulfills his request. But then the owner of the house, the cannibal giant, returns home. The giantess hides Jack in the stove. The giant who enters says:

When the giant falls asleep, Jack goes home. However, he then returns to steal the bag of gold and the goose that lays golden eggs. The ogre gives chase, but Jack, cutting down the stem, defeats the giant.

In books

The tale is known in different versions. It first appeared in print in 1807 in an adaptation by Benjamin Tabart, in which the author introduces a new character - a fairy who explains the moral of the tale to Jack.

Joseph Jacobs version Russian 1890 year is the most popular.

Cultural influence

The first film based on the tale appeared in 1902: Jack and the Beanstalk, a silent short film by George Fleming and Edwin Stanton Porter.
In the USA, the fairy tale was filmed twice - in 1962 and 2013 (the second time - under the title "Jack the Giant Slayer").
Based on the plot of this fairy tale, a Japanese full-length anime film "Jack in Wonderland" was staged.
In the cartoon Puss in Boots, part of the storyline is based on this fairy tale.
In the cartoon "Merry and Carefree", the second part is a free retelling of the tale, in which the role of the giant is played by Willy the Giant, and the role of Jack is Mickey Mouse.
In the computer game Dizzy 3: Fantasy World Dizzy, released in October 1989 by Codemasters, the main character, an egg named Dizzy, rescues his beloved Daisy, who has been placed by a wizard in a castle in the clouds. According to the plot, Dizzy trades a small horse with a merchant in the market for a magic bean, plants it in manure and climbs up into the clouds along the grown stalk.
In the animated series Family Guy season 12 episode 10 Peter tells Stewie 3 fairy tales, the first one is about Jack and the magic beans.
The plot of the fairy tale is used in the musical feature film "Into the Woods" directed by Rob Marshall and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

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No one objected to this.
On the 24th of July it was absolutely right. But on July 29, Kutuzov was granted the princely dignity. Princely dignity could also mean that they wanted to get rid of him - and therefore the judgment of Prince Vasily continued to be correct, although he was in no hurry to express it now. But on August 8, a committee was assembled from General Field Marshal Saltykov, Arakcheev, Vyazmitinov, Lopukhin and Kochubey to discuss the affairs of the war. The committee decided that the failures were due to differences of command, and, despite the fact that the persons who made up the committee knew the sovereign's dislike for Kutuzov, the committee, after a short meeting, proposed appointing Kutuzov commander in chief. And on the same day, Kutuzov was appointed plenipotentiary commander of the armies and the entire region occupied by the troops.
On August 9, Prince Vasily met again at Anna Pavlovna's with l "homme de beaucoup de merite [a person of great dignity]. L" homme de beaucoup de merite courted Anna Pavlovna on the occasion of the desire to appoint Empress Maria Feodorovna as a trustee of the women's educational institution. Prince Vasily entered the room with the air of a happy winner, a man who had achieved the goal of his desires.
Eh bien, vous savez la grande nouvelle? Le prince Koutouzoff est marechal. [Well s, you know the great news? Kutuzov - field marshal.] All disagreements are over. I'm so happy, so glad! - said Prince Vasily. – Enfin voila un homme, [Finally, this is a man.] – he said, significantly and sternly looking around at everyone in the living room. L "homme de beaucoup de merite, despite his desire to get a place, could not help but remind Prince Vasily of his previous judgment. (This was impolite both in front of Prince Vasily in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room, and in front of Anna Pavlovna, who was just as joyfully received the news; but he could not resist.)
- Mais on dit qu "il est aveugle, mon prince? [But they say he is blind?] - he said, reminding Prince Vasily of his own words.
- Allez donc, il y voit assez, [Eh, nonsense, he is enough sees, believe me.] - said Prince Vasily in his bassy, quick voice with a cough, that voice and cough with which he resolved all difficulties. - Allez, il y voit assez, - he repeated. - And what I'm glad about, - he continued "This is the fact that the sovereign gave him complete power over all the armies, over the entire region, - a power that no commander in chief has ever had. This is another autocrat," he concluded with a victorious smile.

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow, and she had only one son, Jack, and a cow Belyanka. The cow gave milk every morning, and the mother and son sold it in the bazaar - they lived on this. But one time Belyanka did not give milk, and they simply did not know what to do.

How can we be? How to be? - repeated the mother, wringing her hands.

Cheer up, mother! Jack said. - I'll get someone to work with.

But you've already tried to get hired, but no one hires you, - answered the mother. - No, apparently, we will have to sell our Belyanka and open a shop with the proceeds or do some other business.

All right, Mom, Jack agreed. - Today is just a market day, and I will quickly sell Belyanka. And then we'll decide what to do.

And so Jack took the reins in his hands and led the cow to the market. But he did not have time to go far, as he met with some wonderful old man.

Good morning, Jack! - said the old man.

Good morning to you too! - answered Jack, and he himself is surprised: how does the old man know his name?

Well, Jack, where are you going? - asked the old man.

To the market, to sell a cow.

Yes, yes! Who should trade cows if not you! the old man laughed. “Tell me, how many beans does it take to make five?”

Exactly two in each hand and one in your mouth! - answered Jack: he was not a small mistake.

That's right! - said the old man. - Look, here they are, these same beans! - and the old man pulled out a handful of some outlandish beans from his pocket. “And since you’re so smart,” the old man continued, “I’m not averse to swapping with you - beans for you, a cow for me!”

Go on your way! Jack got angry. - That would be better!

Uh, you don't know what beans are, said the old man. - Plant them in the evening, and by morning they will grow to the sky.

Huh? Truth? Jack was surprised.

True truth! And if not, take your cow back.

Okay! - Jack agreed: he gave the old man Belyanka, and put the beans in his pocket.

Jack turned back and came home early - it was not yet dark.

How! Are you back yet, Jack? - mother was surprised. - I see Belyanka is not with you, so you sold her? How much did they give you for it?

You'll never guess, mom! Jack answered.

Huh? Oh my good! Five pounds? Ten? Fifteen? Well, twenty something would not give!

I said - you can't guess! What can you say about these beans? They are magical. Plant them in the evening and...

What?! cried Jack's mother. “Are you really such a fool, such a blockhead, such an ass, that you gave away my Belyanka, the most dairy cow in the whole district, and besides, smooth, well-fed, for a handful of some bad beans?” It is for you! It is for you! It is for you! And your precious beans - get them out the window! .. Well, now you can sleep well! And don’t ask for food - you still won’t get a sip or a piece!

And then Jack went up to his attic, to his little room, sad, very sad: he was sorry for his mother, and he himself was left without supper.

Finally he did fall asleep.

And when I woke up, I barely recognized my room. The sun illuminated only one corner, and around it was dark, dark.

Jack jumped out of bed, got dressed and went to the window. And what did he see? Yes, something like a big tree. And it's his beans that sprouted. In the evening, Jack's mother threw them out of the window into the garden, they sprouted, and the huge stalk stretched and stretched up and up until it grew to the very sky. It turns out that the old man spoke the truth!

The beanstalk grew right next to Jack's window. Here Jack opened the window, jumped on the stalk and climbed up as if on a ladder. And he kept climbing, and climbing, and climbing, and climbing, and climbing, and climbing, until, finally, he reached the very sky. There he saw a long and wide road, as straight as an arrow. I went along this road, and kept walking, and walking, and walking, until I came to a huge, huge tall house. And at the threshold of this house stood a huge, enormous, tall woman.

Good morning ma'am! Jack said very politely. - Be so kind as to give me something to eat, please!

After all, Jack went to bed without supper and was now as hungry as a wolf.

Would you like to have breakfast? - said a huge, enormous, tall woman. - Yes, you yourself will get another for breakfast if you don’t get out of here! My husband is a cannibal, and his favorite food is boys fried in breadcrumbs. You'd better leave while you're safe, otherwise he'll be back soon.

Oh, ma'am, I beg you, give me something to eat! Jack didn't hesitate. - I haven't had a crumb in my mouth since yesterday morning. I speak the true truth. And does it matter if they fry me or I will die of hunger?

I must say that the cannibal was a good woman. She took Jack into the kitchen and gave him a piece of bread and cheese and a pitcher of milk. But before Jack had time to eat even half of breakfast, when suddenly - top! top! top! - the whole house shook from someone's steps.

Oh my God! Yes, that's my old man! gasped the cannibal. - What to do? Quickly jump here!

And just as she pushed Jack into the oven, the ogre himself entered.

Well, he was great - a mountain-mountain! Three calves were dangling from his belt, tied by the legs. The cannibal untied them, threw them on the table and said:

Come on, wife, fry me a couple for breakfast! Wow! What does it smell like here?
Phi-fi-fo-fam,
I smell the spirit of the British there.
Whether he is dead or alive, -
He will go to my breakfast.

What are you, hubby? his wife told him. - You got it wrong. Or maybe it still smells like that little boy that we had yesterday for dinner - remember, he came to your taste. Come on, wash your face and change, and in the meantime I will prepare breakfast.

The cannibal went out, and Jack was about to get out of the oven and run away, but the cannibal didn't let him in.

Wait until he falls asleep, she said. - After breakfast, he always goes to sleep.

And so the cannibal had breakfast, then went up to a huge chest, took out two sacks of gold and sat down to count the coins. He counted, counted, finally began to nod off and began to snore, so much so that again the whole house began to shake.

Then Jack slowly got out of the oven, crept on tiptoe past the ogre, grabbed one bag of gold and God bless! - rushed to the beanstalk. He threw the bag down, right into the garden, and he himself began to go down the stem, lower and lower, until, at last, he found himself at his house.

Jack told his mother about everything that happened to him, handed her a bag of gold and said:

Well, mother, did I tell the truth about my beans? You see, they are really magical!

And so Jack and his mother began to live on the money that was in the bag. But in the end, the bag was empty, and Jack decided to try his luck at the top of the beanstalk one more time. One fine morning he got up early and climbed the beanstalk and climbed, and climbed, and climbed, and climbed, and climbed, and climbed, until finally he found himself on a familiar road and reached along it to a huge, enormous tall at home. Like last time, a huge, enormous, tall woman was standing at the threshold.

Good morning, ma'am, Jack told her as if nothing had happened. - Be so kind as to give me something to eat, please!

Get out of here, little boy! the giantess replied. - Otherwise, my husband will eat you at breakfast. Uh, no, wait a minute - aren't you the same boy that came here recently? You know, on that very day my husband lost a bag of gold.

What a miracle, ma'am! Jack says. “I could really say something about this, but I’m so hungry that until I eat at least a piece, I won’t be able to utter a word.

The giantess was so curious that she let Jack in and gave him something to eat. And Jack deliberately began to chew as slowly as possible. But suddenly - top! top! top! - the steps of the giant were heard, and the giantess again hid Jack in the furnace.

Then everything was the same as last time: the ogre came in, said: "Fi-fi-fo-fam..." and so on, had breakfast with three fried bulls, and then ordered his wife:

Wife, bring me a chicken - the one that lays golden eggs!

The giantess brought it, and the ogre said to the hen: “Rush!” - and she laid a golden egg. Then the cannibal began to nod and began to snore so that the whole house shook.

Then Jack slowly got out of the oven, grabbed the golden hen and fled in an instant. But then the hen cackled and woke up the ogre. And just as Jack was running out of the house, the giant's voice was heard:

Wife, hey, wife, don't touch my golden hen!

And his wife answered him:

What did it seem to you, hubby?

That was all Jack heard. He rushed with all his might to the beanstalk and almost flew down it.

Jack returned home, showed his mother the miracle chicken and shouted:

And the hen laid a golden egg. Since then, every time Jack told her to “go!”, the hen laid a golden egg.

That's it. But this was not enough for Jack, and soon he again decided to try his luck at the top of the beanstalk. One fine morning he got up early and climbed the beanstalk and climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed until he reached the very top. True, this time he was careful not to immediately enter the cannibals' house, but crept up to him slowly and hid in the bushes. He waited until the giantess went with a bucket for water, and - sniffed into the house! Climbed into the copper cauldron and waits. He did not wait long; suddenly hears the familiar “top! top! top!” And now the ogre and his wife enter the room.

Fi-fi-fo-fam, I smell the spirit of the British there! - shouted the cannibal. - I can smell it, wife!

Can you really hear it, hubby? says the giantess. - Well, if this is the tomboy who stole your gold and a chicken with golden eggs, he certainly is sitting in the stove!

And both rushed to the stove. Good thing Jack didn't hide in it!

Always you with your "fi-fi-fo-fam!" - said the cannibal. - Yes, it smells like the boy you caught yesterday. I just fried it for you for breakfast. Well, I have a memory! Yes, and you are good too - for so many years you have not learned to distinguish a living spirit from a dead one!

Finally the cannibal sat down at the table to have breakfast. But he kept mumbling:

Yes, but still I can swear that ... - and getting up from the table, he searched the pantry, and chests, and supplies ... He searched all the corners and nooks and crannies, only I didn’t think to look into the copper cauldron.

But then the ogre had breakfast and shouted:

Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp! The wife brought the harp and placed it on the table in front of him.

Sing! - ordered the giant to the harp.

And the golden harp sang so well that you will listen! And she sang and sang until the ogre fell asleep and began to snore: and he snored so loudly that it seemed like thunder was rumbling.

Here Jack lightly lifted the lid of the boiler. He got out of it quietly, quietly, like a mouse, and crawled on all fours to the very table. He climbed onto the table, grabbed the golden harp, and rushed to the door.

But the harp called loudly:

Master! Master!

The ogre woke up and saw Jack running away with his harp.

Jack ran headlong, and the cannibal followed him and, of course, would have caught him, but Jack was the first to rush to the door; besides, he knew the road well. Here he jumped on the beanstalk, and the cannibal catches up. But suddenly Jack disappeared somewhere. The cannibal ran to the end of the road, he sees Jack already below - from the last strength he is in a hurry. The giant was afraid to step on a shaky stalk, stopped, stands, and Jack went down even lower. But then the harp called again:

Master! Master!

The giant stepped on the beanstalk and the beanstalk shook under his weight.

Here Jack goes down and down, and the ogre behind him. And when Jack got to the roof of his house, he shouted:

Mom! Mother! Bring the axe, bring the axe! Mother ran out with an ax in her hands, rushed to the beanstalk, and froze in horror: after all, upstairs the giant had already pierced the clouds with his legs. Finally, Jack jumped down to the ground, grabbed an ax and slashed at the beanstalk so hard that he almost cut it in half.

The man-eater felt that the stalk was swaying violently and stopped. "What happened?" - thinks. Here Jack strikes with an ax again - he completely cut the beanstalk. The stalk swayed and collapsed, and the ogre fell to the ground and twisted his neck.

Jack showed his mother a golden harp, and then they began to show it for money, and also sell golden eggs. And when they got rich, Jack married the princess and lived happily ever after.

Composer Randy Miller Mounting Andrew Cohen Operator Brian Bough Screenwriters Flip Kobler , Cindy Marcus Painters Julia Shklar , Michael Walsh

Did you know that

In the original fairy tale, it was not a video game cow that was sold for beans, but a real animal.
The harp maker goes by the name of Very Sadius, which plays on his emotional state: "very sad".
Pillow fight - the invention of the director, who is a fan of martial arts, so that the clash came to the children's category of the film, exactly such "weapons" of the ninja were involved.
A lumberjack who claims he would like to work in a pet supply store is a reference to the Monty Python episode about the dead parrot, where the situation is exactly the opposite.
Christopher Lloyd, as a teacher, works in a classroom where there is a drawing of Doc Brown's time travel device from the famous film "Back to the Future" - the actor played this character in 1985.

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Errors in the movie

Jack's computer toy is at the teacher's place during the lesson, but after class the boy takes it out of his desk.
The food shelf in Jack's house has been empty for a very long time, it is covered with dust and cobwebs, and the boy is surprised by this, as if he had just learned that there is no food.
In the ninja pillow fight scene, the white warrior is presented as Chloe Moretz, but in shots lasting two seconds or more, it is clear that the person fighting is of Asian appearance and is much taller.

Plot

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In an atmosphere of chic noir, a little boy pursues a villain in a metropolis at night and rescues a beautiful girl from captivity. But these are just fantasies: in reality, schoolboy Jack is sitting at the most ordinary lesson in an ordinary school for fairy-tale characters.

A strict teacher threatens to leave him for the second year, because the negligent student did not decide on a real feat.

Confused Jack gets beans by chance. One of them is eaten by Grace's pet goose and becomes magical, the rest grow into giant stems.

The boy and the goose go up into the clouds and meet the girl Gillian. Together they must free her friend, who has been turned into a harp by an evil giant. A new acquaintance turns out to be a traitor and leads them straight into the clutches of a giant.

The villain confesses that he manipulated the girl, so she goes over to Jack's side, this time for good. Children learn the truth about their own fathers, who languished in the giant's dungeon, the common pain brings them together.

Meanwhile, Jack's mother does her best to prevent the town authorities from cutting down the mysterious stems: she understands that this is the only way home from heaven for her son.

Together, the children kidnap the harp and release it from the spell, then descend to the ground. Goose Grayson retains his magical abilities and demands that the stern teacher Jack count the school year. A just wish is granted and the boy accepts congratulations from his friends.

A long time ago, or rather, I don't remember when, there lived a poor widow with her son. There was nowhere for them to wait for help, so they fell into such need that sometimes there was not even a handful of flour in the house, not even a patch of hay for a cow.

One day a mother says:

Apparently, there's nothing to do, Jack, we'll have to sell the cow.

Why? Jack asked.

He still asks why! Yes, to buy bread to feed, your stupid head!

All right, - agreed Jack. - Tomorrow morning I will take Buruya to the market. I'll take a good price for it, don't worry.

The next day, early in the morning, Jack got up, got ready and drove the cow to the market. The path was not close, and Jack often turned off the dusty road to rest himself in the shade and let the cow nibble on the fresh grass.

That's how he sits under a tree and suddenly sees: some wonderful short man is wandering towards him with a skinny knapsack behind his back.

Good afternoon, Jack! - said the wonderful short man and stopped beside him. - Where are you going?

Good afternoon, I don't know your name, Jack said. I'm going to the market to sell a cow.

Sell it to me and be done with it, the little man suggested.

With pleasure, said Jack. Anything is better than stomping back and forth in the heat. How much will you give for it?

So much that you never dreamed!

Come on! - Jack laughed. - What I dreamed about, I only know about.

Meanwhile, the little man took off his knapsack from his shoulder, rummaged through it, took out five simple beans and handed them to Jack:

Hold. Let's count.

What is it? - Jack was amazed. - Five beans for a whole cow?

Five beans, - the little man confirmed importantly. - But what beans! Plant in the evening - by morning they will grow to the very sky.

Impossible! - exclaimed Jack, looking at the beans. - And when they grow to the sky, then what?

All right, deal with it! Jack agreed.

He was tired from walking and from the heat and was glad to turn home. In addition, his curiosity dismantled: what kind of curiosity is this?

He took the beans and gave the shorty a cow. But where he drove her, in which direction, Jack did not notice.

It seems that they were just standing nearby and suddenly disappeared - neither a cow nor a wonderful passerby.

Jack returned home and said to his mother:

I sold the cow. Look what a wonderful price they gave me for it.” And he showed her five beans.

The next morning, Jack woke up not in the old way. Usually the sun woke him up with its bright light in his face, but now the room was in twilight. "Rain in the yard, or what?" - thought Jack, jumped out of bed and looked out the window.

What miracles! A whole forest of stems, leaves and fresh green shoots swayed before his very eyes. During the night the bean sprouts grew to the sky; an unfamiliar wonderful staircase rose in front of Jack: wide, powerful, green, sparkling in the sun.

"Well, well," said Jack to himself. "

And then he remembered the words of yesterday's little man: "And then see for yourself."

I'll see, Jack decided.

He climbed out of the window and began to climb up the beanstalk.

He climbed higher and higher, higher and higher. It is terrible to think how high he had to climb before he finally reached the sky. A wide white road lay before him. He went along this road and soon saw a huge house, and a huge woman was standing on the threshold of this huge house.

What a wonderful morning! - Jack greeted her. - And what a wonderful house you have, mistress!

What do you want? grumbled the giantess, eyeing the boy suspiciously.

Good hostess! answered Jack. “I haven’t had a crumb in my mouth since yesterday, and yesterday I didn’t have supper. Will you give me just a tiny piece for breakfast?

For breakfast! The giantess smiled. “Know that if you don’t get out of here right now, you’ll become breakfast yourself. ”

How is it? Jack asked.

And so that my husband is a giant who eats these boys. He's out for a walk now, but if he comes back and sees you, he'll cook his own breakfast right away.

Anyone would be frightened by such words, but not Jack. His hunger was greater than fear. He so begged and begged the giantess to give him at least something to eat, that she finally took pity, let him into the kitchen and gave him some bread, cheese and milk. But as soon as he had swallowed his breakfast, the heavy steps of a giant were heard outside the window: boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Oh, my kindness will go sideways! - the giantess was alarmed. - Hurry up and get into the stove!

And she quickly shoved Jack into the huge cold oven and covered it with a damper. At the same moment the door swung open and a terrible man-eating giant burst into the kitchen.

He sniffed the air, puffed loudly like bellows, and bellowed:

Pah! Phew! Phew! Wow!

I smell the human spirit!

Dead or alive -

My life will be nice!

Apparently, you're getting old, hubby, so your scent has become dull, - his wife objected to him.

The giant did not like being reminded of his old age. Grumbling and grumbling, he sat down at the table and gloomily ate everything that the hostess served him. After that, he told her to bring her bags of gold - he had a habit of counting them after meals for better digestion.

The giantess brought the gold, put it on the table, and herself went out to look after the cattle. After all, all the work in the house was on her, and the giant did nothing - he only ate and slept. And now - as soon as he began to count his gold, he was tired, dropped his head on a pile of coins and began to snore. So much so that the whole house shook and shook.

Then Jack quietly got out of the oven, climbed up the leg of the table, grabbed one of the giant bags - the one that was closer - and took off with it - out the door and over the threshold and running along the wide white road until he ran to the top your beanstalk.

There he put the sack in his bosom, descended to the ground, returned home and gave the sack of gold to his mother. This time she did not scold him, did not give cuffs, but on the contrary, she kissed him and called him a fine fellow.

How long, how short they lived on the gold that Jack brought, but now it all came out, and they became the same poor as before.

What to do? Of course, the mother did not want to hear about letting Jack go to the giant again, but he himself decided otherwise. And then one morning, secretly from his mother, he climbed up the beanstalk - higher and higher, higher and higher, all the way to the sky - and stepped onto a wide white road. Along that wide white road he came to the giant's house, boldly opened the door and found himself in the kitchen, where the giant's wife was preparing breakfast.

Good morning, mistress! Jack greeted her.

Ah, it's you! - said the giantess and leaned over to get a better look at the guest. - And where is the bag of gold?

If only I knew! - answered Jack. - Gold always disappears somewhere, just miracles with it!

Miracles? - doubted the giantess. - So you don't have it?

Judge for yourself, hostess, would I come to you to ask for a crust of bread, if I had a bag of gold?

Perhaps you are right, she agreed and handed Jack a piece of bread.

And suddenly - boom! boom! boom! boom! - the house shuddered from the steps of the cannibal. The hostess barely had time to push Jack into the stove and cover it with a damper, as the ogre stumbled into the kitchen.

Pah! Phew! Phew! Wow!

I smell the human spirit!

Whether dead or alive,

My life will be nice! roared the giant.

But his wife, like the last time, began to reproach him: they say that he doesn't smell like a human spirit, it's just that his scent has become dull due to old age. The giant did not like such talk. He ate his breakfast gloomily and said:

Wife! Bring me the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The giantess brought him a chicken, and she herself went out to look after the cattle.

Take it! - ordered the giant, and the hen immediately laid a golden egg.

Put it on! he ordered again, and she laid a second golden egg.

This was repeated many times, until finally the giant got tired of this fun. He dropped his head on the table and snored deafeningly. Then Jack got out of the stove, grabbed the magic hen and ran away. But when he ran across the yard, the hen cackled, and the giant's wife set off in pursuit - she scolded loudly and shook her fist at Jack. Luckily, she got tangled in her long skirt and fell, so that Jack just in time to reach the beanstalk and climb down.

Look what I brought, mother!

Jack put the chicken on the table and said, "Put it on!" - and the golden egg rolled across the table. "Lay!" - and the second golden egg appeared. And the third and fourth...

Since then, Jack and his mother could not be afraid of need, because the magic hen would always give them as much gold as they wish. So the mother took an ax and wanted to cut down the beanstalk. But Jack opposed it. He said that this was his stem, and he himself would cut it down when needed. In fact, he decided to once again go to the giant. And Jack's mother planned to cut down the stalk another time, quietly from Jack, so she hid the ax near the beans so that it would be at hand at the right time. And you will soon find out how it came in handy!

Jack decided to visit the giant's house again. But this time he did not immediately go into the kitchen, fearing that the giant's wife would not break his neck in revenge for the stolen chicken. He hid in the garden behind a bush, waited for the hostess to leave the house - she went to fetch water in a bucket - made his way to the kitchen and hid in a chest with flour.

Soon the giantess came back and started preparing breakfast, and then her cannibal husband - boom! boom! boom! boom! - Complained from a walk.

He inhaled noisily through his nostrils and yelled terribly:

Wife! I smell the human spirit! I hear thunder strike me! I hear it, I hear it!!!

This is probably the thief who stole the chicken, - the wife answered. - He is probably in the stove.

But there was no one in the oven. They searched the entire kitchen, but did not think to look into the chest with flour. After all, it would never occur to anyone to look for a boy in flour!

Eh, anger understands! - said the giant after breakfast. - Bring me, wife, my golden harp - it will console me.

The hostess put the harp on the table and went out to look after the cattle.

Sing, harp! - said the giant.

And the harp sang, and so sweetly and consolingly, like the birds of the forest do not sing. The giant listened and listened and soon began to nod. A minute and he was already snoring with his head on the table.

Then Jack got out of the flour chest, climbed up the leg of the table, grabbed the harp and ran away. But when he jumped over the threshold, the harp rang loudly and called: "Master! Master!" The giant woke up and looked out the door.

He saw how Jack fled along the wide white road with a harp in his hands, roared and gave chase. Jack raced like a hare saving his life, and the giant rushed after him with huge leaps and filled the whole sky with a wild roar.

However, if he had roared less and saved more strength, he probably would have caught up with Jack. But the stupid giant was out of breath and hesitated. He had already stretched out his hand on the run to grab the boy, but he still managed to run to the beanstalk and began to climb quickly, quickly, without letting go of the harp from his hands.

The giant stopped at the edge of the sky and thought about it. He touched and even shook the beanstalk, wondering if it could bear its weight. But at that moment the harp called him once more from below: "Master! Master!" - and he made up his mind: he grabbed the stalk with both hands and began to climb down. Leaves and fragments of branches flew like rain from above, the whole huge green staircase bent and swayed. Jack looked up and saw that the giant was overtaking him.

Mom! Mother! he shouted. "Axe!" Bring the ax!

But it didn't take long to find the ax: as you remember, it was already hidden in the grass right under the beanstalk. Mother grabbed him, waited for a moment and, as soon as Jack jumped to the ground, she cut the stem with one blow. The mass trembled, hesitated - and collapsed to the ground with a great noise and crash, and with it, with a great noise and crash, the giant collapsed to the ground and hurt himself to death.

Since then, Jack and his mother have lived happily and comfortably. They built themselves a new house to replace their old, dilapidated house. It is even said that Jack married a princess. Is that so, I don't know. Maybe not the princess. But the fact that they lived for many, many years in peace and harmony is true. And if sometimes they were visited by despondency or fatigue, Jack took out a golden harp, put it on the table and said:

Sing, harp!

And all their sadness dissipated without a trace.

Jack and beanstalk | summary, about the work

Form of the work: magic , fairy tale | At school: grades 1-4 | Age: children 6-9 years old | Reading time: up to 30 minutes | Topics: poverty and wealth , fortitude , courage and cowardice , fortitude and courage , cunning

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow, and she had only one son Jack and a cow Belyanka. The cow gave milk every morning, and the mother and son sold it in the bazaar - they lived on this. But one time Belyanka did not give milk, and they simply did not know what to do.

– How can we be How to be mother repeated, wringing her hands.

– Cheer up, mother! Jack said. "I'll get someone to work with."

- Yes, you already tried to be hired, but no one hires you, answered the mother. No, apparently, we will have to sell our Belyanka and open a shop with the proceeds or do some other business.

– Well, well, mother, – Jack agreed. And then we'll decide what to do.

And so Jack took the reins in his hands and led the cow to the market. But he did not have time to go far, as he met with some wonderful old man.

- Good morning, Jack! said the old man.

– Good morning to you too! answered Jack, but he himself wonders: how does the old man know his name

– Well, Jack, where are you going, asked the old man.

- To the market, to sell a cow.

– Yes, yes! Who should trade cows if not you! the old man laughed. - Tell me, how many beans do you need to make five

- Exactly two in each hand and one in your mouth! answered Jack: he was not a small miss.

- That's right! said the old man. “Look, here they are, those same beans!” and the old man pulled out a handful of some strange beans from his pocket. And since you're so smart, - continued the old man, - I'm not averse to swapping with you - you have beans, I have a cow!

– Go on your way! Jack got angry. - It will be better that way!

- Uh, you don't know what kind of beans, - said the old man. - Plant them in the evening, and by morning they will grow to the sky.

– Oh, really, Jack was surprised.

- The real truth! And if not, take your cow back.

– Okay! Jack agreed: he gave the old man Belyanka and put the beans in his pocket.

Jack turned back and came home early - it was not yet dark.

- How! You're already back, Jack was surprised mother. I see Belyanka is not with you, so you sold her How much did they give you for her

“You'll never guess, Mom!” Jack replied.

- Oh, you are my good! Five pounds Ten Fifteen Well, they wouldn't give you twenty!

- I said you can't guess! What can you say about these beans. They are magical. Plant them in the evening and

“What!!” cried Jack's mother. - Are you really such a fool, such a blockhead, such an ass, that you gave away my Belyanka, the most dairy cow in the whole district, and besides, smooth, well-fed, for a handful of some bad beans Here you are! It is for you! It is for you! And your precious beans get them out the window! .. Well, now you can sleep well! And don’t ask for food, you won’t get a sip or a piece anyway!

And then Jack went up to his attic, to his little room, sad, very sad: he was sorry for his mother, and he himself was left without supper.

Finally he did fall asleep.

And when I woke up, I barely recognized my room. The sun illuminated only one corner, and around it was dark, dark.

Jack jumped out of bed, got dressed and went to the window. And what did he see Yes, something like a big tree. And it's his beans that sprouted. In the evening, Jack's mother threw them out of the window into the garden, they sprouted, and the huge stalk stretched and stretched up and up until it grew to the very sky. It turns out that the old man spoke the truth!

- Good morning, ma'am! said Jack very politely. "Be so kind as to give me something to eat, please!"

After all, Jack went to bed without supper and was now as hungry as a wolf.

– I wanted to have breakfast, said a huge, enormous, tall woman. My husband is a cannibal, and his favorite food is boys fried in breadcrumbs. You'd better leave while you're safe, otherwise he'll be back soon.

– Oh, madame, I beg you, give me something to eat! Jack did not let up. - I haven’t had a crumb in my mouth since yesterday morning. I speak the true truth. And it doesn't matter if they fry me or I'll die of hunger

I must say that the cannibal was a good woman. She took Jack into the kitchen and gave him a piece of bread and cheese and a pitcher of milk. Before Jack had time to eat even half of breakfast, when suddenly the top! top! top! the whole house shook from someone's steps.

– Oh my God! Yes, that's my old man! gasped the cannibal. What to do Quickly jump here!

And just as she pushed Jack into the oven, the ogre himself entered.

Well, he was a great mountain-mountain! Three calves were dangling from his belt, tied by the legs. The cannibal untied them, threw them on the table and said:

– Come on, wife, fry me a couple for breakfast! Wow! What does it smell like here?

Dead or alive, -

Will go to my breakfast.

– What are you talking about, husband, his wife told him. Or maybe it still smells like that little boy that we had yesterday for dinner, remember, you liked him. Come on, wash your face and change, and in the meantime I will prepare breakfast.

The cannibal went out, and Jack was about to get out of the oven and run away, but the cannibal didn't let him in.

“Wait until he falls asleep,” she said. “After breakfast, he always takes a nap.

Then Jack slowly got out of the oven, crept on tiptoe past the ogre, grabbed one bag of gold and God bless! rushed to the beanstalk. He threw the bag down, right into the garden, and he himself began to go down the stem, lower and lower, until, at last, he found himself at his house.

Jack told his mother about everything that had happened to him, handed her a bag of gold and said:

– Well, Mom, I told the truth about my beans. You see, they are really magical!

- Good morning, ma'am, - Jack said to her as if nothing had happened. - Be so kind as to give me something to eat, please!

– Get out of here, little boy! answered the giantess. “Otherwise my husband will eat you at breakfast.” Uh, no, wait a minute - aren't you the same boy that came here recently. You know, on that very day my husband lost a bag of gold.

– These are miracles, ma'am! says Jack. “I really could say something about it, but I’m so hungry that I won’t be able to utter a word until I eat at least a piece.

The giantess was so curious that she let Jack in and gave him something to eat. And Jack deliberately began to chew as slowly as possible. But suddenly-top! top! top! footsteps of the giant were heard, and the giantess again hid Jack in the furnace.

Then everything was the same as last time: the ogre came in, said: Fi-fi-fo-fam and so on, had breakfast with three roasted bulls, and then ordered his wife:

– Wife, bring me the hen that carries eggs!

The giantess brought it, and the ogre said to the hen: Run! and she laid a golden egg. Then the cannibal began to nod and began to snore so that the whole house shook.

- Wife, hey, wife, don't touch my golden hen! And his wife answered him:

- What did it seem to you, hubby

Only this Jack managed to hear. He rushed with all his might to the beanstalk and almost flew down it.

Jack returned home, showed his mother the miracle chicken and shouted:

- Run!

And the goose laid a golden egg. Since then, whenever Jack told her to rush! The hen laid a golden egg.

That's it. But this was not enough for Jack, and soon he again decided to try his luck at the top of the beanstalk. One fine morning he got up early and climbed the beanstalk and climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed until he reached the very top. True, this time he was careful not to immediately enter the cannibals' house, but crept up to him slowly and hid in the bushes. He waited until the giantess went with a bucket for water, and sniffed into the house! Climbed into the copper cauldron and waits. He did not wait long; suddenly hears a familiar top! top! top! And now the ogre and his wife enter the room.

– Fi-fi-fo-fam, I smell the spirit of the Briton there!

- Can you really hear, the hubby says the giantess. Well, if this is the tomboy who stole your gold and the goose with golden eggs, he certainly is sitting in the stove!

And both rushed to the stove. Good thing Jack didn't hide in it!

– You are always with your fi-fi-fo-fam! - said the dudoedsha. - Yes, it smells like the boy you caught yesterday. I just fried it for you for breakfast. Well, I have a memory! Yes, and you, too, are good for so many years you have not learned to distinguish a living spirit from a dead one!

Finally the cannibal sat down at the table to have breakfast. But he kept muttering:

- Yes, but still I can swear that - and getting up from the table, he ransacked the pantry, and chests, and supplies. did not guess.

But then the ogre had breakfast and shouted:

– Wife, wife, bring me my golden harp! The wife brought the harp and placed it on the table in front of him.

– Sing! ordered the giant to the harp.

And the golden harp sang so well that you will listen! And she sang and sang until the ogre fell asleep and began to snore: and he snored so loudly that it seemed like thunder was rumbling.

But the harp called out loud and loud:

– Master! Master!

The ogre woke up and saw Jack running away with his harp.

Jack ran headlong, and the cannibal followed him and, of course, would have caught him, but Jack was the first to rush to the door; besides, he knew the road well.

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