Three magic beans
The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
Old English Fairy Tale - version written and illustrated by Leanne Guenther
Once upon a time, there lived a widow woman and her son, Jack, on their small farm in the country.
Every day, Jack would help his mother with the chores - chopping the wood, weeding the garden and milking the cow. But despite all their hard work, Jack and his mother were very poor with barely enough money to keep themselves fed.
"What shall we do, what shall we do?" said the widow, one spring day. "We don't have enough money to buy seed for the farm this year! We must sell our cow, Old Bess, and with the money buy enough seed to plant a good crop."
"All right, mother," said Jack, "it's market-day today. I'll go into town and sell Bessy."
So Jack took the cow's halter in his hand, walked through the garden gate and headed off toward town. He hadn't gone far when he met a funny-looking, old man who said to him, "Good morning,
Jack. "
"Good morning to you," said Jack, wondering how the little, old man knew his name.
"Where are you off to this fine morning?" asked the man.
"I'm going to market to sell our cow, Bessy."
"Well what a helpful son you are!" exclaimed the man, "I have a special deal for such a good boy like you."
The little, old man looked around to make sure no one was watching and then opened his hand to show Jack what he held.
"Beans?" asked Jack, looking a little confused.
"Three magical bean seeds to be exact, young man. One, two, three! So magical are they, that if you plant them over-night, by morning they grow right up to the sky," promised the funny little man. "And because you're such a good boy, they're all yours in trade for that old milking cow."
"Really?" said Jack, "and you're quite sure they're magical?"
"I am indeed! And if it doesn't turn out to be true you can have your cow back.
"
"Well that sounds fair," said Jack, as he handed over Bessy's halter, pocketed the beans and headed back home to show his mother.
"Back already, Jack?" asked his mother; "I see you haven't got Old Bess -- you've sold her so quickly. How much did you get for her?"
Jack smiled and reached into his pocket, "Just look at these beans, mother; they're magical, plant them over-night and----"
"What!" cried Jack's mother. "Oh, silly boy! How could you give away our milking cow for three measly beans." And with that she did the worst thing Jack had ever seen her do - she burst into tears.
Jack ran upstairs to his little room in the attic, so sorry he was, and threw the beans angrily out the window thinking, "How could I have been so foolish - I've broken my mother's heart." After much tossing and turning, at last Jack dropped off to sleep.
When Jack woke up the next morning, his room looked strange.
The sun was shining into part of it like it normally did, and yet all the rest was quite dark and shady. So Jack jumped up and
dressed himself and went to the window. And what do you think he saw? Why, the beans he had thrown out of the window into the garden had sprung up into a big beanstalk which went up and up and
up until it reached the sky.
Using the leaves and twisty vines like the rungs of a ladder, Jack climbed and climbed until at last, he reached the sky. And when he got there he found a long, broad road winding its way through the clouds to a tall, square castle off in the distance.
Jack ran up the road toward the castle and just as he reached it, the door swung open to reveal a horrible lady giant, with one great eye in the middle of her forehead.
As soon as Jack saw her he turned to run away, but she caught him, and dragged him into the castle.
"Don't be in such a hurry, I'm sure a growing boy like you would like a nice, big breakfast," said the great, big, tall woman, "It's been so long since I got to make breakfast for a boy.
"
Well, the lady giant wasn't such a bad sort, after all -- even if she was a bit odd. She took Jack into the kitchen, and gave him a chunk of cheese and a glass of milk. But Jack had only taken a few bites when thump! thump! thump! the whole house began to tremble with the noise of someone coming.
"Goodness gracious me! It's my husband," said the giant woman, wringing her hands, "what on earth shall I do? There's nothing he likes better than boys broiled on toast and I haven't any bread left. Oh dear, I never should have let you stay for breakfast. Here, come quick and jump in here." And she hurried Jack into a large copper pot sitting beside the stove just as her husband, the giant, came in.
He ducked inside the kitchen and said, "I'm ready for my breakfast -- I'm so hungry I could eat three cows. Ah, what's this I smell?
Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he alive, or be he dead
I'll have his bones to grind my bread.
"Nonsense, dear," said his wife, "we haven't had a boy for breakfast in years. Now you go and wash up and by the time you come back your breakfast'll be ready for you."
So the giant went off to tidy up -- Jack was about to make a run for it when the woman stopped him. "Wait until he's asleep," she said, "he always has a little snooze after breakfast."
Jack peeked out of the copper pot just as the giant returned to the kitchen carrying a basket filled with golden eggs and a sickly-looking, white hen. The giant poked the hen and growled, "Lay" and the hen laid an egg made of gold which the giant added to the basket.
After his breakfast, the giant went to the closet and pulled out a golden harp with the face of a sad, young girl. The giant poked the harp and growled, "Play" and the harp began to play
a gentle tune while her lovely face sang a lullaby. Then the giant began to nod his head and to snore until the house shook.
When he was quite sure the giant was asleep, Jack crept out of the copper pot and began to tiptoe out of the kitchen. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the sound of the harp-girl weeping. Jack bit his lip, sighed and returned to the kitchen. He grabbed the sickly hen and the singing harp, and began to tiptoe back out. But this time the hen gave a cackle which woke the giant, and just as Jack got out of the house he heard him calling, "Wife, wife, what have you done with my white hen and my golden harp?"
Jack ran as fast as he could and the giant, realizing he had been tricked, came rushing after - away from the castle and down the broad, winding road. When he got to the beanstalk the giant was only twenty yards away when suddenly he saw Jack disappear - confused, the giant peered through the clouds and saw Jack underneath climbing down for dear life. The giant stomped his foot and roared angrily.
Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he alive, or be he dead
I'll have his bones to grind my bread.
The giant swung himself down onto the beanstalk which shook with his weight. Jack slipped, slid and climbed down the beanstalk as quickly as he could, and after him climbed the giant.
As he neared the bottom, Jack called out, "Mother! Please! Hurry, bring me an axe, bring me an axe." And his mother came rushing out with Jack's wood chopping axe in her hand, but when she came to the enormous beanstalk she stood stock still with fright.
Jack jumped down, got hold of the axe and began to chop away at the beanstalk. Luckily, because of all the chores he'd done over the years, he'd become quite good at chopping and it didn't
take long for him to chop through enough of the beanstalk that it began to teeter. The giant felt the beanstalk shake and quiver so he stopped to see what was the matter. Then Jack gave one
last big chop with the axe, and the beanstalk began to topple over. Then the giant fell down and broke his crown, and the beanstalk came toppling after.
The singing harp thanked Jack for rescuing her from the giant - she had hated being locked up in the closet all day and night and wanted nothing more than to sit in the farmhouse window and sing to the birds and the butterflies in the sunshine.
With a bit of patience and his mother's help, it didn't take long for Jack to get the sickly hen back in good health and the grateful hen continued to lay a fresh golden egg every day.
Jack used the money from selling the golden eggs to buy back Old Bess, purchase seed for the spring crop and to fix up his mother's farm. He even had enough left over to invite every one of his neighbours over for a nice meal, complete with music from the singing harp.
And so Jack, his mother, Old Bess, the golden harp and the white hen lived happy ever after.
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Three Magic Beans – Ace Jordyn Writes
Author’s note: the story is reprinted here temorarily for Aurora Awards voting. This story is part of the awesome anthology:
Over the Rainbow: Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins
Exile Book of Anthology Series Number Seventeen
Edited by Derek Newman-Stille
THE STORY OF THE THREE MAGIC BEANS
Once upon a time, there were three magic beans who were named One, Two, and Three because that’s the order in which they popped out of their pod.
“I’m so tired of granting wishes,” One complained after granting a most difficult wish. “Getting that ogre a wife was the hardest thing ever.”
“It wouldn’t have been so bad,” Two said, “if we hadn’t had to bribe so many folk with wishes to track her down.”
“Finding the right person for someone is so much harder than simply giving them a treasure chest,” agreed Three.
“Especially since she had to be gorgeous by day and ugly by night – what was that about?” One wondered.
“True love,” said Three and she rubbed her belly.
“Are you okay?” One asked Three. “You look a bit swollen.”
“I never felt like myself after jumping in the pond so that frogboy would talk,” Three said. “Ooooh! My belly! I think I feel a root coming on!”
Two jumped for joy. “Your radicle is sending forth its first root! And that means…”
“We’ll soon be parents to a new baby bean sprout!” beamed One.
“It’s too soon!” Three said. “Our dream was to have our little beanie babies in a normal environment so they’d grow and live like normal beans.
”
With much ado, a little confabulation sprinkled with some consternation and much argumentation, they formulated a plan to leave Faerie.
One, Two and Three knew they would each have one final wish. One made the first wish, to leave the land of Faerie. Off they went, in a magic cloud of poof, ooh, and ahh, which sent
them to a brand new world. The sun shone. Birds sang. Trees, grass and flowers grew as expected. Bees buzzed. These were the things familiar of Faerie. Yet, it just wasn’t the same. No
fey flittered about and it had no magic sparkle.
“I don’t know if I like this,” Three said. “There’s no magic and I somehow feel naked.”
“Then let’s go back,” said One. He ran to the shadowlands, that magic place between human reality and Faerie, and tried to reverse his wish. Nothing happened.
“We’re doomed!” Two cried.
“We can’t be!” Three writhed on the ground. “I feel my radicle radiating and the embryo extenuating!”
“Oh, shoots and leaves!” One exclaimed.
“Two, do something!”
“Maybe we just need to be with other beans,” Two said and cast his wish.
The magic cloud of poof, ooh, and ahh sent them to a jungle where the soil was red and the sun hot. Music played while beans danced and jumped.
“My friends! How good of you to drop in!” A bean wearing a round, wide hat greeted them. “I am Donny. Welcome to the Secret Society of Loving Beans!”
“Water. I need water,” Three said.
“Feeling your roots, are you?” Donny said. “Soon is the rainy season so your timing is perfect! Come, dance with us!”
One, Two, and Three joined the throng of jumping beans. Never had they so much fun! There was much dancing and hopping, and soon beans were rolling under the bushes.
“I wonder what’s going on,” Two said.
“The bushes are shaking and there’s so much giggling,” One said.
An out-of-breath bean popped his head from under the bushes. “Hey, friends, come join us!” He winked at Three.
Three blushed. Two scowled. “Thank you, but no,” said One.
The music stopped.
“We are a society of loving beans. Membership means hopping and rolling with whom you please, and with whoever wishes to please you. And when the rains come, and we have sprouted, and our blossoms kiss the sun, we tickle each other’s blossoms,” Donny said. “No party poopers allowed.”
“But we want to start our own family, just the three of us. Tickle only our blossoms and cuddle our baby beanies in our very own pods,” Two explained.
The Secret Society of Loving Beans didn’t look very loving.
“Oh, dear,” said Three, as she patted her swelling belly. “I just wish we had a simple place where the sun glows and the soil is good.”
The magic cloud of poof, ooh, and ahh sent them to an open plain with a big brown patch of tilled soil.
Three touched the soil. “It’s so soft and warm. I want to jump right in!”
A shadow, like that of clouds playing under the sun, swept across them.
“Lookie what’s I got here.” A man’s rough hand picked the three beans off the ground. “Three stray beans. Matthew’ll get a whoppin’ for missin’ these. Gotsda plant them.”
At first, the three beans were overjoyed for now their dream of being planted, of forming their own family and raising their baby beanies was coming true.
Then the man said, “By the Lord’s blessin’ I gots three more beans. My little ones shan’t starve this winter for the grace of these three.” He wrapped his hand tightly around the beans and pounded his fist to the sky. “Thank ye, Lord!”
“Bean-eating monster!” One shouted.
“We’ve got to leave!” Two said, while Three could only offer, “I think I’m going to throw up!”
Each bean made a wish to leave.
The fist didn’t let them go.
In unison, they made a wish to leave.
Still, the bean-eating monster held them.
They realized, most sadly, that they had used up their wishes.
The man with the rough hand and the tight fist said, “By the Great Book of Planting, by the Holy Season of Spring, deeze tiny beans shall unite with a squash and a corn to give
a most bountiful harvest.
Amen.”
“I didn’t want a poly family of beans and I definitely don’t want to be with a squash and a corn,” Three wailed. “Oh, why can’t we just be a family of three beans?”
The man slid them into his pocket.
They searched for a hole but the pocket was perfectly stitched.
They tried to hop out of the pocket but the pocket was too deep.
They hopped hard, hoping to give the man an itch so he’d scratch them out, but he didn’t notice.
“Here’s me trowel,” the man said.
They felt the man kneel, and heard him hum as he jabbed his trowel into the earth. “Corn, squash, and bean. Corn, squash, and bean. A most complementary, heavenly inspired,
growing team. Corn, squash, and bean.”
“This should be the happiest time of my life,” Three said. “My radicle is about to sprout, and our new family begin, yet I’m miserable with grief!”
“One and I will miss our family’s first sprouting,” Two said and One added, “And when One and I sprout, we’ll be alone like you!”
The farmer dug his rough hand into his pocket and pulled out the three beans.
He opened his hand, raised it to the sun and said, “Thank ye, Lord, for this blessin’! Corn, squash, and bean!”
The beans, so filled with grief were they that they didn’t think to jump and run away. But then, Three giggled. Three giggled! “Oh, the sun! It feels so good! And my belly, it’s
changing. I need to be planted now!”
One and Two fussed so much over Three that they paid the farmer no heed. A huge finger poked them.
“Ouch!” Two snapped. He stood as tall and proud as he could and scolded the farmer. “Have you no manners, you Great Book of Planting bean-eating monster? You want to
split us up! That’s mean and cruel! We’re not a family of split peas. And we don’t want to live with corn and squash!”
“Two! Don’t offend them!” One scolded him and then yelled, “Squash! Corn! We bear you no ill will. You are lovely! It’s just that we three want a simple life together.”
Three wriggled and squirmed in the farmer’s hand.
The farmer, poked them some more.
“Wormy kind for squirming so,” he said. “No point plantin’ deeze beans. Compostin’ heap for sure!”
“Murdering bean-eating monster!” Two yelled. “Jump for your lives!”
The farmer’s fist closed around them.
He raised his hand up and back over his head.
“I’m gonna be sick again!” Three moaned.
“Hey, Farmer Brown!” a voice chirped. “Raisin’ yer hand to the sun?”
“Blasphemy, Jack!” Farmer Brown snapped. “Ize only raisin’ my hand in prayer ta the Lord ta thank ’im for the Great Book of Planting.”
“With yer fist?”
The beans felt Farmer Brown lower his hand.
“Now see ’ere, Jack,” Farmer Brown said. “What brings ya with yer ol’ cow Bessie ’ere? Don’t let her do no poopin’ on my garden.”
“Nothin’ doin’, Farmer Brown,” Jack said. “Ize’a’ takin’ her to market. She got no more milk and we needs ta’ eat.”
“Hmmm,” said Farmer Brown and he uncurled his rough fist, just enough to peer at the beans but not enough to let them jump out.
“Whatcha got there?” Jack asked.
Farmer Brown clamped his fist shut.
The beans nearly smothered to death.
“Why ’za somethin’ special,” he said.
“What’s he doing now?” Two said.
“No good,” Three said. “I can feel it.”
“Wriggle and jump as hard as you can,” One said. “When he opens his fist again, we’ll jump away.”
“Yes!” said Three. “Anything to save our beanies from the compost heap!”
They wriggled.
Nothing happened.
“Show me,” Jack said.
The beans wriggled harder.
Farmer Brown’s grip loosened.
Now the beans had just enough room to jump but not to escape.
“Take a peek,” Farmer Brown said and he opened his fist just a little more. An eyeball with a centre blue as the sky peered at them.
“Take that!” Two said and jumped at the eyeball.
“Ouch!” said Jack and the eyeball disappeared.
“The bean hit me!”
“Watch yer words, Jack!” Farmer Brown snapped. “Next yer’ll want me sayin’ is dey’re magic.”
“Really? Magic?” Jack said. “But ya can’t say so ‘cause that’s blasphemy.”
“Blasphemy indeed,” Farmer Brown agreed.
The beans jumped hard, but Farmer Brown held them tight.
“It’s a deal,” Jack said. “Magic, I mean, just beans for ol’ Bessie.”
“By the Great Book of Planting, dis is me best harvest yet!” Farmer Brown said and, to the beans’ horror, he put them into Jack’s grubby hand.
“Hold ’em tight,” Farmer Brown said. “’Cause ’em beans’ll bounce free and run away if you don’t.”
Jack thanked Farmer Brown and, clutching the beans so tight they nearly choked, he made for home.
“Run away?” One fumed. “Did he know we were magic?”
“No,” said Two. “We were destined for the compositing’ heap.”
To which Three added, “He’s like those thieves who say one thing and mean another.”
“Well, at least we’re together,” One said.
“Yes,” Three agreed. “I didn’t want to be in an ordained corn and squash union or with that jumping love society.”
Before they knew it, Jack stopped running.
“Look, Mama! Three magic beans!”
He opened his hand, just enough for Mama to see. She poked a skinny finger at them, and shrieked, “You gave old Bessie away for three stupid beans?”
Mama snatched the beans from Jack’s hand and threw them out the window. In a dusty cloud of poof, ooh, and ahh, One, Two, and Three landed atop some loose dirt alongside
the house. A lone thread of a carrot with a green plume as small as a hummingbird feather grew there. The green plume fluttered as if in welcome.
“My radicle!” Three said. “It’s time!”
“Mind if we join you?” One asked the carrot.
The carrot said nothing.
So, One, Two, and Three jumped and wriggled into the earth. They welcomed their first root and soon, with the soil’s sweet dampness, the warmth of the sun, and then with the quiet magic of the moonlight, One and Two’s radicles also emerged and they shot forth their roots.
The three beans were a happy family indeed, growing, vining, and twisting together
in familial bliss.
And that’s the story of the three beans, One, Two, and Three, who learned that if you don’t compromise on your wishes, they can come true and maybe, just maybe, you can
help save a princess and slay a giant or two.
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1. Go to the children's room .Run to the mark on the radar.
2. Search the children's room and find out what happened to Syanna .
After entering the room, take and read the red book. There will be notes by Isabelle de Roquefort, a court governess from the time when the sisters were children. After reading this book, it will become clear that Sianna is in an illusion and Geralt needs to find a way to get there. nine0010
3. Find the "Land of a Thousand Tales" .
To get into a fairy tale, you need to find the book "The Land of a Thousand Tales" and cast a spell. The book is in the closet, and the key to it is on the wall behind the picture.
4. Walk along the yellow brick road .
Once in the illusion, run along the path until you meet Syanna and the evil witch. Sianna is her own in this tale, and therefore the local inhabitants will not attack her. But Geralt is a stranger, so you have to fight the witch. nine0010
5. Defeat the evil witch .
In this video I show how to defeat the evil witch.
6. [Optional] Ride a white unicorn .
To complete the side mission, sit on the white unicorn and Syanna will ride on the pink one.
7. Find Oska .
Oska not only constantly shouts wolves-wolves, but in general always answers the opposite to any question. When you ask him where the red bean is, he will say: "No one probably swallowed it" - this means that the gray wolf from the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" ate it. About the blue bean, he will say: “I heard it seems to be lying in an open field. And no one guards him, three times no one! In fact, this bean is in the house of the three little pigs. About the yellow bean, he will say “Hmm .. It is somewhere very, well, just very deep. Almost completely underground! In fact, he is in a very high house of Rapunzel, which can be seen on the screen below. nine0010
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You will not find a bean from her, but you will need to buy a ribbon for Syanna from her. This is necessary for a good ending.
9. Visit Grandma's house .
At Grandma's house you will find a wolf. He will say that he is here to play in a fairy tale, but the little red riding hood lies at the bottom of the well.
Along with the hunter. Sianna will say that she can play the role of a girl, but for this Geralt needs to fish out the little red riding hood from the bottom of the well. nine0010
10. Find Little Red Riding Hood .
Jump into the well, at the bottom you will find the thing you need.
11. Find a way to get out of the well .
As you get ashore, a cutscene will begin in which Sianna will put on a hat outfit.
12. Defeat the Bad Wolf .
Now it remains to bang the wolf and take the red bean from his open belly.
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14. Defeat the three little pigs .
Kill three level 47 pigs.
15. Look for the magic bean in the stone house .
The blue bean will lie in the house in a saucer on the table.
16. Talk to Rapunzel .
Now you need to go up to the building, which is visible from almost anywhere in this illusion.
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18. Search tower .
The last bean is on the bed in Rapunzel's room. Now you can go down. After descending, you will again have the opportunity to ask about Syanna's motives. Do this to get the good ending .
19. Plant magic beans .
The place where you need to plant beans will be guarded by about 20 gnomes. Kill them and plant beans. nine0010
20. Defeat the giant .
The last test remains before the exit from the illusion. You must kill the giant.
21. Follow Sianna .
They fought the wolf, killed the witch, saved the goose from the robbers, let the pigs eat meat, defeated the spirit of Rapunzel - now you can rest. Here you will be able to sleep with Syanna.
I took advantage of this opportunity.
22. Jump into the well .
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- 2. Beast from Toussaint
- 3. Following...
- 4. Echo
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- 8. Storming of Dun Tynne
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- 911. Call of blood Between the worlds
- 13. Tesham is cloudy
- 14. Crimonia
- 15. Visiting is good ..
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Minor tasks in the witcher 3: Blood and wine
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- 2. Change (quest on mutation)
- 3.
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- 5. Wine Wars: Belgaard
- 6. Wine Wars: Vermentino
- 7. Wine Wars: Coronata
- 9016 Sweet Home
- 9. Fistfight
- 10. Champion of fist fights
- 11. Eternal peace
- 12. People's hero
- 13. Ways of destiny
- 14. Equilibrium in nature
- 15. About the knight and excellent lady
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The most detailed walkthrough of the quest A long time ago is available at the links below. There you will find information about how to get magic beans, the services of a girl with matches, will-o'-the-wisps, the side quest "Geese-geese, ha-ha-ha!", and also find out the answers to the questions: Who lives in the Land of a Thousand Tales? How to defeat the Cloud Giant? What needs to be done to seduce the apostate princess? nine0005
"A long time ago" [1/2] / "A long time ago" [2/2]
References to fairy tales, unique objects and other things that are invisible at first glance are described there.
Having found the diary of Isabelle de Roquefort, court governess, guardian of Syanna and Anna-Henrietta, Geralt and Regis decide that it is definitely worth reading. In addition to the character traits of the sisters, they learn something else interesting ... Literally from the diary: “Today I accompanied the girls in the Land of a Thousand Fairy Tales for the first time.
We spent half a day there.” Regis thought that the governess was writing the diary under the influence of hallucinogens, but it turned out differently. Hearing the name Artorius Vigo, the main characters began to guess that this was not just someone's hallucination. After reading further, old friends will find out that this is a masterfully created illusion and to get into it you need to open the book “Land of a Thousand Tales” and say aloud the spell: “Expecto ludum!” nine0005
Having reached the book kept under lock and key, Geralt and Regis, casting a spell, go straight into the illusion. Unfortunately for the witcher, Regis is not with him.
At this point, The Long Night quest comes to an end and a new one begins, with a colorful name, Long Ago .
Land of a Thousand Tales is an illusion created by Artorius Vigo that surprised even Geralt. The eye of Nehalena, which the witcher has, after moving to a fairy-tale land, began to go crazy.
The illusion was so powerful that it could not be dispelled. nine0005
Immediately in front of him, Geralt notices a sign: “Girls! Welcome to the Land of a Thousand Tales! Embark on a wonderful journey, have fun playing games! Uncle Artorius. ATTENTION! Spells will be stable until June 1262.
Together with quest Long time ago in Blood and Wine our adventures begin. Walking along the yellow brick road, the witcher immediately stumbles upon Syanna. The girl tries to get Jack out of the stove, but runs into the Wicked Witch.
Seeing Geralt, the old woman immediately declares that he does not belong here and that he will make a nice goulash. Contagion…
How to kill the Wicked Witch in Blood and Wine?
The Wicked Witch is not a simple boss at all, as it might seem at first glance. Grabbing the cauldron, the old woman jumps onto the broomstick and soars into the air, simultaneously conjuring a flower spitting poison. Dealing with a flower is not difficult, but to get a witch, you need to try.
Act like this: at the moment when she flies near you, spilling her broth, try to shoot her down with a sword or crossbow, or even better, using the Aard sign. The old woman will fall, at this moment you need to act. Hit, but don't forget to dodge. In addition to the witch herself, her broom will also fight with you, but I didn’t pay much attention to her, because. after the death of the mistress, she simply disappears. nine0005
After exchanging a couple of phrases with Syanna, the heroes decide to work together to get out of here. For this, according to the girl, they will need three beans. Jack stated that Oska sticks his nose in other people's business and knows exactly where Annarietta ordered to hide the beans. The witcher and the sister of the princess decide to go in search of him.
On the way, the first thing you will encounter are gnomes. It will not be difficult to kill them, especially since Sianna will help you.
Seeing the unicorns, the girl offers to ride them.
I don't think she should be denied. Having traveled quite a bit, the heroes meet Oska, who was surrounded by wolves. We deal with them and learn about three beans. Oska declares that the yellow bean is somewhere very deep, no one swallowed the red bean, and the blue bean lies in an open field. nine0005
After asking Syanna how to proceed, Geralt heard the whole list of fairy tales and, with a slight disgust, offers to get down to business. Let's start with the bean, which "lies very deep."
How to defeat Rapunzel
Climbing the tower of Rapunzel, the witcher finds the girl's corpse hanging from his own hair. I didn’t wait, poor fellow ... Here the ghost of Rapunzel herself appears with cries of “Too late! Too late!!!". Killing the ghost of Rapunzel is not difficult, even though she will summon crowds of knights. nine0005
We pick up the yellow bean from the bed and move on to the next story. You can jump out of the window (at the bottom of the reservoir) so as not to go down.
Now let's go after that bean that "lies in an open field, and no one guards it three times." Along the way, you will most likely run into gnomes again.
How to beat the Three Little Pigs in Blood and Wine
Oh, and these pigs gave me trouble. We approach the house and ̶p̶y̶t̶a̶e̶m̶s̶ya̶ ̶e̶g̶o̶ ̶z̶a̶d̶u̶t̶b̶… use the Aard sign. Three wild pigs will fly out of the house, which every now and then will hurt you, kick and do something else. I did not find an effective method against them, so I just had to fight, using everything that was available. After killing three pigs, take the blue bean. nine0005
Next quest completion A long time ago, will continue the episode of the search for the red bean, which "no one swallowed."
Big Bad Wolf
Having got to the grandmother's house, we see a werewolf lying on the threshold in her outfit. After talking a little, we find out that the wolf has a hangover and that he drowned Little Red Riding Hood a long time ago.
Syanna invites Geralt to dive for the "beanie". Jumping into the well, Geralt obtains a red cap for the girl, and she puts it on so that the wolf can play his part in this tale. After a few dialogues, the battle begins. Don't call it difficult. We kill the wolf, rip open his stomach and get a red bean. nine0005
At this point, the search for three beans is over and you can go plant them, but I would not be in a hurry if I were you. It is worth visiting the Little Match Girl. Why? Read in the guide Match Girl - Should I buy a ribbon?
Important! This decision has consequences.
After completing all the tasks, go to plant beans. As always, along the way you will meet dwarves, you will have to kill them.
How to kill the Giant from behind the Clouds
After climbing the beanstalk to the very clouds, you will meet another boss. The giant from behind the clouds is rather clumsy and it is not difficult to deal with him, especially if you know how to act.
