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But one morning Milky-white gave no milk, and they  \ndidn’t know what to do.  \n“What shall we do, what shall we do?” said the widow, wringing her hands.  \n“cheer up, Mother, I’ll go and get work somewhere,” said Jack.“We’ve tried that before, and nobody would take you,” said his mother.“We must sell Milky-white and with the money start a shop or something.”  \n“all right, Mother,” says Jack.“It’s market day today, and I’ll soon sell Milky-white, and then we’ll see what we can do.”  \nso he took the cow’s halter in his hand, and off he started. he hadn’t gone far when he met a funny-looking old man who said to him,“Good morning, Jack.”  \nThe Great Books Foundation 1 Open Educational Resources  \nJack and the Beanstalk  \n®  \n“Good morning to you,” said Jack, and wondered how he knew his name.  \n“Well, Jack, and where are you off to?” said the man.  \n“I’m going to market to sell our cow here.”  \n“Oh, you look the proper sort of chap to sell cows,” said the man.“I wonder if you know how many beans make five.”  \n“two in each hand and one in your mouth,” says Jack, as sharp as a needle.  \n“Right you are,” says the man.“and here they are, the very beans themselves,” he went on, pulling out of his pocket a number of strangelooking beans.“as you are so sharp,” says he,“I don’t mind doing a swap with you—your cow for these beans.”  \n“Go along,” says Jack.“Wouldn’t you like it?”  \n“ah! You don’t know what these beans are,” said the man.“If you plant them overnight, by morning they grow right up to the sky.”  \n“Really?” says Jack.“You don’t say so.”  \n“Yes, that is so, and if it doesn’t turn out to be true you can have your cow back.”  \n“Right,” says Jack, and hands him over Milky-white’s halter and pockets the beans.  \nBack goes Jack home, and as he hadn’t gone very far, it wasn’t dusk by the time he got to his door.  \n“Back already, Jack?” said his mother.“I see you haven’t got Milkywhite, so you’ve sold her. how much did you get for her?”  \n“You’ll never guess, Mother,” says Jack.  \nThe Great Books Foundation 2 Open Educational Resources  \nJack and the Beanstalk  \n®  \n“no, you don’t say so. Good boy! Five pounds, ten, fifteen, no, it can’t be twenty.”  \n“I told you you couldn’t guess. What do you say to these beans; they’re magical, plant them overnight and—”  \n“What!” says Jack’s mother.“have you been such a fool, such a dolt, such an idiot, as to give away my Milky-white, the best milker in the parish, and prime beef to boot, for a set of paltry beans? take that! take that! take that! and as for your precious beans, here they go out of the window. and now off with you to bed. not a sip shall you drink, and not a bit shall you swallow this very night.”  \nso Jack went upstairs to his little room in the attic, and sad and sorry he was, to be sure, as much for his mother’s sake as for the loss of his  \nsupper.  \nat last he dropped off to sleep.  \nWhen he woke up, the room looked so funny. the sun was shining into part ofit, 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? 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