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“Jack and the Beanstalk”

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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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How to use “Jack and the Beanstalk” in a sentence

  • No wonder Jack-and-the-Beanstalk came to mind and stayed there with the memory of this evening.

    The Morris Book|Cecil J. Sharp
  • It was merely another phase of his Jack-and-the-beanstalk philosophy.

    Faces in the Fire|Frank W. Boreham
  • He seems to think that the world should have been built on a sort of Jack-and-the-beanstalk principle.

    Faces in the Fire|Frank W. Boreham
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