She was very much frightened , for she guessed that something had happened to her husband ; and as she came downstairs very fast she caught her foot in her dress , and fell from the top to the bottom and broke her neck . When the people outside found that the door was not opened to them , they took crowbars and forced the portal . Nobody was to be seen , but on leaving the hall they found the body of the Giantess at the foot of the stairs . Thus Jack took possession of the castle . The Fairy went and brought his mother to him , with the hen and the harp . He had the Giantess buried , and endeavoured as much as lay in his power to do right to those whom the Giant had robbed . Before her departure for fairyland , the Fairy explained to Jack that she had sent the butcher to meet him with the beans , in order to try what sort of lad he was . If you had looked at the gigantic Beanstalk and only stupidly wondered about it , ' she said , ' I should have left you where misfortune had placed you , only restoring her cow to your mother . But you showed an inquiring mind , and great courage and enterprise , therefore you deserve to rise ; and when you mounted the Beanstalk you climbed the Ladder of Fortune . ' She then took her leave of Jack and his mother . THE LITTLE GOOD MOUSE ONCE upon a time there lived a King and Queen who loved each other so much that they were never happy unless they were together . Day after day they went out hunting or fishing ; night after night they went to balls or to the opera ; they sang , and danced , and ate sugar-plums , and were the gayest of the gay , and all their subjects followed their example so that the kingdom was called the Joyous Land . Now in the next kingdom everything was as different as it could possibly be . The King was sulky and savage , and never enjoyed himself at all . He looked so ugly and cross that all his subjects feared him , and he hated the very sight of a cheerful face ; so if he ever caught anyone smiling he had his head cut off that very minute . This kingdom was very appropriately called the Land of Tears . Now when this wicked King heard of the happiness of the Jolly King , he was so jealous that he collected a great army and set out to fight him , and the news of his approach was soon brought to the King and Queen . The Queen , when she heard of it , was frightened out of her wits , and began to cry bitterly . ` Sire , ' she said , ` let us collect all our riches and run away as far as ever we can , to the other side of the world . ' But the King answered : ` Fie , madam !
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