Jack was a giddy , thoughtless boy , but very kind-hearted and affectionate . There had been a hard winter , and after it the poor woman had suffered from fever and ague . Jack did no work as yet , and by degrees they grew dreadfully poor . The widow saw that there was no means of keeping Jack and herself from starvation but by selling her cow ; so one morning she said to her son , ' I am too weak to go myself , Jack , so you must take the cow to market for me , and sell her . ' Jack liked going to market to sell the cow very much ; but as he was on the way , he met a butcher who had some beautiful beans in his hand . Jack stopped to look at them , and the butcher told the boy that they were of great value , and persuaded the silly lad to sell the cow for these beans . When he brought them home to his mother instead of the money she expected for her nice cow , she was very vexed and shed many tears , scolding Jack for his folly . He was very sorry , and mother and son went to bed very sadly that night ; their last hope seemed gone . At daybreak Jack rose and went out into the garden . ` At least , ' he thought , ' I will sow the wonderful beans . Mother says that they are just common scarlet-runners , and nothing else ; but I may as well sow them . ' So he took a piece of stick , and made some holes in the ground , and put in the beans . That day they had very little dinner , and went sadly to bed , knowing that for the next day there would be none and Jack , unable to sleep from grief and vexation , got up at day-dawn and went out into the garden . What was his amazement to find that the beans had grown up in the night , and climbed up and up till they covered the high cliff that sheltered the cottage , and disappeared above it ! The stalks had twined and twisted themselves together till they formed quite a ladder . ` It would be easy to climb it , ' thought Jack . And , having thought of the experiment , he at once resolved to carry it out , for Jack was a good climber . However , after his late mistake about the cow , he thought he had better consult his mother first . WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE BEANSTALK So Jack called his mother , and they both gazed in silent wonder at the Beanstalk , which was not only of great height , but was thick enough to bear Jack 's weight . ' I wonder where it ends , ' said Jack to his mother ; ' I think I will climb up and see . '
His mother wished him not XXXXX venture up this strange ladder , but Jack coaxed her to give her consent to the attempt , for he was certain there must be something wonderful in the Beanstalk ; so at last she yielded to his wishes .
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