Jack thanked her , and sat down in the chariot with her . The Fairy drove him a long distance round , till they reached a village which lay at the bottom of the hill . Here they found a number of miserable-looking men assembled . The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them : ` My friends , ' said she , ` the cruel giant who oppressed you and ate up all your flocks and herds is dead , and this young gentleman was the means of your being delivered from him , and is the son of your kind old master , the knight . ' The men gave a loud cheer at these words , and pressed forward to say that they would serve Jack as faithfully as they had served his father . The Fairy bade them follow her to the castle , and they marched thither in a body , and Jack blew the horn and demanded admittance . The old Giantess saw them coming from the turret loop-hole . 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 .
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