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So they lived on the bag of gold for some time, but at last they came to the end of it, and Jack made up his mind to try his luck once more at the top of the beanstalk. So one fine morning he rose up early, and got on to the beanstalk, and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed and he climbed till at last he came out on to the road again and up to the great tall house he had been to before. There, sure enough, was the great tall woman a-standing on the doorstep.

‘Good morning, mum ,’ says Jack, as bold as brass , ‘could you be so good as to give me something to eat ?’

‘Go away, my boy ,’ said the big tall woman , ‘or else my man will eat you up for breakfast . But aren’t you the youngster who came here once before ? Do you know , that very day my man missed one of his bags of gold .’

‘That’s strange, mum ,’ said Jack , ‘I dare say I could tell you something about that , but I’m so hungry I can’t speak till I’ve had something to eat .’

‘Good morning, mum,’ says Jack, as bold as brass, ‘could you be so good as to give me something to eat?’

‘Go away, my boy,’ said the big tall woman, ‘or else my man will eat you up for breakfast. But aren’t you the youngster who came here once before? Do you know, that very day my man missed one of his bags of gold.’

‘That’s strange, mum,’ said Jack, ‘I dare say I could tell you something about that, but I’m so hungry I can’t speak till I’ve had something to eat.’

Well, the big tall woman was so curious that she took him in and gave him something to eat . But he had scarcely begun munching it as slowly as he could when thump! thump ! they heard the giant’s footstep , and his wife hid Jack away in the oven

All happened as it did before . In came the ogre as he did before , and said: ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum,’ and had his breakfast off three broiled oxen . Then he said : ‘Wife, bring me the hen that lays the golden eggs .’ So she brought it , and the ogre said : ‘Lay ,’ and it laid an egg all of gold . And then the ogre began to nod his head , and to snore till the house shook