Chapter One Come on Jack said Mom Up the stairs and into your pajamas please It’s time for bed And don’t forget to brush your teeth it’s But only seven o’clock cried Jack And do you have to talk to me like that Mom I am not a little boy anymore
Well you are to me said Mom Now up those stairs But I’m a hero Mom said Jack I climbed the beanstalk outwitted the terrifying giant and got my picture in all the newspapers remember How could I forget Mom sighed It could have been a disaster You never think things through Jack I sent you to sell poor old Daisy the
cow because we had no money and all you came home with was a few beans Magic beans said Jack And everything worked out okay didn’t it I brought you back a bag of gold and a hen that lays golden eggs
Ha The gold lasted a week and that hen only lays an egg when she feels like it which is about once a month Mom snorted
