JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. giant said
"
Lay/' the hen laid an egg of solid
The giant amused himself
gold.
time with his hen
At
bed
to
and
71
last
snored like
;
he
some
for
meanwhile his wife went fell
the
asleep
by the
fireside,
roaring of a cannon.
Jack then slipped oat of his hiding-place very softly;
and finding that the giant was not awake soon, seized the hen and ran
likely to
off as fast a*
he could with
After get-
her.
ting out of the house, he soon found his to the bean-stalk ladder,
ing
it,
way
and quickly descend-
presented himself before his surprised
and overjoyed mother.
The hen
laid as
many
golden eggs as they desired, so that they soon
became possessed of great wealth, and
lived
very happily together.
Some months
after this
Jack
a very
felt
strong desire to take a second journey up the
Imn
HiHr
His
loving mother tried
her power ID dissuade him from
it
;
all
and
in al-
though her arguments could not change his resolution, he yet teemed to give up his point, moifis^g, however, to
He
go at
all
hazards.
accordingly had a dress secretly prepared