Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales Part B

A boy named jack became increasingly unhappy with his home life, so he ran away and sought to live a full life. He ran and ran until he bumped into an old woman gathering sticks. This old lady took him in as a servant and vowed to pay him well. He served her for twelve months and a day. She paid him with a donkey that spit up currency every once in awhile. He then rode to a inn where he ordered everything and slept. The inn keeper noticed the donkeys exquisite feature and swapped his regular donkey for the money donkey. Jack rode to his fathers house without notice that the donkey wasn't the same. He got home and wished to marry the daughter of a widow down the street. He asked his father for leave to do so but he said no because the son didn't have money to keep her. He then pulled on the donkey's ears for money but none came out. The father then beat the son out of the house with a hay fork. He then served a woodworker for twelve months and a day. He was paid with a magical table that created food and drink on command. He again went to the inn and displayed his new prize. He created a big meal and the inn keeper took notice. He again swapped his possession for jacks, and jack was none the wiser. He again went back to his fathers house to display this magical table. Again he was chased out where he fell into a river. He helped a man build a bridge and this man gave him a magical beating stick. Jack went to the in and beat the inn keeper until he gave back the ass and table. He used the table to lure all the women to his house. He beat all the girls with the magic beating stick and took all their money. He gave all the money to the poor girl and married her.


Jack making his donkey spit coin
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English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

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