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=__Original Fairy Tale Version__= [|History of Jack and the Beanstalk]

This fairy tale was originally told by word of mouth, but the first printed version was published as early as 1807 written by Benjamin Tabart according to fairytales.com.

__**The Most Popular Version**__
Here is the most popular and reprinted version of Jack and the Beanstalk recorded by Joseph Jacobs. [|Jack and the Beanstalk Original]

__**Summary:**__
Jack a young boy is living with his widowed mother. The only means of income is a cow and one day it stops giving milk. At the market Jack meets an old man and exchanges the cow for a magic bean. His mom is furious at him for not getting the money but he ends up planting the magic bean anyway. As jack sleeps the bean grows into a giant beanstalk and the next day Jack climbs it all the way up to the top. He sees a house way up in the sky and it turns out to be the house of a giant. Jack enters the house and asks the giant's wife for food. She gives him food but the giant returns and says he senses a human nearby. He then says the famous lines



Fee-fi-fo-fum I smell the blood of an English Be he alive, or be he dead, Ill have his bones to grind my bread However, Jack is hidden by the giant's wife and overhears the giant counting his money. Jack steals a bag of gold coins escapes, then does this two more time. The second time he steals a hen that lays gold eggs and the third time he steals a golden harp that plays itself. The last time he is almost caught by the giant who follows him down the stalk. Jack gets an axe, chops down the beanstalk, and kills the giant. Jack and his mother live happily ever after with a lot of money

__Moral/Symbolism__
Many people consider Jack and the Beanstalk to be one of the few immoral fairy tales in history. Jack disobeys his mother and steals from the giants on three separate occasions and even ends up killing the giant with an axe.

__**Symbols**__
The cow has ceased to produce milk and must be sold so the family can survive. The end of the cow's milk to symbolizes the weaning process, marking the end of Jack's prolonged infancy and childhood. Now Jack must leave home and provide for himself and his mother as an adult
 * Cow without Milk: (**Ending of Childhood)


 * Giant:** Embodies all that is scary and dangerous in the outside world. The unknown.

=Modern Interpretations and Culture= = =

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Summary: [|The Thief and the Beanstalk Amazon.com]

Years after Jack's adventure up the beanstalk a young thief named Nick gets the chance of a life-time to travel up the famed beanstalk himself. This serves as a sequel set in the same Jack and the Beanstalk Universe. There are foes and new characters.

** Jack and the Beanstalk- The Modern Version **
Summary: This is definitely a relatable modern version of Jack and the Beanstalk, written by Devang Patel. Jack gets himself into some trouble at home, but him mom is currently unaware of what he has done. She asks him to fix the car because it won't start and she needs to go to work, but Jack knows that he totaled the car and he isn't going to be able to fix it. Jack knew he needed to fix the problem, though, before him mom figured out that it was him who totaled the car. Jack makes some risky decisions to come up with a solution for totaling him mom's car. Click the story above to find out what happens and if Jack can come through!

__**[|How the Dragon was Tricked (A Grecian Adaption)]**__


//Pictured: Ugly Eugene// Later in the day, Gus was met by a hump-backed shepard. Gus explained why he was tied to a tree.
 * Summary:** In this story, a man was father to two sons. The two sons didn't get along because of appearances. The eldest of the two (lets call him Ugly Eugene) was much homelier than the youngest (appropriately, we'll call him Good-lookin' Gus) and despised his brother. As they got older, their disputes only grew until one day, the Eugene tied Gus to a tree and let him starve.

 Because I was so crooked,' answered the young man; 'but it has quite cured me, and now my back is as straight as can be.' 'I wish you would bind me to a tree,' exclaimed the shepherd, 'so that my back would get straight.' 'With all the pleasure in life,' replied the youth. 'If you will loosen these cords I will tie you up with them as firmly as I can.'

When the shepard let him loose, Gus scared his sheep away and left the shepard to regret his decision. After tricking a load of other good Samaritans, he got the attention of the King. The king's guards chased him down and brought him before his majesty. The king basically told Gus that he had to steal a flying horse from the "Great Dragon" or else he will be executed, either by his hand or the dragon's... paws.

Good-lookin' Gus made his way to the stable where the flying horse was tied down and tried to take it. The horse bucked and neighed getting the attention of the sleeping dragon. The dragon asked the horse, "what's the matter, my treasure?", then fell back asleep. This happened twice more and the dragon got up and started whipping the horse. The hidden Gus made his way to the horse after the dragon disappeared. This time the horse made no sound, because of the beating.

After flying away on the magical creature, the King had his horse. As if a FLYING HORSE wasn't enough, the king wanted more. He made Gus go back into the lair and get a bed covering which has bells on it from the dragon's bed. Gus had to accept lest he be decapitated. Going back again, he the roof of the dragon's bedroom and tried to hook the covering and reel it in. When the bells began to ring, the dragon sleepily yelled at his wife to stop pulling the blankets off the bed. //"Where's my blankets?!"//

Like an obvious married couple, the dragon pulled the blanket back and with it, Gus. The dragon pounced on Gus and tied him up. The dragon told his wife, "When I go to church tomorrow, you must kill him, cook him, and then we will eat him together."

The next morning, the dragoness was about to kill him and she untied him to get a better grip. Bad move, Ms. Dragon. Gus slipped her grip, ran through her legs, cut her throat, and threw her in the oven... Then cold-bloodedly grabbed the covering and walked out the door. Once again the greedy king asked for something. This time it happened to be the dragon himself. And, Gus with a disguise on, went into the dragon's home. The dragon was busy making a box when the boy arrived, and the dragon and the boy got into a fight on whether or not Gus was big enough to fit inside. The dragon hopped in to prove his point and Gus locked him up and brought him back to the king. The king excitedly opened the box and the dragon ate him. Gus then married the king's daughter and ruled over all the land.

Other Books
//**Politically Correct Version by James Garner __copyright, all rights reserved__**// [|Politically Correct Version by James Garner] __Description:__ In comparison with Garner's version of LRRH, he uses satire and witt to portray a politically correct version of Jack and the Beanstalk that is both comical and creative.

Over 20 different interpretations can be found here....

[|Modern Interpretation Compilation]





=__**Parodies (Fractured Fairy Tales)**__=

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=__**The Disney Version (Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk)**__=

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__**Summary of Disney movie**__ Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy are in a land where plants don't grow, everything is dry and dead. All they have is a loaf of bread and a cow, and even Donald Duck can't kill the cow for food. Mickey then decides it's a good idea to trade in the cow for "Magic beans." This makes Donald angry and he throws the beans into a hole on the floor, during the night a beanstalk sprouts, lifting the house into the sky. After waking up, Mickey, Donald and Goofy seem to be in a large castle, and inside the castle are giant food. What they haven't realized is that Willie the Giant owns this castle. He captures Donald and Goofy and locks them in the box with a stolen golden harp, which is the reason that their land doesn't grow things. Mickey then steals the keys from Willie, and rescues his friends and the harp. They all escape without Willie catching them. Their land then was able to grow food.


 * What was changed?**
 * Mickey, Donald, and Goofy live together in a land where the plants grow and Mickey wants to trade their only cow for Magic Beans. Donald is angry that they sold the cow so he throws the beans into a hole in floor.
 * There is no mother figure in the story
 * They only take the magical harp because it prevents the plants from growing. Disney makes taking the harp justified.

Disney removed much of the violence from the original story. He added Mickey, Donald, and Goofy and filled the entire story with his own characters. Disney added the magic of music and animation.
 * What was added?**

=Mass Media (Movies/ TV References)=

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Animation and Music
__**Jack and the Beanstalk Musical**__

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