Wednesday 20 January , UK. Why you can trust Sky News. More from UK. Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram. Here, come quick and jump in here. He ducked inside the kitchen and said, "I'm ready for my breakfast -- I'm so hungry I could eat three cows.
Ah, what's this I smell? Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll have his bones to grind my bread. Now you go and wash up and by the time you come back your breakfast'll be ready for you. So the giant went off to tidy up -- Jack was about to make a run for it when the woman stopped him. Jack peeked out of the copper pot just as the giant returned to the kitchen carrying a basket filled with golden eggs and a sickly-looking, white hen.
The giant poked the hen and growled, "Lay" and the hen laid an egg made of gold which the giant added to the basket. After his breakfast, the giant went to the closet and pulled out a golden harp with the face of a sad, young girl. The giant poked the harp and growled, "Play" and the harp began to play a gentle tune while her lovely face sang a lullaby.
Then the giant began to nod his head and to snore until the house shook. When he was quite sure the giant was asleep, Jack crept out of the copper pot and began to tiptoe out of the kitchen. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the sound of the harp-girl weeping. Jack bit his lip, sighed and returned to the kitchen.
He grabbed the sickly hen and the singing harp, and began to tiptoe back out. But this time the hen gave a cackle which woke the giant, and just as Jack got out of the house he heard him calling, "Wife, wife, what have you done with my white hen and my golden harp? Jack ran as fast as he could and the giant, realizing he had been tricked, came rushing after - away from the castle and down the broad, winding road. When he got to the beanstalk the giant was only twenty yards away when suddenly he saw Jack disappear - confused, the giant peered through the clouds and saw Jack underneath climbing down for dear life.
Jack calls to his mother for an axe and before the giant reaches the ground, cuts down the beanstalk, causing the giant to fall to his death. Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the riches that Jack stole.
According to researchers at Durham University and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the story originated more than 5, years ago. In some versions of the tale, the giant is unnamed, but many plays based on it name him Blunderbore. One giant of that name appears in the 18th-century " Jack the Giant Killer ". The giant's cry "Fee! I smell the blood of an Englishman" appears in William Shakespeare's earlyth-century King Lear in the form "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man.
The devil's mother or grandmother acts much like the giant's wife, a female figure protecting the child from the evil male figure. In other versions he is said to have married a princess. Exclusive competitions and restaurant offers, plus reviews, the latest food and drink news, recipes and lots more. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription.
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