Extrait du livre Jack and the beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk by George Bridge, Don Gauthier and Stephanie Meyers Flowerpot Children's Press
Jack and the Beanstalk
This is an adventure story about a very lucky boy named Jack. It is also an adventure story about a cow, and some beans, and a harp, and a chicken, and a giant, and a beanstalk. It is an adventure that happened a long time ago. There was a time even longer ago, long before this adventure began, when Jack's family was rich. But on the morning this adventure began all Jack had that he could call his own were the clothes on his back, a cheerful disposition*, and a cow. Jack's family was poor and they needed things, so Jack's mother sent him to trade the cow for the things they needed. *disposition (dis-po-zi-shun) means the way you tend to look at things, so a cheerful disposition means you look at things in a happy, cheerful way
Lucky for Jack, he didn't have to go far before he found a woman who wanted the cow. Unlucky for Jack, she didn't have the things they needed. Lucky for Jack , she did have some beans. MAGIC BEANS. So, they traded. Jack no longer had a cow. Jack now had the clothes on his back, a cheerful disposition, and a handful of MAGIC BEANS. When Jack returned home at noon, his mother was very angry. "Jack , how could you?" she cried. "You traded our cow for a handful of beans!" "Not beans mom, MAGIC BEANS !" said Jack cheerfully. "Magic ? Pah!" said his mother as she threw the beans out the window.
