For Charles, Samuel and Emilia – E.B.
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Once upon a time, there was a boy called Jack who lived with his mother in a tiny little cottage. They were very poor.
Jack was a good boy, and he was very brave, but he didn’t always think things through.
One day, Jack’s mother asked her son to take their cow to the market. “We have nothing to eat and no money,” she said. “We have to sell Daisy.”
Jack fed Daisy, cleaned her and put a bell around her neck, then he set off for the market.
Jack and Daisy had not gone very far before they met a strange-looking man with an old suitcase.
“Hello, young man,” said the stranger. “What a lovely cow you’ve got! If you give her to me, you can have ten of these magic beans.”
“How exciting!” Jack replied. “I’ll take them!”