Jack and the Beanstalk A Twisted Fairy TaleChapter 3
Money burns a hole in a young man’s pocket, even if it’s not actually in his pocket. And eventually he couldn’t keep his secret any longer. He provided a seriously abbreviated version of events, that involved a cave, the mouth of which was covered by a thicket of thorns. That also explained his ruined trousers, which his mother was very unhappy about. She assumed the worst about him too, and suspected he had stolen the gold. But, once Jack’s mother got over the shock of seeing the strange...