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 way out of the house, but at last he reached the road with safety; he easily found the way to the bean-stalk, and descended it better and quicker than he expected. His mother was overjoyed to see him; he found her crying bitterly, and lamenting his hard fate, for she concluded he had come to some shocking end through his rashness. Jack was impatient to show his hen, and inform his mother how valuable it was. “And now, mother,” said Jack, “I have brought home that which will quickly make us rich; and I hope to make you some amends for the affliction I have caused you through my idleness, extravagance, and folly.” The hen produced as many golden eggs as they desired; they sold them, and in a little time became possessed of as much riches as they wanted. For some months, Jack and his mother lived very happily together; but he, being very desirous of travelling recollecting the fairy’s commands, and fearing that, if he delayed, she would put her threats into execution, longed to climb the bean-stalk, and pay the giant another visit, in order to carry away some more of his treasure; for during the time that Jack was in the giant's mansion, while he lay concealed in the oven, he learned, from the