Nursery Tales 2
something more of the giant’s. He kept on that way goin’ up every few days till I s’pose he got pretty much all that the old giant up there in the moon owned.
But there was one time the old giant caught Jack at it, and he put after him. Jack was a good runner, and he got to the beanstalk first; and he called out, “Hump it and bump it, and down I go.”
He slid down so fast that he got to the ground before the giant was halfway down. Then he took his hatchet and chopped off the beanstalk, and the giant came tumbling down and was killed.
After that Jack and his mother were rich people.
the little mouse with the long tail.
The children in old times thought this one of the best stories that ever was. The oven spoken of was the brick opening at the side of the old kitchen fireplace where baking was done. When not in use it was a very comfortable place for the cat to jump up to and nap in. The mouse could come down the
