I like Jack and his beanstalk. I think it’s funny that if you are rich in a fairy tale, no matter how you got rich, you can easily marry a princess and live happily ever after. In the book from my childhood, Jack is a bit greedy and keeps going back after initially sealing a bag of gold from the giant. He and his temperamental mother squander the gold, so he climbs back up the stalk and steals a golden egg laying goose. Still not satisfied, he swipes a singing harp. The harp gives him away and he is chased … Continue reading →