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possessed—scarcely any thing remained but a cow.
The poor woman one day met Jack with tears in her
eyes; her distress was great, and, for the first time in
her life, she could not help reproaching him, saying,
"Indeed, dear son, you have at last brought me to
beggary and ruin: I have not money enough to
purchase even a bit of bread for another day—
nothing now remains to sell but my poor cow! I am
sorry to part with her; it grieves me sadly, but we
must not starve."
For a few minutes, Jack felt a degree of remorse, but
it was soon over, and importuned his mother to let
him sell the cow at the next village. As he was going
along, he met a butcher, who inquired why he was
driving the cow from home? Jack replied, it was his
intention to sell it. The butcher held some curious
beans in ____
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