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resolution of endeavouring to climb up to the top, in
order to seek his fortune, and ran to communicate
his intention to his mother, not doubting but she
would be equally pleased with himself. She declared
he should not go; said it would break her heart if he
did, entreated, and threatened, but all in vain. Jack
set out, and, after climbing for some hours, reached
the top of the bean-stalk, fatigued and quite
exhausted. Looking around, he found himself in a
strange country: it appeared to be a desert, quite
barren; not a tree, shrub, house, or living creature to
be seen; here and there were scattered fragments of
unhewn stone, and, at unequal distances, small heaps
of earth were loosely thrown together. Jack seated
himself pensively upon a block of stone, thought of
his mother, and reflected with sorrow upon his
disobedience in climbing ______
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