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the bean-stalk against her inclination: he concluded
that he must now die with hunger.
However he walked on, hoping to see a house where
he might beg something to eat and drink: presently a
infirm looking woman appeared at a distance; as she
approached, she saw that she was old, her skin much
wrinkled and her tattered garments proved poverty.
She accosted Jack, inquiring how he came there; he
related the circumstance of the bean-stalk.
She then asked him if he recollected his father? he
replied he did not; and added, there must be some
mystery relating to him, for he had frequently asked
his mother who his father was, but that she always
burst into tears, and appeared violently agitated, nor
did she recover herself for some days after; one thing,
however, he could not avoid observing upon these
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