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Unread 08-20-2010, 08:43 AM
Roger Slater Roger Slater is offline
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And here's "Jack" with a slight revision to avoid the judgmental "giant" word:


JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Jack was being raised by a single mother who was perfectly capable of providing him with an upbringing equal to or better than that of a child raised by two parents, but they lived in poverty because of gender discrimination.

One day she sent Jack to sell their grass-fed cow. To his mother’s delight, Jack accepted organic beans in payment. He planted the beans with a bit of compost, and they shot skyward. Removing his shoes to avoid damaging a living creature, he climbed to the top and discovered a land whose king suffered from pituitary gigantism and acromegaly.

Jack used diplomatic persuasion to convince the king to abdicate in favor of democracy. The grateful populace offered Jack the Golden Goose, but Jack refused.

When Jack returned home, he and his mother never went hungry or lacked for fibre again thanks to the nutritious beans now growing in their backyard.
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