<P> Jack climbs the beanstalk twice more . He learns of other treasures and steals them when the giant sleeps: first a goose that lays golden eggs, then a magic harp that plays by itself . The giant wakes when Jack leaves the house with the harp and chases Jack down the beanstalk . Jack calls to his mother for an axe and before the giant reaches the ground, cuts down the beanstalk, causing the giant to fall to his death . </P> <P> Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the riches that Jack acquired . </P> <P> "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" was published in the 1734 second edition of Round About Our Coal - Fire . In 1807, Benjamin Tabart published The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk, but the story is certainly older than these accounts . According to researchers at Durham University and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the story originated more than 5,000 years ago . </P> <P> In some versions of the tale, the giant is unnamed, but many plays based on it name him Blunderbore . (One giant of that name appears in the 18th - century "Jack the Giant Killer".) In "The Story of Jack Spriggins" the giant is named Gogmagog . </P>

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