Jack and his mother live off the milk from their cow, but when the cow gives no milk Jack is instructed to sell it at market. When Jack returns with 5 magic beans in exchange for the cow, his mother angrily throws the beans out the window. Adventure begins the next morning when Jack climbs up beyond the clouds on the beanstalk that grew in the night and discovers a castle and two giants. By wits alone Jack must survive if he is to return to his home to help his mother.
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