Our Non-Linear Class Version of Jack and the Beanstalk

If you read Wednesday's blog, about Jack and the Beanstalk, then when you finish reading, your socks will be blown away and your jaw will drop open in surprise. Today we learned how to insert hyperlinks into our work about Jack and the Beanstalk. Now you can sit back and relax, whilst pressing a few buttons. Enjoy!!! At the end of each chapter, make your choice. You can follow the story through this post, or through the online docs by clicking on the link at the end.

How will your chosen pathways effect Jack?? Comment on our post to let us know what you think of our non-linear version. Would you have come up with a different ending?

Chapter 1 - Jack and the Beanstalk 

Once upon a time there lived a boy named Jack, who lived with his mother. They were both very poor. One scorching hot day, Jack was asked kindly to sell the cow down the market by his mother. On the way, he met a stranger who asked him to trade the cow for magic beans. Jack accepted the offer. 5 minutes later, he got back home. Jack’s mum was furious at Jack. “We needed the money to buy a calf!” His mother shouted. Jack was sent to bed without any supper. She threw the magic beans out of the window angrily. Overnight the beans grew into a vast a vast beanstalk. The next morning Jack woke up, looked out of the window and saw a massive beanstalk. He sped down the stairs to his mum and shouted with excitement to look outside. Jack then decided to climb the Beanstalk and then he saw 3 different pathways; thorn, vine and flower.

Which did he choose? Thorn, Vine or Flower? 

Chapter 2 - Thorn

As Jack was climbing the robust beanstalk he approached an odd looking path, covered in prongs. There were gigantic thorns covered in multi-coloured warts with moist bases, Jack stretched out…

Jack started reaching out when he began to wonder whether or not to turn back; he extended out his arm and stabbed himself on a thorn. As the thorn was going deeper into Jack’s skin he started to see a giant, not realising he was hallucinating!

 Before very long, Jack started to get nearer to the bottom of the beanstalk when he finally realised that there was no giant. Jack climbed to the top of the clouds spotting a castle, in the distance. Anxiously, he knocked on the castle door; the giant’s wife greeted him. Noticing Jack’s frail existence, she presented him with a bowl of milk. As the giant was coming in the door he started a conversation about how he didn’t like children and if he saw a child he would have he or she for supper! The giant was close to finishing his conversation when Jack quickly hid in the oven.

“FE FI FO FUM I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN!” Shouted the frustrated giant, His wife answered, “There’s no boy in here!” Content with his wife’s response, the giant started to count his gold coins. Due to the vast amount, he fell asleep right there, at the table. The giant’s wife raced to the oven door and told Jack to run away. Whilst he was running, he couldn’t take his eyes off of the giants gold coins; he took them as he sprinted away! Moments later, Jack was climbing down the beanstalk to his worried mother; Jack found three doors: gold, silver and bronze.

Does he choose the bronze, silver or gold door?

Chapter 2 - Vine

Jack, exhausted from climbing the 50 foot beanstalk, saw an unfamiliar rough, ivy covered vine, with warts covering the bottom of most of it. It was as lumpy as sandpaper with purple mucus covered scales, which are as sharp as an elephant’s tusk, growing underneath the ivy. His instincts told him to touch the vine. Within a second, the vine strengthened its grip and shot Jack up in the air like a catapult. It was as though he was being pushed in the air by 1000 people. When Jack woke up unsteadily, he discovered he was on a cloud. There was a humongous castle on top of it. And it looked like it has been abandoned. This could be the time of his life. He could live in the wealthiest place in world (the wealthiest place in the sky is what he was meant to say). He and his mother could be rich; all because of those beans.
Thank you old man, he mutters to himself.

Jack stood up and was going to take a stride forward, when he saw a gap between the castle and the cottony cloud he was standing on. He was so frustrated; he blew so hard he fainted. When he awoke, he saw some blocks, not so far apart from one another, which he could easily jump onto. The blocks led to the cloud with the castle on. What a relief! He wasn’t an expert leaper but he impressed the people down on earth when they saw him jumping from block to block. Finally, he made it to the castle. Unfortunately, he heard a man and a woman already occupying the castle which disappointed him. All of a sudden a massive lady, maybe 20 feet tall, opened the rusty door and shouted at him saying “Hey! What are you doing here?” “I’m J….J…Jack and I’m looking for food. Please can I come in? Please?” The lady changed her manner and said back in a calmer tone, “of course you can.” The giant lady led him to the kitchen and placed him on the table. The table was already laid ready to eat for the giant lady’s husband.  Without even asking to start, he dug in. For half an hour but then he heard stomping from the hallway. It was the giant! “FE FI FO FUM I SMELL A BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN” the giant shouted. Jack hid inside a bagel. The giant ate all the meat on the table then counted his money. After a while, the giant started snoring. That was Jack’s chance. He ran out of the bagel; took a bag of gold; ran down the beanstalk.
Two days later. Jack went back to the beanstalk to climb back up it when he saw three doors made of gold silver, and bronze.

Which one did he choose?  bronze, silver or gold?

Chapter 2 - Flower

Treading carefully, he began to advance further up the plump beanstalk. He saw some Dead flowers covering the pathway. There was one flower that stood out, “the king” they charmed. Jack sniffed it intentionally, and fell unconscious. A spider like creature quickly uncovered Jack and took him to the giant medical centre where they were able to fix him up. During his period in a hospital bed, he told them about his quest for the golden coins. Feeling more like himself, he proceeded back up the beanstalk. Upon discovery of golden coins, he stole them from the table (by using the resources around him) where the despicable giant
was sleeping. Just before Jack leapt off the lofty table, the giant suddenly awoke and slammed his enormous fist on the table, which unsurprisingly, sent Jack soaring into the oak wooden cupboard where three different doors firmly. 

Which does he choose? bronze, silver or gold?

Chapter 3 - Gold

As Jack was climbing up the ginormous beanstalk, a shimmering beam of light hit his eyes; causing him to fall into a deep, dark hole. Terrified, as he couldn’t see anything, he began to panic, falling deeper and deeper. Splash! He ended up in a thick, golden river filled with colossal amounts of seaweed. It was so heavy he had to continuously fight it off, all the way out of the river. As he sat down gasping for breath, he heard a sound “cock a doddle doo.” He sat at the edge of the river, just thinking and thinking. Intrigued, he ran through a miniature tunnel towards the sound, only to be confronted by an enormous locked door. Looking around, he saw a pipe – this was his way out! He then began the climb and stumbled across a golden hen laying glamorous golden eggs Swoop he takes the golden hen, then starts to climb back down the ginormous beanstalk. Then as time went, he saw two doors red and blue.

Does he go through the Red or Blue?

Chapter 3 - Silver

As Jack scurried down the perplexing beanstalk, everything went dark. He could see nothing. A shiver scuttled down his cold spine, (a lump came to his throat). The glistening moon sent a silver shimmer through the jewelled sky. A group of faint, shadowy figures appeared on the ground. They approached him steadily;
surrounded him as if he was a criminal. Petrified, he cautiously shuffled backwards (unfortunately against a solid rock) but they were still there, cornering him. All of a sudden, an enormous, peculiar shaped, ghostly galleon came soaring through the midnight sky and arrived before Jack. Nervous, (not quite knowing what to do) he boarded the ship and was transported to the future. Anxiously, he leapt for the nearest thing he could reach, a branch of ivy (which lead over the crumbly castle wall). The surface was slippery, however he
managed to achieve his goal and arrived at his destination. He crept in through the open window and noticed a golden egg glimmering in the light - projected by the moon. He glanced further and the magnificent object led him to a beautiful golden hen! He clenched it attentively and raced towards the window.

 He spotted two doors, which does he choose? Red or Blue?

Chapter 3 - Bronze

Jack climbed up the huge, plump beanstalk. Upon reaching the top, he strolled until he saw birds. There were hundreds of hens, birds and eggs. Golden eggs! Jack assumed the eggs were being laid by the bronze birds in the air. He noted that the hens were protecting the eggs. The swooping birds confused him. But more and more eggs were being laid. “How is this happening?” Jack questioned. Suddenly, he realised that the eggs were being laid by a golden hen. Gazing at the golden eggs, he had a thought in his mind that he would be rich! Without a second thought, he stole took the hen and raced down the ginormous beanstalk. 

He fell over with the hen clutched in his arms, Jack fell and h went unconscious for two days. On the third day he found two doors: red and blue. 

Will he choose the Red or Blue?

Chapter 4 - Blue 

Jack crawled up the steep path and heard beautiful music. Cautiously, he turned round a sharp corner. Suddenly, Jack noticed an orchestra. He couldn’t resist taking a sparkly harp, which caught his eye. Minutes later, he realised that it was the wrong harp. Rushing back to the orchestra, he replaced the stolen harp. Jack had finally reached the castle after climbing that steep path once again and panted before he entered. He entered the wrecked castle. Jack took a moment to look around, then he saw the most magnificent thing he had ever seen. A golden harp. The harp began to play its self, sending Jack into a deep sleep. As Jack awoke he realised he had been transported to the future. (He was still the same age as before.) Jack got up ready for school. Later on that day, (in music class) Jack discovered he had music. Jack’s life in the future was much easier because the people in the school knew he had unlimited power but Jack wasn`t the same as before, he had changed. Jack was stuck in the future for eternity, even though he didn`t know it. Still, he lived happily ever after!

THE END

Chapter 4 - Red 

Jack climbed the majestic beanstalk one last time (or so he thinks.) He was mesmerised by how silent the castle was; it normally sounded like a herd of elephants. Jack easily past through the gigantic door. Although, that wasn’t the hard bit; it was opening the two tonne door. Exhausted, he made it into the kitchen, when suddenly… the giant’s bulky dog flattened him with his left paw. Jack scurried down the beanstalk and upon recovery from his ordeal, informed his mum of what had happened. He felt very unfortunate at this point in time. Not wanting to fail, Jack persevered. A couple of days later, Jack was confident he would succeed. This time, he hid under the giant’s gigantic, ginormous bed seeing as the giants annoying dog had started to trundle up to him, he didn’t want get trodden on again. When the dog wasn’t looking, he silently crawled 

from under the bed and scurried down the stairs and climbed on to the table, stacking the giant’s pots and pans so he could reach the 6 foot table top. He spotted the glorious harp, which he simply had to have. Being cautious, trying not to awake the giant, he just about managed to get the beautiful harp to the huge door… It was then that he heard a loud thud! It was the giant… Jack began to sprint, he managed to make it to the beanstalk but unfortunately, he was too slow (he was captured…). 

THE END