For the Modern Day Fairy tales Competition by Contests-Rants

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Original Story:

Once upon a time there lived a handsome lad, Jack with his poor widowed mother. They survived only with the help of their cow, Milky-White's milk.  One day their cow had stopped giving milk and they didn't know what to do as no one in their village gave work to Jack. Finally they decided to sell their cow and start a small shop from the money they get. When Jack takes his cow to the market, he meets an old man on the way who offers to exchange 5 magical beans for his cow. The old man told Jack that those beans would grow till the sky and bring him good fortune. When he returned home with those beans his mom becomes furious and throws the beans out of the window and sends him to bed. 

The next day morning, when Jack wakes up he is surprised to find a huge beanstalk which reaches the sky. He decides to climb up the stalk and explore the world on the other side. He enters a huge castle and finds a woman cooking. The woman gives him bread and milk to eat as he was hungry. He quickly hides when he sees the giant entering. The giant could smell Jack and sings a rhyme "I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread." His wife denies it and helps Jack get out once the giant falls asleep. Jack takes a huge bag of gold coins and climbs down the beanstalk. His mom feels so happy and they lead a content life till the gold gets over. 

When they run out of money, Jack climbs up the beanstalk and enters the castle again. The same incidents repeat and this time he escapes with a hen that lays golden eggs everyday. The third time when Jack visits the castle, he sees a magical harp that plays on its own. When the giant falls asleep Jack takes the harp and runs out of his room. But this time, luck was not in favor of Jack. The harp shouts for help and the giant wakes up and chases Jack. Jack swiftly climbs down the beanstalk and cuts it down before the giant could reach the ground. The giant dies as he falls down from a great height. Jack and his mom lives happily ever after with all the riches Jack brought from the castle....

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My Story starts here...............

Far away from the bustling streets, there lived a young man in his mid twenties lost in his own world of books. He had the killer looks that made every girl fall and every man jealous. But all that caught his attention was only his books. Jack's main aim was to pass his final year medical examinations and join a research foundation. He was the most favorite student of all his professors. He had solved the toughest challenges that was given to him. 

He led a normal and happy life with his widowed mother. His mother was very proud of her son. She was the most loving mom. She treated Jack's best friends as her own son and daughter. Jack had two best friends Nicolas and Jacqueline. Though they were studious they had their equal share of fun. As they wanted to take a small break from their stressful life, they decided to spend some time in their lovely beach house. After giving a loving kiss and biding bye to his mom, they took their car and left to the beach house.       

Enjoying the cool breeze and forgetting their stresses for awhile they plopped down on the soft mattress as soon as they reached their house. Changing to their swimsuits, they rush out to the beach. The cool air and the lovely feel of the sand beneath their feet brings back the child in them. They had fun by chasing each other, throwing sand balls at each other and surfing along the waves. After a long time, they laid down on the sand exhausted and that is when the most unexpected thing happened.

The waves roared up high and a huge mass of grey clouds piled up above the waves in the center of the ocean. Jack, Jacqueline and Nicolas looked at each other with utter confusion. The waves along with the grey clouds moved forward towards the shore and the waves froze just before them. The frozen water cracked and a beautiful mermaid emerged out from it. She handed them five haphazardly shaped beans and told them to plant those magical beans in their garden once they reach home. She told them that those beans will be helping them in the most critical situation that they are going to face in the future. She advised them to use it wisely and warned them not to lose it. After saying all those she disappeared and everything were back to normal. The three friends could not believe what happened and they couldn't decipher what was going to happen in the future. With shock and confusion written all over their faces, they went back to their house and fell asleep. 

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Hi.... I wrote this chapter in a single day... Sorry for the grammatical errors. i'll be editing this soon.... This is just an introduction chapter, so I didn't write much... From the next chapter the story will be interesting...

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