de Peter Griffith
Jack et sa mère sont sans le sou et n’ont rien à manger. Quand Jack grimpe le long d’une tige de haricot magique, il se retrouve dans un autre pays, au-dessus des nuages. Il y trouve assez d’or pour sortir sa famille de la pauvreté, mais l’or appartient à un terrible géant qui mange les enfants!
Jack and the Beanstalk est un des contes les plus appréciés du folklore britannique. Cette version théâtrale de l’histoire est écrite dans un anglais extrêmement simple et utilise plus particulièrement le vocabulaire et les structures vues dans les classes de CM1 et CM2.
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| Jack: | This is our cow. Her name is Buttercup. Come along Buttercup. (Jack enters with a cow) |
| Mother: | Ah, good morning Buttercup. Now Buttercup, have you got some milk for us today? (the cow shakes its head) |
| Cow: | Moo! |
| Mother: | Oh dear, the cow has no milk for us. |
| Jack: | Are you hungry, Buttercup? (the cow nods) I am hungry, and my mother is hungry, and the cow is hungry. What can we do? |
| Mother: | We must sell something. |
| Jack: | Can we sell this spoon?...Can we sell this bowl?...Can we sell this table?...Can we sell this chair? |
| Mother/Audience: | No. |
| Jack: | There is nothing else here! |
| Mother: | We must sell... the cow. |
| Jack: | Sell the cow? Sell Buttercup? |
| Mother: | Yes, we must sell the cow. Jack, take Buttercup to the market, and sell her! |