Happy Jack Quotes

“Happy Jack bumbles his way into a fortune and a wife in spite of his stupidity.”

“He put the jug in his pocket. Jack was so happy he danced all the way home. ‘You have spilled all the milk,’ his mother shouted. ‘Now we have nothing to drink. You should have put the jug on your head.”

“Jack was happy and very lazy. He did not work. All day he stared at the faraway sky. Jack’s mother was very unhappy. ‘We have no money left, ’ she wailed. ‘What shall we do now?”

“Happy Jack smiled. ‘I will get a job,’ he said. ‘Then we will have pots of money.’ Jack went to a farm. ‘Can I have a job?’ he asked the farmer. ‘Yes’ the farmer said. ‘You can star on Monday.”

“You should put your money in your pocket!′ his mother cried. ‘Now we have no money again.’ On Tuesday Jack said to himself, ‘Today I must put my pay in my pocket.”

“So on Monday Jack started work. He plowed the fields in straight lines. The farmer paid him for his day’s work. Jack was so happy he hurried home. But on the way he lost his money.”

“Jack worked very hard. He milked the cows and goats and sheep. At the end of the day the farmer gave Jack a full jug of milk. Jack remembered what his mother had told him.”

“By Saturday Jack was tired of work. ‘Today I must carry my pay on my back.’ he sighed. ‘Today we are going to market,’ the farmer told Jack. The farmer rode to market on his old donkey. Jack carried the milk and the cheese.”

“On Wednesday Jack made cheese. All the end of the day the farmer gave Jack a big runny cheese. He put it on his head. ‘Oh no!’ his mother yelled. ‘You should have carried the cheese in your hands! Now e have nothing to eat.”

“So on Thursday Jack said. ‘Today I must carry my pay in my hands.’ He worked in the barn moving the hay. At the end of the day the farmer gave him a laying hen. Jack carried it home in his hands.”