Jack and the Beanstalk

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

Vox Media Podcast Network

Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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0:00.0	Imagine a delicious patty nestled between two buns with cheese and ketchup.
0:04.7	It's not a burger.
0:05.6	That patty is actually sausage, which makes this a sandwich.
0:08.7	A breakfast sausage sandwich, the new 199 sausage sandwich from McDonald's.
0:12.8	Made with RSPCA at short pork.
0:15.6	Until 11am.
0:16.6	Price and participation may vary.
0:17.8	Up charges and fees apply to delivery.
0:19.2	Subjects for availability.
0:22.1	Jack in the Beanstalk. There was once upon a time a poor widow who had an only son named Jack
0:29.1	and a cow named Milky White. And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning
0:35.6	which they carried to the market and sold.
0:39.0	But one morning, Milky White gave no milk, and they didn't know what to do.
0:44.7	What shall we do? What shall we do? said the widow, wringing her hands.
0:49.5	Cheer up, mother. I'll go and get work somewhere, said Jack.
0:53.3	We've tried that before, and nobody would take you, said his mother.
0:57.1	We must sell Milky White, and would the money do something, start shop or something.
1:03.3	All right, mother, says Jack. It's market day today, and I'll soon sell Milky White, and then we'll
1:09.5	see what we can do.
1:15.2	So he took the cow's halter in his hand, and off he starts.
1:19.6	He hadn't gone far when he met a funny-looking old man, who said to him,
1:21.1	Good morning, Jack.
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