Traditional
Lazy Jack
A story from the UK
Lazy Jack told by Adam Guillain
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Jack told by Ruth Kirkpatrick
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Story
Jack’s mother, tired of his laziness, sends him out to work. On the first day he loses his pay on the way home. His mother tells him he should have put it in his pocket. On the next day he is paid in milk which he puts in his pocket. Each day he follows his mother’s advice with disastrous results until the day he is carrying a donkey home on his shoulders.
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Why we chose it
There are lots of stories about Jack and his comic misadventures which are great to tell.