Lazy Jack
Jack goes out in the Lazy Jack
world to earn a living
on his own. He tries
to do what his mother Retold by
tells him to do. But it Kelly Morrow
does not always work
out quite right!
ISBN 978-1- 888365-99-3
38 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037 9 781888 365993
Lazy Jack
Retold by
Kelly Morrow
Printed with support from the Waldorf Curriculum Fund
Published by:
Waldorf Publications at the
Research Institute for Waldorf Education
38 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037
Title: Lazy Jack
Author and Illustrator: Kelly Morrow
Editor: David Mitchell
Proofreader: Ann Erwin
Cover: David Mitchell
Cover Art: Kelly Morrow
© 2010 by AWSNA, reprinted 2013
ISBN #978-1-888365-99-3
Printed by McNaughton & Gunn
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February 2010
Third printing 2014
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Chapter I
Once upon a time, there
was a boy named Jack. He
lived with his mother. They
were very poor. His mother
made her living by spinning
yarn.
Jack did not help his
mother at all. He did no work.
He did not help his mother
spin. He did not bring in wood
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for the fireplace. He did not
help cook food. He did not
wash the dishes. He did not
sweep the floor.
In spring, Jack ran in the
fields.
In summer,
he sat in the
sun.
In fall,
he played in
the leaves.
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In winter, he sat near the
warm fireplace.
His mother would try and
try to get him to help. He
would not do anything. So,
his mother called him Lazy
Jack.
At last, one day, she told
him that if he did not begin to
work, she would not let him
live there any longer.
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Chapter II
So, Jack went out to work
for a farmer the next day. The
farmer paid him three pennies.
Jack never had money before,
so he did not keep the pennies
safe. On the way home, he
crossed a bridge over a stream.
He dropped the pennies and
lost them.
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ÒDear me, Jack!Ó said his
mother, ÒYou should have put
the pennies in your pocket.Ó
ÒIÕll do that next time,Ó said
Jack.
The next day, Jack went to
work for another farmer. The
farmer gave Jack a jar of milk for
his pay.
Jack took
the jar and
put
it
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into the large pocket of his jacket.
He walked home.
The milk spilled all over his
jacket. There was no milk when
he got home.
ÒOh my, Jack!Ó said his
mother. ÒYou should have
carried the jar on your head.Ó
ÒIÕll do that next time,Ó said
Jack.
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Chapter III
The next day, Jack went to
work for another farmer. He gave
Jack cream cheese for his pay.
In the evening, Jack put the
cheese on his head and went
home. By the time he got home,
the cheese was ruined. Part of
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it had fallen off. Part of it had
melted into JackÕs hair.
ÒYou silly fellow, Jack!Ó said
JackÕs mother. ÒYou should
have carried it carefully in your
hands.Ó
ÒIÕll do that next time,Ó said
Jack.
The next day, Jack went
to work for a baker. She had
nothing to give him but a large
tom-cat. Jack carried the cat
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carefully in his hands. But, the
cat scratched him so much that
Jack had to let him go.
When he got home, his
mother said, ÒYou fool, Jack! You
should have tied a string around
his neck and let him follow you
home.Ó
ÒIÕll do that next time,Ó said
Jack.
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Chapter IV
The next day, Jack went to
work for a chicken farmer. The
farmer paid him with six eggs.
Jack tied a string, the best he
could, to the eggs and let them
trail behind him in the dirt. By
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the time he got home, only bits of
egg shells were left.
His mother, now upset, said,
ÒJack! You should have carried
them carefully in a basket.
ÒIÕll do that next time,Ó said
Jack.
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Chapter V
The next day, Jack went to
work for a cattle-keeper. He gave
Jack a donkey for his work. Jack
found it hard to get the donkey in
a basket.
At last, he did. He began
walking slowly home, carefully
carrying the basket with the
donkey in it.
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Now, it happened to be, that
on the same road that Jack was
walking home, there lived a rich
man with his only daughter. She
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had never spoken in her life. She
had never laughed in her life.
The doctors said she would never
speak until somebody made her
laugh.
The young woman was
looking out the window when
Jack passed by carrying the
donkey in a basket and its legs
sticking up in the air. The sight
was so funny that she burst into
a great fit of laughter. Then, she
could speak.
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Her father was very happy.
He asked Jack to come to meet
his daughter. They were soon
married.
Thus, Jack soon became a
rich gentleman after all. They
lived together happily in a nice
house, never lacking anything.
JackÕs mother lived with them
too, in happiness for the rest of
her life.
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Lazy Jack
Jack goes out in the Lazy Jack
world to earn a living
on his own. He tries
to do what his mother Retold by
tells him to do. But it Kelly Morrow
does not always work
out quite right!
ISBN 978-1- 888365-99-3
38 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037 9 781888 365993
