# Quote — Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales

> You don't know what these beans are, said the man [that Jack meets]. If you plant them overnight, by morning they grew right up to the sky.

- Author: [Joseph Jacobs](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-jacobs.md)
- Book: [English Fairy Tales](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-jacobs/english-fairy-tales.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-jacobs/english-fairy-tales/you-dont-know

## More from this book

> Kind sir, if the truth I must tell,
>
> At the sign of Basin of Water I dwell.

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> Little pig, little pig, let me come in.
>
> To which the pig answered: Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.
>
> The wolf answered to that, Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the house down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-jacobs/english-fairy-tales/little-pig-little.md)

> Turn again Whittington,
>
> Thrice Mayor of London

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-jacobs/english-fairy-tales/turn-again-whittington.md)