Talk:Jack and the Beanstalk

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Can someone look over my synopsis of the story and correct it as necessary? -- Zoe

Is it just me or is having a spoiler warning for Jack and The Beanstalk just a little silly? - Sando

Why? Because it's a classic story? Peach Boy is another classic fairy tale -- can you tell me the ending without looking it up? (It's Japanese. But expecting someone who is, say, Japanese, to know Jack and the Beanstalk is as silly as expecting an Englishman to know Peach Boy.) Goldfritha 00:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, this is the English-speaking WP, so the audience is less the entire world than it is the English-speaking world. But I think having a spoiler warning on Peach Boy would be almost as silly--you don't "spoil" a folktale by giving away the ending, they're meant to be told over and over and do not depend on the element of surprise. "Wow--happily ever after! Who woulda thought?" Nareek 11:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)