“I’ll never be a gardener,” thought Jack. Instead he went chasing butterflies at the end of his garden. He did not see the hole in his net which let the butterflies escape.

Jack got so mad with the butterflies that he ran faster and faster and did not look where he was going. He ran into some nettles. They stung his knees and he ran back to his house crying. Poor Jack!"

The book also contains the historical background to the name "Jack", here are some of those facts:

The name Jack has little basis in religion, history or legend.

From the 15th century the name was used to describe small individuals or items.

It is the name given to diverse objects, including the device for lifting a car, a ship's nationality flag, the small white ball in the game of bowls and the male of a number of animals, for example, jack rabbit.