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While investigating the destruction of his house by one of these creatures, a man was told not to worry because “[these creatures] never strike the same house twice.” When discussing what could have produced a footprint, a group ruled out bears because “bears are sweet”, dragons because of no scorch marks, and griffins because they’re extinct, before deciding on these creatures. A plan to kill one of these creatures involved getting birds to peck its eyes out before trapping it in tar. A man described how “you think of all of the things you’ve seen” and “you (*) wish that you could live in between” after encountering these “terrible, awesome, scary, wonderful” creatures “in the sky”. One of these creatures killed Rapunzel, the baker’s wife, and the narrator while avenging her husband’s death. For 10 points, a golden harp and a hen laying golden eggs were stolen (10[1])from what creatures by Jack? (10[1])■END■

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