▁Jack ▁returns ▁home , ▁he ▁not ices ▁a ▁huge ▁crowd ▁of ▁people ▁around ▁the ▁house . ▁His ▁mother ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁be ans ▁that ▁were ▁thrown ▁from ▁the ▁window ▁had ▁grown ▁into ▁a ▁huge ▁st alk . ▁She ▁has ▁even ▁made ▁arrang ements ▁for ▁the ▁mag ical ▁celebr ity , ▁the ▁J elly man , ▁to ▁see ▁it ▁when ▁he ▁arriv es ▁in ▁Reading . ▁Jack ▁is ▁told ▁by ▁G ret el ▁that ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty ▁was ▁shot ▁by ▁someone ▁from ▁behind , ▁which ▁sm ashed ▁through ▁his ▁shell ▁and ▁burst ▁the ▁album en , ▁sending ▁a ▁shock ▁which ▁crack ed ▁the ▁whole ▁egg . ▁ ▁When ▁Mary , ▁Spr att ▁and ▁the ▁inspect or ▁enter ▁Hum pty ' s ▁house , ▁they ▁wonder ▁how ▁Hum pty ▁got ▁his ▁money : ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁proper ▁job ▁and ▁all ▁he ▁did ▁was ▁invest ▁in ▁failing ▁companies . ▁Their ▁question ▁is ▁answered ▁when ▁they ▁discover ▁on ▁the ▁so fa ▁a ▁go ose ▁that ▁l ays ▁golden ▁eggs . ▁On ▁a ▁further ▁ins pection , ▁a ▁giant ▁ver ru ca ▁is ▁found ▁on ▁another ▁so fa . ▁Jack ▁then ▁rem embers ▁a ▁strange ▁doctor , ▁Hor atio ▁Car b un cle , ▁who ▁always ▁made ▁living ▁things ▁like ▁the ▁ver ru ca . ▁He ▁killed ▁Hum pty ▁Dum pty ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁invest ing ▁in ▁a ▁company ▁which ▁got ▁rid ▁of ▁ver ru cas . ▁Hum pty ' s ▁wife ▁killed ▁herself ▁because ▁she ▁thought ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁killed ▁him , ▁and ▁We e ▁Will