Note: Oscar Wilde intended this story to be read to children

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play
in the Giant's garden.

It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass
stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the
spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn
bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used
to stop their games in order to listen to them. 'How happy we are here!' they cried
to each other.

One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre,
and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had
said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to
return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

'What are you doing here?' he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran
away.

'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant; 'any one can understand that,
and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.' So he built a high wall all round it,
and put up a notice-board.

TRESPASSERS
WILL BE
PROSECUTED

He was a very selfish Giant.

The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but
the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used
to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the
beautiful garden inside.

'How happy we were there,' they said to each other.

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Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and
little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still Winter. The birds did
not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
Once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the noticeboard it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again, and
went off to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost.
'Spring has forgotten this garden,' they cried, 'so we will live here all the year
round.' The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost
painted all the trees silver. Then they invited the North Wind to stay with them, and
he came. He was wrapped in furs, and he roared all day about the garden, and blew
the chimney-pots down. 'This is a delightful spot,' he said, 'we must ask the Hail on
a visit.' So the Hail came. Every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the
castle till he broke most of the slates, and then he ran round and round the garden
as fast as he could go. He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice.

'I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,' said the Selfish Giant,
as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden; 'I hope there will
be a change in the weather.'

But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to
every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none. 'He is too selfish,' she said.
So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and
the Snow danced about through the trees.

One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely
music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King's
musicians passing by. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but
it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to
be the most beautiful music in the world. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his
head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him
through the open casement. 'I believe the Spring has come at last,' said the Giant;
and he jumped out of bed and looked out.

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What did he see?

He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had
crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he
could see there was a little child. And the trees were so glad to have the children
back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms, and were waving their
arms gently above the children's heads. The birds were flying about and twittering
with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.
It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still Winter. It was the farthest corner
of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. He was so small that he could not
reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying
bitterly. The poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the North
Wind was blowing and roaring above it. 'Climb up! little boy,' said the Tree, and it
bent its branches down as low as it could; but the little boy was too tiny.

And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. 'How selfish I have been!' he said;
'now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on
the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the
children's playground for ever and ever.' He was really very sorry for what he had
done.

So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly, and went out into
the garden. But when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran
away, and the garden became Winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his
eyes were so full of tears that he died not see the Giant coming. And the Giant stole
up behind him and took him gently in his hand, and put him up into the tree. And
the tree broke at once into blossom, and the birds came and sang on it, and the
little boy stretched out his two arms and flung them round the Giant's neck, and

kissed him. And the other children, when they saw that the Giant was not wicked
any longer, came running back, and with them came the Spring. 'It is your garden
now, little children,' said the Giant, and he took a great axe and knocked down the
wall. And when the people were gong to market at twelve o'clock they found the
Giant playing with the children in the most beautiful garden they had ever seen.

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All day long they played, and in the evening they came to the Giant to bid him
good-bye.

'But where is your little companion?' he said: 'the boy I put into the tree.' The
Giant loved him the best because he had kissed him.

'We don't know,' answered the children; 'he has gone away.'

'You must tell him to be sure and come here to-morrow,' said the Giant. But the
children said that they did not know where he lived, and had never seen him before;
and the Giant felt very sad.

Every afternoon, when school was over, the children came and played with the
Giant. But the little boy whom the Giant loved was never seen again. The Giant was
very kind to all the children, yet he longed for his first little friend, and often spoke
of him. 'How I would like to see him!' he used to say.

Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble. He could not play about
any more, so he sat in a huge armchair, and watched the children at their games,
and admired his garden. 'I have many beautiful flowers,' he said; 'but the children
are the most beautiful flowers of all.'

One winter morning he looked out of his window as he was dressing. He did not
hate the Winter now, for he knew that it was merely the Spring asleep, and that the
flowers were resting.

Suddenly he rubbed his eyes in wonder, and looked and looked. It certainly was a
marvellous sight. In the farthest corner of the garden was a tree quite covered with
lovely white blossoms. Its branches were all golden, and silver fruit hung down from
them, and underneath it stood the little boy he had loved.

Downstairs ran the Giant in great joy, and out into the garden. He hastened
across the grass, and came near to the child. And when he came quite close his
face grew red with anger, and he said, 'Who hath dared to wound thee?' For on the
palms of the child's hands were the prints of two nails, and the prints of two nails
were on the little feet.

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'Who hath dared to wound thee?' cried the Giant; 'tell me, that I may take my big
sword and slay him.'

'Nay!' answered the child; 'but these are the wounds of Love.'

'Who art thou?' said the Giant, and a strange awe fell on him, and he knelt
before the little child.

And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your
garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.'

And when the children ran in that afternoon, they found the Giant lying dead
under the tree, all covered with white blossoms.

The Selfish Giant

From the novel 'The Selfish Giant' that I read, from the character Giant .He very
selfish guy because he do not give a child playing in the garden .From this situation
that show the Giant is very selfish person.The Giant has received punishment for his
action and the impact the tree forgot to blossom and the bird does not want to sing
anymore as there were no children.But at the of the story,the Giant can allow the
children to play his lovely garden together.After that, the Giant heart's melted when
he saw a children makes his garden be beautiful and he very sorry for what he has
done. In this short story,a very happy part in this short story is when a children can
playing in the garden and when the Giant change his own bad attitude become a
good attitude.The part of the story that can make everyone sad is when the Giant
lying dead under the tree.In my conclusion,everyone can change their attitude.For
example,at the beginning ,the Giant was the selfish person can become a caring
person at the ending of the story."Do not judge the book by this cover", this adage
is very appropriate to this story.For me ,everyone must change their attitude to
make a happy life forever.

This story is about a very selfish giant who did not want to share his garden with
anyone. But at last, he realized that what he did is wrong and he allowed every
children to play in his garden again.

Earlier in this story, there were bunch of kids who always playing in the garden
which is the giant's garden after the school end. From the story, I can tell that the
garden is so beautiful with soft green grass. Then later the giant came back from 7
years visit his friend, the Cornish Ogre. When he came back to his garden, he saw
many kids played in it. Then he roar and said that no one can play in his garden
except himself. Then he build a high wall and put "TRESPASSERS WILL BE
PROSECUTED" sign on it. The poor children now had nowhere to play. They tried to
play on the road but it it too dusty. Then they wondering that how happy they are
when they playing in that giant's garden. So, Spring, Summer and Autumn season
does not want to come to the giant garden. Only winter and blizzard stay at that
garden all over the year. That selfish giant become cold and wish for Spring to
came. One day, there were a kid came and play in the garden, then the Spring
came with beautiful bird and many else. The selfish giant go to see the kid. Then he
put the kid on a tree branch. Suddenly that boy hug and kiss the giant. That giant
was touched. Then the giant allowed all of kids to play in his garden. I love a quote
that came from the giant's mouth "I have many beautiful flowers, but the children is
the most beautiful flowers of all". Day after day, the kid that the giant loved did not
come to his garden. He was so sad. At the end of this stories, the giant saw that kid
under a white covered blossom trees with golden branches and silver fruit. That kid
said "You let me play once in your garden, today you shall come with me to my
garden, which is Paradise". Then the giant dies. This story really pull my tears out. A
selfish giant who does not like to share anything with everyone turns out to a really
children's lover giant with just one kiss from a kid. If I can live in a story, this is the
story that i want to live in.

WORDS
-Hastened
DEFINITION
-Sprint
EXAMPLE OF WORDS
-He hastened across the grass, and came near to the child

WORDS
-Covered
DEFINITION
-Protect
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-The grass has been fully covered with white snow

WORDS
-Delightful
DEFINITION
-Good or enjoyable
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-The garden has a delightful sight

WORDS
-Wrapped
DEFINITION
-Covered to protect
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-He wrapped himself with wet towel and breach the burning house to save his
daughter

WORDS
-Prosecuted
DEFINITION
-Punished

EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-Tresspasser will be prosecuted

WORDS
-Frost
DEFINITION
-COld until freezing
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-Frost painted all the trees silver

WORDS
-Crept
DEFINITION
-Crawl
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-From the hole he crept in

WORDS
-Wandering
DEFINITION
-Pretending
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-someone wandering around in a wig pretending to be Marie Antoinette

WORDS
-Gently

DEFINITION
-Smooth
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-He put the jellyfish gently back into the water

WORDS
-Slay
DEFINITION
-Moving a sword
EXAMPLE OF USAGE
-I will slay my sword to find my revenge for my brother