Chapter 2 The Selfish Giant
Chapter 2 The Selfish Giant Chapter 2 The Selfish Giant PART ONE Winter Every afternoon the children play in the Giant's garden. It is a big, lovely garden with green grass. Beautiful flowers grow there. There are twelve peach trees with delicate pink blossoms. The birds sit on the trees and sing sweet songs. The children listen to the birds. 'How happy we are here!' the children say. The Giant is away. He is visiting his friend the ogre. After seven years the Giant returns home. When
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Chapter 2 The Selfish Giant
Chapter 2 The Selfish Giant
PART ONE Winter
Every afternoon the children play in the Giant's garden.
It is a big, lovely garden with green grass. Beautiful flowers grow there.There are twelve peach trees with delicate pink blossoms.The birds sit on the trees and sing sweet songs.The children listen to the birds.
'How happy we are here!' the children say.
The Giant is away. He is visiting his friend the ogre.After seven years the Giant returns home.When he arrives he sees the children in his garden. They are playing.
'What are you doing here?' he says in a loud voice.The children are very scared and run away.
'This is my garden! My garden!' says the Giant.'Only I can play here.' So the Giant builds a high wall around the garden.Then he puts up a sign: NO ONE MUST ENTER!
He is a very selfish Giant.
Now the poor children have no place to play. They can't play on the road.There are big stones on the road and the children don't like them.
After school, the children walk near the high wall.They talk about the beautiful garden inside.
It is spring and there are little blossoms and little birds everywhere.But in the garden of the Selfish Giant it is still winter.The birds do not sing there because there are no children.There are no blossoms on the trees.
A beautiful flower puts its head out of the grass. It looks for the children. It sees the sign and goes back into the ground. It goes to sleep.
Only the Snow and the Frost are happy.'Spring doesn't come to this garden,' they say. 'We can live here all year!'
The Snow covers the grass with her big white cloak.The Frost paints the trees silver.The Snow and the Frost invite the North Wind to stay with them.The North Wind comes and blows all day in the garden.He has a big warm coat and a hat.
'This is a wonderful place says the North Wind. 'We must invite the Hail.
So the Hail comes. He is dressed in grey.For three days he runs around the garden.Then he dances on the roof. There is a lot of hail.
'Why doesn't the Spring come?' asks the Selfish Giant.He sits at the window and looks at his cold, white garden.
The Spring never comes and the Summer never comes.The Autumn gives fruit to all gardens.But it doesn't give any fruit to the Selfish Giant's garden.
'He is too selfish,' the Autumn says.
So, it is always winter there.The North Wind, the Hail, the Frost and the Snow live in the Selfish Giant's garden.
