class 8 honeydew ch 3 THE SELFISH GIANT summary
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it is a story of a young boy who was a messenger of God and a selfish giant. The giant would not allow the children to play in his garden. Thus, there was always winter in his garden. Seeing this young boy, he realized that he was being selfish.
Children in Giant’s Garden
Children used to play in the Giant’s garden every afternoon. They did so while coming from school. It was a large lovely garden. It had soft grass. There were fruit trees in it. They bore rich fruit. The birds sang sweetly. The children were happy to play in it.
The Return of the Giant
One day the Giant came back after seven years. He had stayed with his friend the Cornish Ogre. He saw the children playing in his garden. The children ran away as they saw him. He said that it was his own garden. He would not allow anyone to play there. He built a wall around it. He also put a notice-board. It had a warning on it “Trespassers will be prosecuted”.
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The Sad Children
The children had no other place to play. They used to wander round the high walls. They used to talk about the beautiful garden inside.
The Sadder Garden
The spring came. There were blossoms and little birds. But it was winter in the Giant’s garden. The birds didn’t sing as there were no children. Once a beautiful flower came out of the grass. But it saw the notice-board. It went back to sleep. In the Giant’s garden there were the Snow and the Frost. Everything in it looked white. Then came the North Wind. It stayed with them. The Hail also came.
Fruit of Selfishness
The selfish Giant looked at the cold and white garden. The spring didn’t come to his garden. There were golden fruit in the Autumn. But it didn’t come to his garden. The Winter, the North Wind, the Hail, the Frost, the snow danced there.Spring in the Garden
One morning the Giant heard some lovely music. It was very sweet. He thought that it must be the King’s musicians. But it was a linnet. She was singing outside his window. The Giant found its song very sweet. Then the Hail stopped dancing. The North Wind stopped. The Giant felt that the spring had come.
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The Most Wonderful Sight
The Giant saw the most lovely sight. The children had entered his garden through a little hole. They were sitting in the branches of the trees. The trees were very glad to have them. They had blossomed. The birds were flying about. They were chirping also. The flowers were also looking up. It was a lovely sight. But in one corner, there was still winter.
The Little Boy
In that corner a small boy was standing. He could not reach the branches of the trees. He was crying and wandering about. The North Wind blew and roared. The Tree asked the boy to climb. It bent its branches down. But the boy couldn’t climb.
The Giant Repents
The Giant’s heart melted at this scene. He said that he was really selfish. He also said that he now understood why the spring didn’t come. He would put that little boy on the top of the tree. He would also pull down the wall. His garden shall be the children’s playground forever. He was sorry for what he had done.