The Selfish Giant
Summary-
The Giant has a beautiful garden full of green grass, trees and flowers. As he has gone to visit his friend, the Cornish ogre, the school children enjoy playing in the garden. But when he returns after seven years, he sends the children away and keeps the garden closed up with high walls. As a result, all the seasons except winter refuse to grace the Giant's garden, and so only winter weather with frost, snow and wind prevails. With each passing day the Giant's anxiety grows for his garden until one day he wakes up in the morning to hear the laughter of the children and to see the touch of spring in his garden. He is very happy and runs outside to play with the children who enters through a small hole in the fence. In the farthest comer of the garden, he sees one small boy blinded by his own tears of frustration because he can't climb a tall tree. Unlike the other children, the little boy hugs and kisses the Giant for helping him to climb the tree. The spring prevails everywhere Much to the Giant's sadness, the small boy who kissed him never appears again. The Giant grows very old and weak in the presence of the happy children sharing his garden space. When the Giant is nearing the end of his days, the small child comes to his garden again. The Giant is angry when he notices that the boy has imprints of two nails on his hands and feet. But the boy tells hem not to be upset because they are wounds of love, and he comes to take the Giant to heaven. Shortly afterwards, the happy Giant dies, and his body is found lying under the tree, covered in blossoms.
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