The Selfish Giant

 

Once there was a selfish giant who had a large and beautiful garden. The garden was full of soft green grass. Here and there all over the grass stood many colorful flowers like stars. The garden was a nice playground for the beautiful children. As a result, the children used to play in the garden making the garden more beautiful. But one day, the giant saw the children playing. As the giant was selfish: he could not tolerate this beautiful sight and accordingly he forbade the children to play in his garden. Consequently, the children were shocked and stopped playing there. But the kind God could not bear this sort of atrocity. After this incident, no flowers bloomed in the giant’s garden and it became barren. The giant came to his senses and requested the children to play in the garden. The children respond to his request and started paying in the garden again. As a result of which, it regained its previous charms.