READING ACTIVITY
Oscar Wilde's classic children's tale is about
how a selfish giant's life is transformed by the arrival of a special child who
teaches him about love and friendship.
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.
