'The Selfish Giant' Moral, funny bedtime stories
for kids in English.
'The Selfish Giant'
Once there was a very large and beautiful garden with soft and green grass. There were twelve big trees in it. This garden belonged to a giant who had gone somewhere for seven years.
One day when he returned he saw some children playing in the garden. He spoke to them in a very gruff voice, what are you all doing here? My own garden in my own garden. Children panicked and ran away.
The giant built a high wall all around the garden and put up a notice board saying, “Keep away – trespasser will be punished.”
He was a very selfish giant, children became sad as they didn’t have any place to play. Soon spring came and all over the country, there were little blossoms and birds.
Only in the garden for selfish giant, it was still winter. The birds did not sing, the flowers did not blossom. The giant started thinking over.
I don’t understand why spring has not come as yet in my garden? One day when he was lying in his bed he heard cuckoo birds singing he peeped out of his window and saw children had made a big hole in the wall.
When children saw the giant they all ran out of the hole. The giant came out of the garden only one child was left behind as he couldn’t reach the height of the hole.
The giant picked up the child in his hands and started thinking, how selfish I was? Now I have come to know, why spring didn’t come here? I’ll demolish the wall my garden will be a place for the children to play. He picks up a big hammer and broke the wall.
People saw the giant playing with the children. Now children used to wish him every day. The giant asked the children, where is that little boy? One child answered, “he has gone somewhere.”
Rest of the children used to play in the garden every day. Like this, many years passed by after years, the giant turned old. On a cold winter day, he saw the tree in its full bloom under the stood the same child.
The giant was very happy to see him. He asked him, “My dear child you have come back, I am very glad today because of you this garden has become a heavenly place.” I’m very thankful to you my child. Saying this he hugged the little child.
